List prices for <spanTimes New Roman"" lang="EN-GB">NBSK and BEK pulp have approached each other to within $30 in Western Europe.
Market indicators in the middle of September reveal that the general trend in the European pulp market is set to prevail for the time being. Market players expect that hardwood pulp prices will increase further in the course of the month, while softwood pulp prices will yield slightly.
Paper mills describe availability of NBSK pulp as fine, while the hardwood pulp market is said to be tight. Still, there are isolated signs that the situation on the supply side for hardwood pulp could ease. A few European companies latterly noted slightly better availability of BEK pulp. Requests for additional volumes are more likely to get a positive response than a few weeks ago, they say.
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