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As previously announced, Fastmarkets RISI has now retired the following duplicate price series with effect from Jan. 1, 2019. Mexico Kraftliner from US, 42 lb (Price ID 1148) Bleached Hardwood Kraft, Brazilian Eucalyptus, Europe, CIF (Price ID 1246) Bleached Hardwood Kraft, Brazilian Eucalyptus, China, CIF (Price ID 1247) Bleached Softwood Kraft, Chilean Radiata Pine, China, […]
After consultation with the Canadian panel industry, Random Lengths and Crow’s have proposed two changes to the Canadian plywood report. When Crow’s is merged with Random Lengths at the start of the second quarter, the column headings for Spruce and Douglas Fir plywood prices delivered to the Maritimes will be changed to Moncton (N.B.) as […]
As previously announced, RISI has added the following new assessments with effect from January 2019. – Improved newsprint 68 ISO in Germany (Price ID 12156); – Standard 42-g newsprint prices in Italy (Price ID 12157). This move follows extensive industry consultation in 2018 and is meant to reflect better current trading in the European newsprint […]
Effective January 2019, RISI will change the way in which US pulp price assessments are databased to add greater transparency to our assessment processes. Currently, RISI publishes a preliminary price for contract pulp mid-month and a final price on the second to last business day of the month. The second price generally overwrites the first […]
Following market consultation, RISI is pleased to confirm plans to increase the frequency of two assessment groups published in PPI Latin America. Specifically, RISI proposes to make the following changes: Increase the frequency of Brazil Boxboard assessments to once every two months from quarterly; Increase the frequency of Mexican recovered paper assessments (domestic and imports) […]
To offer better coverage of price developments in Latin America, RISI is proposing to increase the frequency of two assessment groups published in PPI Latin America. Specifically, RISI proposes to make the following changes: Increase the frequency of Brazil Boxboard assessments to once every two months from quarterly; Increase the frequency of Mexican recovered paper […]
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