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Fastmarkets proposes to launch Mexico domestic CRB and import SBS boxboard from the US assessments.
Fastmarkets proposes to launch two price assessments for (1) Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne and (2) for Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne.
The Mexico domestic kraft/grey back CRB price line and US export SBS folding carton grade price line will be reported in PPI Pulp & Paper Week on the third Friday of the month and will be reported the following Tuesday in PPI Latin America. The price lines are intended to be started in January 2025 – so that the pricing in P&PW would first be on Jan. 17 and would be published in PPI Latin America on Jan. 21.
The Mexico delivered domestic market CRB kraft/grey back price line, per $ per tonne, and the US Export Solid Bleached Sulfate Board (SBS) 16-pt Folding Carton, C1S (FOB), $ per tonne, will be added to the current North America Boxboard and Latin American Boxboard prices.
The specifications of the new price assessments will be as follows:
Cartonboard/Boxboard, coated recycled folding boxboard, domestic CRB kraft/grey back, 320-325 g/m2 or 16-pt, delivered, Mexico, Peso/tonne
Cartonboard/Boxboard, US export solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) 16-pt folding carton, C1S, fob, Laredo, TX, $/tonne
These prices will be a part of the Fastmarkets Paper Packaging package.
The consultation period for this proposed launch starts on Friday November 8 and will end on Friday December 13. The launch will take place, subject to market feedback, on Friday January 24 and Tuesday January 28, 2025.
To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Nola Valente and or Sandy Oliveira by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: [Nola Valente, Sandy Oliveira], re: Mexico domestic and US export boxboard prices.”
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