OCC holds in place for US mills, except in Southeast, as OP rises in South; better holiday generation cited

摘要

Increased holiday generation of recovered paper, especially old corrugated containers (OCC), benefited US mills on pricing, yet various market players expected at least a small price move-up across various grades including OCC in February and some said they were already seeing it late this week. Already, Jan. 6 levels were up in four of six US regions on office paper (OP), and was up on coated book stock (CBS) and heavily-printed solid bleached sulfate (HP-SBS) grades, which are OP relatives.