US pulp prices mixed as discounts key $5-10/tonne declines; more export increases are likely in China

摘要

The North American pulp market is closing 2010 amid reasonably good demand and mild price erosion ~ a far better result than most market pulp producers expected after newly activated mills around the globe began selling pulp months ago.Still, prices in the USA this month were flat to down $5-10/tonne with levels varying depending on grade.