Producers optimistic over 2011 prospects following coated price hike success

摘要

The fall's coated paper price increases have been moving into the US market without much customer pushback thanks to strong demand, but there is "a lot of unhappiness" about the tighter payment terms most producers introduced in October, sources said this week. "Printers in particular are pushing back on it," noted one contact. The new terms effectively added another 1% price increase on top of the official increase by cutting the former 2% discount for payment within 30 days to a 1% discount within 20 days.