Talks to discuss price increases in the region of approximately €50/t for brown kraftliner from the middle of July or 1 August are not over yet in Germany.
Observers think that not much can be done to change the size of the mark-up – at least for unbleached kraftliner – amidst continued scant supply.
Converters told EUWID that they now wanted to work towards a general date of 1 August on which higher prices would take effect.