World wide news of the industry for recycling of paper and board
Asia is 'not available'
Demand for all grades of recovered paper continues to be strong mainly locally in Europe. If this will have an impact on further price increases for August remains to be seen. The price level is already very high and although the situation for the paper and board industry has improved, it is still not possible to increase finished paper prices enough to cover for the higher raw material costs. Asian buyers are standing at the sideline at this moment. There are no orders to find anymore on the actual European level. Especially for cardboard (occ/kls) the counter proposals made are unacceptable in view of current market prices. Lower transpor rates that are more and more available now don't help a lot. So suppliers will not get into these lower prcies for the time being, bringing eventually more availability on the European market. This will hardly be noticed in this quiet holiday period. However, in case this situation might continue in August and September a significant price correction cannot be excluded. For the time beign however not a cloud in sight and all is fine. (also available in Dutch language - go to flag at top right corner and therafter to ' Martkberichten')
Imports recovered paper China down considerably in June
In June 2010 China imported almost 2 million tons of recovered paper. paper. This was a slight increase compared to May, but compared to June 2009 the imports went down with an impressive 726.000 tons. It has to be said however that June was het month of the highest imports in 2009. In the first 6 months of 2010 China imported in total 12.550.000 tons which is over a million tons, or to be exact 1.283.000 tons so 9.3%, less than in the first half year of 2009.
China imports more pulp in Juni
While in June stocks in the European ports went down with 15.000 tons, China has imported 950.000 tons in June, which is 110.000 tons more than in May. The price of spot lots went down further with around $ 5 for hard wood, unbleached and bctmp up to $ 15 per ton for NBSK. And this in a weeks time. In the first 6 months of this year China imported in total 5.7 million tons of pulp, 1.3 million tons less than the 7 million tons in the first half of 2009.
Price indications for low grades of recovered paper, sorted, baled and taken ex works, are between 85 and 140 Euro per metric ton.
Prices depend on volume, geographical situation and loaded weight.The chart shows the price of mixed paper delivered mill in the Netherlands over the past 16 years.
