Q2 Paper Outlook — Run of the Mill Demand

In a bid to capitalize on that popularity, there were reports of proposed $60 per ton price increases by the major SC-A producers. Slated to go into effect April 1, the new pricing is said to represent the first increase in several years.

Similar price increases were proposed for lightweight coated groundwood, also to go in effect for deliveries from April 1, 2003. A projected pickup in advertising pages was cited in support of the increase, but global tension cast that in doubt.