Market Report

Holiday feeling on the market

NL-Tilburg, 21 December 2025
 

During the festive season our depots in NL, B and UK are closed on December 25th and 26th and January 1st and on December 24th and 31st after 2 pm

The market is fading away somewhat. After some increases last week in Asia for the lower (cardboard) grades, demand was quiet this week, although the same CIF prices were still being offered. With the dollar exchange rate recovering somewhat, the price difference with local prices has increased slightly again. This does not seem to be causing any concern in the European paper and board industry. With machine downtime everywhere and/or higher recovered paper stocks, intake is limited. There appears to be no demand for raw materials, at least not before the end of the year.  There is hardly any demand for medium and higher grades either, where sales in export outside Europe play a much smaller role. Buyers are holding back. Local millsare offering prices for lower grades that do not encourage sales, which is why the recycling industry prefers to hold on to its stock for a while longer. In addition, despite the limited decline, waste paper processors are still building up some  stocks. The general feeling is that prices will improve in January.
This is despite the fact that shipments of low grades continue more or less as normal in the export market, partly because, unlike normal road transport, there is still sufficient transport available for containers.
In general, little activity is expected in the remaining days of 2025.
With that in mind, this market report will be the last one we publish this year. Should any surprising news arise that warrants reporting, you will see us again between Christmas and New Year's Eve. However, we expect that it will be 4 January 2026 at the earliest before we can provide an update on the market.

In the meantime, we wish you a happy holiday season.

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.