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BEDFORD, MA, May 8, 2018 (PPI Global) –RISI is considering the following changes to its US recovered paper coverage: PPI Pulp & Paper Week: Discontinue assessments of US Sorted Office Paper CFR delivered to China and US Sorted (Post-Consumer) White Ledger CFR Asia (price IDs 1044 and 1031, and 1045 and 1032, respectively). These potential […]

To streamline price assessment data packages, RISI is proposing to retire 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 […]

Due to technical errors, data downloads to excel from dashboards had been pulling China OCC data with a one-week time lag, leading to discrepancies in the price history versus the published price. This error has now been fixed. For the definitive price assessments, please refer to those published in PPI Asia. We apologize for the […]

Due to an error, the footnote explaining Brazilian Boxboard assessments incorrectly reads “Delivered in Sao Paulo. Prices are net, excluding PIS/COFINS of 9.25% and other taxes and freight”. It should read: “Delivered São Paulo. Includes PIS/COFINS taxes of 9.25%. Other taxes not included.” The error dates back to March 2016. RISI apologises for any possible […]

As of April 2018, assessments for European old corrugated containers (1.05) CIF China (Price ID 690) will reflect material with a minimum 95% corrugated board content and maximum 0.5% contaminants. This follows consultation with stakeholders and will better reflect current trading patterns, in light of China’s stricter rules on imports of recovered paper. For comments […]

PPI Europe’s April Price Watch for Germany will be published on Thursday, April 19.

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