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European sawmills’ profitability is being squeezed by high log costs and declini...

12/15/2010 9:54 AM EST
Sawlog costs in Europe have gone up more than lumber prices the past year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. With the expected decline in lumber consumption, many sawmills in Europe are considering reductions in their operating rates. As a consequence, prices for sawlogs are likely to drop from their two–year highs in the coming months.
Seattle, USA. Over the past year, the sawmilling sector in Europe has...

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry in the 3Q/10 were close to the hig...

11/26/2010 3:24 PM EST
The cost for wood fiber accounts for almost 60 percent of the total production costs when manufacturing pulp. Both softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices, SFPI and HFPI, have increased about six percent over the past year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. After a temporary drop in the 2Q, the Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) increased again in the 3Q to the highest level...

FOEX Indexes and Wood Resources International to partner in the launching of Glo...

10/28/2010 7:25 PM EST
Global wood chip indices are well suited for forest and energy companies who can use price indices for benchmarking, as well as the financial community, which can use the Indices as price risk management tools.
More than 80 million tons of wood chips, valued at almost ten billion US dollars, are traded annually in the open market worldwide and the shipment volumes are increasing.

The vast majority of traded...

China’s hunger for wood raw-material pushes timber prices upward, increasing the...

10/25/2010 11:30 AM EST
The forest industry in China is continuing its expansion, and with limited domestic timber resources, importation of logs and wood chips are at an all-time high, especially as tight supply of domestic logs has increased local log prices to new highs in the 2Q/10, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. Continued increases in demand for wood raw-material from sawmills, plywood plants and pulp...

Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10 after having trended downw...

10/3/2010 3:43 PM EST
Prices of wood fiber used for energy declined during most of the recession in the US, partly as a result of the low cost of fossil fuels, which can serve as an alternative source for many industrial energy consumers. However, in the 3Q, biomass prices were up in the South, the Northwest and Southwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. This trend break occurred mainly because of reduced fiber supply...

Exports of lumber and logs from New Zealand on pace to reach a record in 2010, r...

9/3/2010 11:14 AM EST
Higher demand for forest products in China, South Korea and India is benefiting log and lumber exporters in New Zealand. The value of exported forest products have increased over 54% in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The strengthening export market has pushed domestic sawlog prices to their highest levels in eight years.
Seattle, USA. August, 2010. New Zealand’s exports of pine logs and lumber...

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having inc...

8/13/2010 9:50 PM EST
The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fiber costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. August, 2010. Wood fiber cost, which is...

Energy companies in Europe show increased interest in sourcing biomass from the ...

8/12/2010 1:10 PM EST
Woody biomass in the US South is attracting interest from European energy companies in their search for long-term, reliable and competitively priced supply sources, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The increased competition for wood fiber has pushed pine pulpwood prices upward in the Southeastern states this past year.
Seattle, USA. August, 2010.  Demand for woody biomass, in the form of wood...

Eucalyptus log prices in Brazil have gone up 25% the past year, almost reaching ...

8/12/2010 12:41 PM EST
The supply and demand for Eucalyptus logs in Brazil has been in balance the past year, which has resulted in stable log prices in the local currency, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. As a result of the strengthening Real, log costs have gone up in US dollar terms and were 25 percent higher in the 1Q/10 than in early 2009.
Eucalyptus pulplog prices in Brazil have been very stable in the local currency...

Global trade of softwood logs has increased in 2010 after having fallen 30 perce...

8/10/2010 7:19 PM EST
Higher worldwide demand for forest products has increased global shipments of softwood logs by 20 percent in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. This year may be a turning point for global log trade, which had fallen 30 percent between 2007 and 2009.
Seattle, USA. August 2010. As a sign of improved markets for forest products in early 2010, global trade of logs increased by almost 20 percent during the...

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