Buckeye Announces Product Surcharges.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BKI) today announced that it is implementing product surcharges of up to 5% effective October 1, 2005. The need for the surcharges has been brought about by unprecedented energy related cost increases which have been exacerbated by the impact of Hurricane Katrina. The surcharges will apply to sales during the October-December quarter and will be reevaluated on a quarterly basis.

Buckeye Chairman, David B. Ferraro, commented, "The extraordinary and unprecedented high costs we are experiencing make this step necessary. We will work closely with all customers to handle this difficult situation in the best possible manner. We are hopeful that these energy related cost increases will subside sometime in calendar year 2006, allowing us to return to more normal pricing mechanisms."

Buckeye, a leading manufacturer and marketer of specialty fibers and nonwoven materials, is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The Company currently operates facilities in the United States, Germany, Canada, and Brazil. Its products are sold worldwide to makers of consumer and industrial goods.

Certain matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting the Company's operations, financing, markets, products, services and prices, and other factors. For further information on factors which could impact the Company and the statements contained herein, please refer to public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.