The British paper and board market: steep price drop for brown corrugated case material

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...

Contrary to all expectations, prices for a number of ordinary recovered paper grades rose in November on the UK market, which insiders attributed to high PRN prices and strong export demand. By contrast, on the market for corrugated case material the downward price trend has now reached the British market. In the...