Extreme shortage of BEK pulp leads to rising prices in March and April

Negotiations on contract prices for January on the European pulp market ended in early February with price cuts for key pulp grades amidst weak demand. Demand from many paper producers remains weak with occasional improvement from the very low levels in December and January....

Reports on December price negotiations are quite varied. While some producers say their contracts have already been wrapped up, others were still in the middle of talks even at the end of the first week of the new business year of 2023. An EUWID source talking about the softwood market segment told EUWID: “We did not...

Market players quickly finalised October contracts for bleached eucalyptus pulp (BEK) but negotiations for northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp grades partly dragged on until into November. Converters, which were operating at low levels in some areas, aimed to take down price of NBSK pulp by at least $20/t....