Final decision on open consultation on annual methodology review for PIX Paper Price Indices

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for European PIX Paper indices via an open consultation process between March 13 and April 14 2026. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

No feedback was received during the consultation period, and therefore, due to the declining graphic paper market, Fastmarkets has decided to implement the proposed change on the buyers’ side of the weighting table of PIX Paper coated woodfree, which can be found in the original open consultation notice. No other changes will be made to the methodology at this stage.

The consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, 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 PIX Paper Europe here.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, please visit the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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