Correction to Date for Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft, imports from N.America and Scandinavia, CIF China on September 20.

Fastmarkets has corrected its FP-PLP-0053 Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft, imports from N.America and Scandinavia assessment, which was published incorrectly on September 20, 2024.

The date for the publication of the assessment was incorrectly shown to be September 19, 2024 due to technical reasons in accordance with our internal practices. The error has been corrected and Fastmarkets’ database has been updated to reflect the correction.

FP-PLP-0053 Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft, imports from N.America and Scandinavia is part of the Fastmarkets global market pulp package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to the Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft, imports from N.America and Scandinavia price assessment, please contact Nick Chang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Nick Chang, re: September 20, 2024 NBSK.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology/forest-products/.

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