Final decision on open consultation on annual methodology review for North America Packaging Paper and Board

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for North America Packaging Paper and Board via an open consultation process between April 24 and May 25, 2026.

This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, including the audited markets within this methodology, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for North America Packaging Paper and Board here.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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