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PRICING NOTICE: Changes to North American Graphic Paper – Final Decision

January 28, 2022
By Renata Mercante
Pricing notice

Following consultation with stakeholders and as previously announced, Fastmarkets has discontinued the following price assessments with effect from January 2022.

  • Supercalendered kraft (SCK) release liner label paper
  • Carbonless CB rolls

These assessments will no longer appear in PPI Pulp & Paper Week, the Fastmarkets portal and mobile app, as well as all data feeds.

Fastmarkets held a consultation process on these changes from March 26 to April 26, 2021.

You can find the current methodology for North American Graphic Paper here.

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