US mill recovered paper pricing reaches cracking point as mills want declines, sellers lack supply

摘要

With levels set this month, recovered paper prices for US mills appear at a cracking point going forward into November, according to buyers and sellers this week.Mills want lower pricing in November and December after a six-month across-the-board increase in recovered paper prices in the USA. The increases are predominantly on high grades and pulp substitutes, while the largest volume material, old corrugated containers (OCC), has seen a two-month price fall. Some buyers at mills pointed at less-than-strong export demand and said that their demand was tapering off, in some cases, considerably. Some opined that virgin market pulp prices, which rose again this month, should flatten or slide in coming months and lead down pulp subs and possibly high grades.