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Correction to Nonwovens Markets PriceWatch for Sept. 4th and Oct. 4th

Fastmarkets has corrected its Nonwovens Markets PriceWatch which were published incorrectly on Sept. 4, 2023 as September instead of August, and on Oct. 4 were incorrectly reported as October instead of September.

October 5, 2023
By James McLaren
Nonwovens Pricing notice

Fastmarkets regrets the errors.

The following prices have been corrected:

1098 Staple Fiber, Polypropylene, thermalbond grade (1.5 to 2.2 den.)
1099 Staple Fiber, Polypropylene, industrial grade (4.0 to 10.0 den.)
1100 Staple Fiber, Specialty Rayon
1101 Polymers and Pulp, Polyester (bottle grade)
1102 Polymers and Pulp, Polypropylene (fiber grade)
1103 Polymers and Pulp, Superabsorbent polymer
1111 Staple Fiber, Polypropylene thermalbond grade (1.5 to 3 den.)
1112 Staple Fiber, Polypropylene industrial grade (over 8.0 den.)
1113 Staple Fiber, Specialty Rayon
1114 Polymers and Pulp, Polyester (fiber grade)
1115 Polymers and Pulp, Polypropylene (fiber grade)
1116 Polymers and Pulp, Superabsorbent polymer
1205 Staple Fiber, Polyester (1.5 den.)
1206 Staple Fiber, Polyester (4.0 den., PET/PET bico)
1207 Staple Fiber, Polyester (6.0 den.)
1208 Staple Fiber, Polyester (1.5 den.)
1209 Staple Fiber, Polyester (4.0 den., PET/PET bico)
1210 Staple Fiber, Polyester (6.0 den.)
11997 Staple Fiber, Standard Rayon
11998 Staple Fiber, Standard Rayon

Fastmarkets RISI’s pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

To provide feedback on this price, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact jmclaren@fastmarkets.com by email at: pricing.risi@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘FAO: James McLaren, re: ’Nonwovens Markets’.

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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