Proposal to relaunch Brazil’s White #1 and White #2 recovered paper

These two relaunches aim to strengthen the coverage of the tissue jumbo rolls market in Brazil given the relevance of the segment and its direct connection to the market and the pricing of recycled tissue jumbo rolls. 

On April 1, 2025, two recycled tissue jumbo roll prices were launched by Fastmarkets, reflecting products made from recovered paper White #1 and White #2.

The proposed specifications are:

Recovered paper, pulp substitutes, white #1, fob, Brazil, Real/Tonne
Quantity: 100-600 tonnes
Location: Southeast Brazil
Incoterm: FOB
Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month
Unit: Tonne
Currency: Brazilian Real
Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms
Price type: Open market transactions. Excludes contract transactions whose price is indexed to a published price, as well as transactions between affiliated companies and transfers by recycling companies to their own mills
Assessment type: price range assessment
Publication: Every month. Usually in the first week of the month
Notes: Pre-consumer trimmings from white paper rolls, not printed or coated.

Recovered paper, deinking, white #2, fob, Brazil, real/tonne 
Quantity: 100-7,000 tonnes
Location: Southeast Brazil
Incoterm: FOB
Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month
Unit: Tonne
Currency: Brazilian Real
Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
Price type: Open market transactions. Excludes contract transactions whose price is indexed to a published price, as well as transactions between affiliated companies and transfers by recycling companies to their own mills.
Assessment type: price range assessment
Publication: Every month. Usually in the first week of the month
Notes: Post-consumer trimmings from uncoated white printed office papers, data sheet forms, textbooks and books without covers, no carbon coating; up to 5% of coated papers.

The consultation period for this proposed launch starts from August 4, 2025 and will end on September 1, 2025. The launch will take place, subject to market feedback, on September 2, 2025. 

These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets Recovered Paper Package.

To provide feedback on these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these grades, please contact Jorge Barbosa by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Jorge Barbosa, re: Brazil’s White #1 and White #2 prices.”

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To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.