But with the volatility of the international market, some of these high price contracts had barely come into force when the price of paper turned down again. This gave rise to the paradoxical situation of newspaper prices not rising until after the price of paper had started to fall.
國際市場風雲詭譎，高價簽下的契約價有些才生效不久，紙漿價格卻開始一路滑落，演變成現在「紙漿價格回跌、報紙才要漲」的矛盾現象。