Fresh round of price talks launched for fine paper on the French market

摘要

Woodfree coated and uncoated paper producers want to take the next step on pricing and have told their customers that they plan to charge more from 1 October. As usual, they stressed exorbitantly high pulp costs. White-top kraftliner and semi-chemical fluting manufacturers want to catch up to prices for brown grades. Until recently, buyers and sellers have discussed higher prices to take effect from 1 September, with conversations also lately revolving around mark-ups for white-top testliner. Ordinary recovered paper grades still in abundant supply, but prices unchanged Most prices were stable on France's recovered paper market in August in spite of plentiful supply of ordinary recovered paper grades and seasonally lower collection volumes in the case of higher grades. Besides the typical period of summertime quiet, ongoing complications with exports to China were coming into play.