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To reflect better current trading in the European newsprint markets, RISI proposes to make the following changes to its price coverage in PPI Europe. –              Launch assessments of improved newsprint 68 ISO in Germany (the same grade as                 assessed in the UK); –              Launch assessments of standard 42.5-g newsprint prices in Italy. These changes […]

In light of diverging prices in the Italian kraftliner market and following consultation with stakeholders, RISI confirms it will make the following changes to its price assessments with effect from September 2018. Currently assessments for unbleached kraftliner reflect CIF prices for imported paper at the lower end of the range and domestic free delivered prices […]

In response to company-specific provisional countervailing and anti-dumping tariffs announced by the US government that resulted in a wide range in price levels for US Newsprint, RISI sought industry comments and feedback on the merits of a possible change from reporting a point price for US newsprint to reporting a price range. Having reviewed this […]

Exceptionally, RISI will publish June US recovered paper prices one day later on June 6, rather than the planned June 5. This change is deemed necessary because of the Chinese government’s surprise announcement on May 3 that it will be inspecting 100% of US recovered paper exports, from May 4 through June 4. No country […]

COVERAGE NOTE: PPI Pulp & Paper Week’s May preliminary market pulp Price Watch will not be published on Friday, May 11, due to International Pulp Week. Instead it will be published on Friday, May 18. Bryan Smith is RISI’s Deputy Editor of Global Pulp. He is at Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanSmithRISI

BEDFORD, MA, May 8, 2018 (PPI Global) – Exceptionally, RISI will publish June US recovered paper prices one day later on June 6, rather than the planned June 5. This change is deemed necessary because of the Chinese government’s surprise announcement on May 3 that it will be inspecting 100% of US recovered paper exports, […]

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