Pulp prices are continuing their steady upward march this year, tightening margins for paper and paperboard producers who have been having trouble getting sales price increases for their products.
Now, a handful of North American pulp makers have told customers they want further price increases on softwood kraft and fluff grades in April. The list price boost of softwood kraft grades is $20/metric ton; the proposed hike on fluff is $30/metric ton.
So, the proposed list prices next month will be $810/metric ton for northern bleached softwood kraft. Buyer surveys show that NBSK averaged $770 in the spot market, as compared with a list of $790. The new list will be $770 for southern bleached softwood kraft; this month, SBSK has averaged $735 versus a list of $750. Meanwhile, in fluff pulp, suppliers want to bring their list price to $820/metric ton from $790. This month’s spot has averaged $780.
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