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Irregular publishing of PIX price indices in December 2025, January 2026

Due to a public holiday in Finland on Friday December 26, the PIX Pulp China indices will be published on Tuesday December 30 at 11:00 CET and then as normal on Friday January 2 at 9:00 CET.

November 18, 2025
By Fastmarkets pricing team
China Containerboard Europe Graphic paper Middle East Pricing notice Pulp Recovered paper

Due to a public holiday falling on Tuesday January 6, there will be no PIX indices published on this day. The PIX pulp and paper Europe and PIX containerboard GCC indices will be released on Wednesday January 7 at 11:00 CET instead.

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