Rationales & Supportive Documents:

Explanatory to the Current Skyrocketed Price of the Paper Mill

Produces.
Subject Scope:
Understanding the reasoning and rationalize the price increment for paper and pulps.

Elaboration:
This document somewhat explains the key aspects of subject of extreme price increase
of manufactured paper. The constraints involved requires in depth and continuous
connection to keep selves up to date which is not easy to explain to the end
user/consumer.
Therefore, this document along with necessary authenticated documents enclosed as
files which underlines the costs situation all paper mills are faced for the time being.
Hope these charts will help to rationalize the cause to justify current skyrocketed price
of the paper mill produces.

In general costs for pulp and all other raw materials are still at a historically high level
and will remain high for the time being.
On top natural gas prices have risen rapidly to an unsustainable level during the recent
months. So far manufacturers and mills have absorbed these additional energy
increases on behalf of their customers, but are forced now to pass on at least part of
these to the end users.

Furthermore the price development for ocean shipping is due to the current ocean
shipping situation (less container availability, several over bookings, congestions, etc.)
on a high level. The international shipping agents predicted that this tough situation will
continue in 2022. e.g. The costs for a 40’ Container CFR has increased by +50 % from
the last year.

Conclusions:
All this various increases have a tremendous impact on every stakeholder and
therefore, these high price adjustments are essential in order to remain a viable and
long-term partner to them.
Hope this complements the anticipated understanding and will continue support during
these difficult times. The above mentioned and necessary reasons for new price
quotation will satisfy the end-user to work with to the full extant.
Enclosures:
1. Pulp price development _starting 2nd half 2018_EUR
2. Communication Aid Purchase
3. Price increase announcements short fiber
4. Price increase announcements long fiber
5. Communication Aid Freight Costs
1. Pulp price development _starting 2nd half 2018
2. Communication Aid Purchase
3. Price increase announcements short fiber
4. Price increase announcements long fiber
5. Communication Aid Freight Costs

RAJDIP TRADING
Authorized agent Of
DREWSEN SPEZIAL PAPIERE.

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