The New York Board of Trade (NYBOT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE), announced the approval of amendments to its Pulp Rule 23.12 to add China as a delivery point on the NYBOT Pulp futures contract. This amendment is effective beginning with the June 2008 delivery, and the June 2008 futures contract will be listed for trading as of Monday, July 16, 2007.
The Exchange has certified Changshu Westerlund Terminals in the Port of Changshu Xingao, China, as a licensed pulp warehouse.
The text of the amendment to Rule 23.12 will be in the NYBOT Rule Books, accessible via the NYBOT website at http://www.nybot.com/