The British paper and board market: longer lead times for cartonboard

At the start of the new year, prices in several segments of the French paper and board market were renegotiated, resulting in lower prices in many cases. Producers perceived demand as being weak to very weak across the board, for containerboard as well as cartonboard alike. Inventory depletion by buyers in many market...

As of mid-December, the situation in many segments of the paper and board market in France was completely different than it had been in the middle or at the beginning of the year. In the packaging paper segment there was below-average demand throughout much of the market. This was attributed to lower paper consumption...

Weak demand and sometimes overflowing warehouses are causing price declines on the British market for brown corrugated case material. In particular for recycled grades, the pace of the price erosion is said to be "unheard of.” In the cartonboard segment, energy surcharges have been reduced to zero in light of lower...