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Over the last few weeks RISI has proposed a number of changes to its North American and Asian recovered paper coverage, all of them subject to stakeholder consultation. As the changes are widespread and quite complex, we thought it would be useful to provide a simple summary. The main changes are: To stop assessing Mixed […]

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 […]

In light of China’s planned 0.5% contaminant rule on imports of all recovered paper, RISI is considering the following proposal to expand its OCC coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Launch new price assessments for US exports of Double-Sorted OCC to China FAS US ports; PPI Asia Launch new price assessments for US exports of […]

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 launch bi-weekly assessments of the following grades CIF main ports in Asia in PPI Asia starting from April 6, 2018: Mixed Paper & Board from Japan Mixed Paper & […]

In light of changes to trading patterns caused by China’s planned 0.5% contaminant rule on imports of all recovered paper, and pending clarification of US export specifications, RISI is considering the following change to its OCC to Asia coverage in PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Remove the term “Select” from price assessments for exports of […]

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 […]

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