You can find the current methodology for LL and WBM here.

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the respective subject heading “North America Timber and Biomass Markets Methodology Annual Review, 2024”. Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by December 31, 2024, including a summary of the feedback with the exception of those marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue, or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products

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This consultation, which is open until December 31, 2024, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for Latin America Recovered Paper here https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/latin-america-recovered-paper.

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘Methodology Latin America Recovered Paper annual review, 2024’. Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by January 2, 2024, including a summary of the feedback – with the exception of those responses marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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You can find the current methodology for Latin America Graphic Papers here Graphic Papers here https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/latin-america-graphic-paper.

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘Methodology Latin America Graphic Papers annual review, 2024’. Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by January 2, 2024, including a summary of the feedback – with the exception of those responses marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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You can find the current methodology for Latin America Packaging Paper and Board here https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/latin-america-packaging-paper-and-board/ .

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘Methodology Latin America Packaging Paper and Board annual review, 2024’. Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by January 2, 2024, including a summary of the feedback – with the exception of those responses marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology. 

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Fastmarkets proposes to launch two price assessments for (1) Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne and (2) for Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne.

The Mexico domestic kraft/grey back CRB price line and US export SBS folding carton grade price line will be reported in PPI Pulp & Paper Week on the third Friday of the month and will be reported the following Tuesday in PPI Latin America. The price lines are intended to be started in January 2025 – so that the pricing in P&PW would first be on Jan. 17 and would be published in PPI Latin America on Jan. 21.

The Mexico delivered domestic market CRB kraft/grey back price line, per $ per tonne, and the US Export Solid Bleached Sulfate Board (SBS) 16-pt Folding Carton, C1S (FOB), $ per tonne, will be added to the current North America Boxboard and Latin American Boxboard prices.

The specifications of the new price assessments will be as follows:

Boxboard Mexico

Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne

• Quantity: 100-150 tonnes
• Location: Mexico
• Incoterm: Delivered Mexico City, Monterrey areas
• Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.
• Unit: Tonne
• Currency: Mexican Peso
• Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
• Price type: Delivered. Includes open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships. Excludes transactions between affiliates and transactions indexed to a published price.
• Publication: Monthly, usually in the third week of the month.
• Assessment Type: Range price assessment
• Notes: Price assessments reflect the range in which the bulk of transactions took place. Prices are for prime-quality tonnage with normal trims. Coated in one side.
• Furnish: Recycled fiber

Export US SBS

Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne

• Quality: Prices are for prime-quality tonnage with normal trims. Coated on one side.
• Quantity: 500-10,000 tonnes/year
• Location: United States, Laredo, TX, border crossing
• Incoterm: Free on Board
• Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month.
• Unit: Metric tonne
• Currency: US Dollar
• Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
• Price Type: Open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships.
• Assessment Type: Range price assessment
• Publication: Monthly. Usually at 4.30pm Eastern time on the 3rd Friday of the month. See full schedule online.
• Notes: Price assessments reflect prices before discounts.

These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets Paper Packaging package.

The consultation period for this proposed launch starts on Friday November 8 and will end on Friday December 13. The launch will take place, subject to market feedback, on Friday January 24 and Tuesday January 28, 2025.

To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Nola Valente and or Sandy Oliveira by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: [Nola Valente, Sandy Oliveira], re: Mexico domestic and US export boxboard prices.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/.

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Following extensive market research, Fastmarkets proposed to launch new assessments for bleached and unbleached European sack kraft to provide assessments that are more in line with actual market prices. The existing assessments will be archived after running in parallel with the new assessments for a period to allow stakeholders to adjust to the new price assessments. During this period, a fixed differential established at the launch will be applied between the existing and the new assessments.

The proposed specifications for European sack kraft are as follows:

• European sack kraft, bleached and unbleached paper, 80-g+
• Location: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom
• Incoterm: Free delivered to the buyer’s facility
• Timing: Orders taken in the month to date for shipment in the current month or the following month
• Unit: Tonne
• Currency: Euro, Pound
• Quantity: Minimum 100 tonnes
• Payment terms: Assume normal and customary payment terms.
• Price Type: Open-market transactions in ongoing supply relationships (i.e., excluding spot transactions). Transfers between affiliates are also excluded.
• Assessment Type: Range price assessment
• Publication: Quarterly.
• Notes: Prices are for prime-quality tonnage with normal trims.

The launch will take place on January 30, 2025. The existing price series will be discontinued in January 2026.

Fastmarkets has compiled a list of frequently asked questions to accompany the new price launch. These can be found here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/uploads/2024/10/European-sack-kraf-faqs-Final.pdf.

This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Ben Fisher by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com.

Please add the subject heading ‘FAO: Ben Fisher, re: European Sack Kraft’. Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products.

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No feedback was received during the consultation period and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for Asia Graphic Paper here https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/asia-graphic-paper/.

To see all Fastmarkets Forest Products pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/.

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This consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for North American Recovered Paper here.

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This consultation sought to ensure that our methodology continues to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

You can find the current methodology for European Graphic Paper here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/european-graphic-paper/.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/.

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You can find the current methodology for European Graphic Papers here: https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/european-graphic-paper/.

Please send responses in writing, preferably in electronic format, to the following address: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the respective subject heading “Methodology European Graphic Papers 2024.” Please specify whether your response is confidential. Opinions offered in confidential responses may be referenced but will not be attributed in any way.

Fastmarkets will publish the outcome of this methodology review by September 30, 2024, including a summary of the feedback except for those marked as confidential. Any proposals to make material changes, discontinue or launch prices will involve a separate market consultation, the length of which will depend on how substantial the change is.

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