UK: Port strikes could put more pressure on paper prices

Paper and cartonboard manufacturers and their customers in Poland were starting the new year with a great deal of uncertainty. There was relatively broad consensus throughout the market that at least the first three months are likely to remain challenging. High energy prices and weak consumer sentiment will adversely...

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...