SCA increases pulp price by $40



SCA increases pulp price by $40 | SCA, price hikes,

SWEDEN (News release) -- SCA proclaimed on Thursday, April 16, that it will increase the price on bleached softwood kraft pulp, NBSK, by $40 per tonne.

"We see a strong pulp market with a growing demand from primarily tissue customers", says Henning Ellström VP sales and marketing pulp. "Producer inventories are balanced and production curtailments have been announced by other suppliers. The pulp market is global and we have already seen price increases on other continents."

The new price on bleached softwood kraft pulp, $880 per tonne, is valid from May 1, 2020.