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In light of China’s ban on imports of “unsorted” recyclables such as mixed paper that began on Dec. 31st 2017, and following industry consultation, RISI has now implemented the following changes to its recovered paper coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Change the destination title of US Mixed Paper FAS US ports from China to […]

BEDFORD, MA, Feb. 28, 2018 (PPI Global) – In light of China’s ban on imports of “unsorted” recyclables such as mixed paper that began on Dec. 31st 2017, and following industry consultation, RISI will make the following changes to its recovered paper coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Change the destination title of US Mixed Paper […]

Due to a process error, uncoated freesheet prices published Jan. 26, 2018 in PPI Pulp & Paper Week were not updated online. Published prices for coated paper sheets were also incorrect. The issue has since been corrected. The correct prices are: UNCOATED FREESHEET 20-lb copy paper, 92 bright: $955 – 985/sh. ton 20-lb copy paper, […]

As previously announced, RISI has implemented the following changes to its UK newsprint price coverage in PPI Europe from January 2018: 1)            Discontinued price assessments for 48.8-g newsprint as this grade is used less                 and less. 2)            Returned to assessing 40-g newsprint based on a full-yield formula, using the 45-g                 price as a […]

Due to the holiday season, there was no final PPI Pulp & Paper Week (P&PW) US pulp spot price survey at the end of December. The mid-month prices published on Dec. 15 should be taken as the final spot prices for that month. The next P&PW Pulp Price Watch will be published on Jan. 12, […]

BEDFORD, MA, Oct 2, 2017 (PPI Global) – Please note that due to a technical error, US spot pulp prices published Sept. 28, 2017 temporarily showed up incorrectly in RISI online dashboards. The correct prices are: Price ID 11852: BHK (spot price) US East – $630 ($610-650) Price ID 638: Southern Bleached Softwood Kraft (spot price) […]

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