(Russia) Russian domestic log prices fell sharply in the 1Q 2008 from their peak in the 4Q of last year, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. Pine sawlog prices declined 22%, softwood pulpwood prices were down 20% and hardwood pulpwood costs fell just over 15%...
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(India) Rise in raw material prices and absence of any tax relief from the government have made the going tough for corrugated box industry. The industry, which has been going through a rough patch in recent times, is now planning to increase the prices of the end products.
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(India) Expressing fears that language dailies may soon close down in view of the steep hike in the newsprint cost, the Indian Newspaper Society on Thursday said the issue would be raised in both Houses of Parliament to find a "lasting solution to the grave crisis".
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(India) Faced with rapidly escalating newsprint (NP) prices, Indian newspaper publishers have announced significant hikes in advertising rates, doubling them in some cases, to protect margins and tide over the crisis, even as measures are on to ask the government to remove the 5% import duty...
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(India) The bad news for newspaper publishers — and there are over 40,000 newspapers in India — has just grown worse. The price of newsprint, imported or indigenous, is set to touch $1,000 per tonne, and this after a 23 per cent increase over the previous four months that took prices to $760 a ton.
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(Belgium) Sonoco-Alcore S.a.r.l. has announced that it will raise prices by 40 Euro per metric ton on all paperboard grades in continental Europe. In addition, the Company will raise prices by 10 GBP per metric ton on all paperboard grades in the United Kingdom...
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(USA) Effective April 18, 2008, or as contracts permit, The Dow Chemical Company is increasing prices for all hollow plastic pigment latex products by US$0.11/lb (dry); and for styrene acrylate and vinyl acrylate products by US$0.10/lb (dry) sold by Dow Emulsion Polymers to customers in the USA...
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(Canada) According to the North American Wood Fiber Review, wood costs for pulpmills in Canada, calculated in U.S. dollar terms, have gone up between 15% and 20% the past 12 months. Alberta and the Maritime provinces have the lowest wood fiber costs in Canada, with conifer chips and pulpwood...
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(Japan/US/Canada) The US wood chip export price for Japan ju