As reported last month, prices rose $60/ton in April on most publication grades, and they rose
$75/ton for No. 5 40-lb offset rolls. The industry witnessed shipments advanced an impressive 10.3%. Recently, Verso has announced a $50/ton price increases on virtually all of its grades of coated free sheet, light-weight coated /publication and super-calendered (SC) papers. The increases are effective on orders shipping after July 1.
The timing of the increases would allow producers to capture the seasonally-strong late summer/autumn magazine & catalog season. The producers are all attempting to increase prices and recover rising costs.
As a side note, last week, Bloomingdales announced that it is eliminating its mail order catalog. Also, Abitibi-Bowater suggested it could add capacity to this market by converting more newsprint mills to coated paper mills.
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