The Paper Stock Report
Although the national mean price for domestic old corrugated containers (OCC) calculated to $142.50 per ton, most transactions were moving at high above that mark. The exception to the rule was in the Northwestern U.S., where mills were reportedly paying far less than the price of delivering tonnage to the ports for export. That region was impacted by the year-end closure of Smurfit-Stone’
Mill prices for OCC and white office paper grades in particular continued to shoot upward this month.
The strength of the domestic containerboard market was reflected in a $50 per ton price hike in the Eastern U.S., and a $70 hike in the West. The weakened dollar has pushed containerboard exports, boosting domestic production, creating demand for recovered paper.
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Ken McEntee, owner of The Write Company, has been working in and with the press since 1984 as a reporter and bureau chief for a daily metro newspaper, editor and publisher in the trade press and owner of a public relations & business communication firm.
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