Newsprint prices plunge in Asia as COVID-19 pandemic tears through India, batters demand

摘要

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to wreak havoc on the Asian newsprint market. Established contracts and shipping chaos contributed to keeping Q2 prices mostly stable from Q1 even as COVID-19 lockdowns paralyzed much of the region surveyed, but the stability did not last through the present quarter (No. 22, p.1).