Market Report

Light at the end of the tunnel

NL-Tilburg, 14 June 2026

Contrary to expectations, the market is starting to show some movement after all. This is thanks to the US, where the solutions usually originate. Locally, prices there rose last week by $5 per tonne for lower grades and by $10 for all other grades in most regions. On the West Coast, the increase was as much as €15 per tonne.
And all this as a result of rising export prices, which for cardboard grades amounted to as much as $15 to $20 per tonne and for medium grades around $10 per tonne.

This is bound to eventually translate into better export prices in Europe, or at least better export opportunities for all grades. Although European suppliers are already trying to push prices up, they have not really succeeded yet. The odd buyer in India with low stock levels is sometimes willing to compromise, but buyers in the Far East in particular remain unmoved. But what is not the case today may well be the case tomorrow. Things can move quickly in the market, as we know.  

These market developments in the US, combined with other American initiatives in the Middle East expected in the near future, could set the stage for positive global sentiment, from which, as we also know, commodities often benefit in the form of increased demand and thus higher prices. Except for oil, that is – where the opposite is often the case. But that is then an added bonus for the global economy.

Price indication

Price indication in Europe for low grades of recovered paper, sorted, baled and ex works are now between € 60 and € 80 per tonne. These prices are depending on quality, available volume, region and loaded weight.

Look here at the Price chart >> 
  
The price chart gives an indication of the price  of mixed paper, separately collected, in the Netherlands free delivered mill over the last 10 years.
Scrolling over the top of the columns gives the exact price indication in Euro's per ton.