Argentina imposes anti-dumping duties on CWF paper

Germany’s fine paper market saw little movement on the price front in February despite subdued demand. Fine paper manufacturers are now striving to charge stable prices in March, too. They are convinced that slashing prices would hardly stimulate demand since warehouses are full throughout the value chain. Nonetheless,...

Business in the month of February has made it clear that the first quarter will likely not produce an improvement in the overall state of the Italian market. Manufacturers and converters are, therefore, increasingly looking ahead to the second quarter and are hoping that demand might start to recover in May at the...

The combined effect of weak demand, inventory destocking and price pressure continued to burden many segments of the French paper and board market. In the case of printing and writing paper, market observers believe that paper producers are operating at just two thirds of their capacity on average....