US spot pulp levels spike up $20-45/tonne, with NBSK at 4-month high; mills, converters in battle to make do

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With the first northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) market pulp increase in 10 months planned next month in the USA, Wednesday's global market pulp inventory report offered a little scare to the producer pricing moves. Overall World-20 Chemical Market Pulp stocks edged down one day of supply to 34, with bleached softwood kraft (BSK) down two to 31 days and bleached hardwood kraft (BHK) holding at 35, compared with January's supply, the Pulp and Paper Products Council reported.