Plain-language definitions of 133 terms used in raw material trade: Incoterms, payment, shipping, customs, quality documents, plastics, metals, chemicals, agriculture and energy.
Recovered paper and board are classed under the European EN 643 list – e.g. 1.04 supermarket corrugated, 1.05 old corrugated containers – and in US and international trade under ISRI/ReMA codes: OCC 11 (old corrugated containers with kraft liners), DLK (double-lined kraft cuttings), ONP (old newspapers) and SOP/WL (white office paper). Besides fibre quality, price depends on moisture (usually 10–12 % maximum) and unwanted material – plastic, metal, wet-strength paper, known as outthrows and prohibitives. Import restrictions in China and elsewhere have tightened cleanliness standards.
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