Category Archives: Specifications

PSI Trade Updates

USMCA Trade Agreement Takes Effect China to Ban RCP Imports in 2021 New USMCA Trade Agreement in Force—The new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) took effect July 1, replacing the […]

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Uncertainty Defines Asian RCP Market Trends

Hannah Zhao, senior economist, recovered paper, for Fastmarkets RISI, examined global RCP trends, with a focus on Asia, at PSI’s Recovered Paper (RCP) & Containerboard Summit, held Feb. 20 in […]

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ISRI Remains Vigilant on Indonesian Scrap Import Regs

ISRI staff and ISRI’s PSI Chapter members met with Indonesian government representatives and U.S. Embassy officials in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 5-6 to further address Indonesia’s pending import restrictions on […]

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Update on Indonesia’s Import Regulations

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Indonesia Again Revises Recovered Paper Import Standard ISRI has learned that the Indonesian government has directed preshipment inspection companies to inspect materials for a 0.5 percent prohibitives tolerance. Although ISRI has […]

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ISRI, PSI Take the Lead on Indonesian Scrap Import Issue

Indonesia’s Regulations on Imports of Recovered Fiber ISRI and PSI Chapter representatives traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, recently to meet with various stakeholders regarding Indonesia’s regulations on imports of recovered fiber. […]

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Indonesia to Use ISRI Specs for Scrap Paper Imports

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The Indonesian government is adjusting the changes it proposed in May to its regulations on imports of recovered paper, with plans to use ISRI scrap paper specifications to address its […]

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Future of Mix Paper Presentation

Calling all conference attendees! (And those who could not attend). For anyone interested, we are providing PDFs of the PowerPoint presentation that was shown by PSI President Myles Cohen on […]

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Specs Committee Update – March 1, 2016

The Specs Committee is still working on the feedback collected at the Summit in New Orleans.  The summary of feedback and schedule for responses will appear soon.

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Specifications Summit 2016 Was a Successful Event

The Specifications Summit was a successful event! Over 100 people attended to discuss grading specs and enjoy the New Orleans Mardi Gras scene. Want to know what’s ahead in 2016 for […]

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Specifications Summit 2016 – Voting Results

The results are in! YOU came, YOU discussed, YOU VOTED! Please click the link below to see the results of the voting for specifications for OCC, NEWS, and MIX PAPER.

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