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Wood costs for sawmills and pulp mills in Sweden on the rise in 2010

2010-10-03 21:54 Wood Resources International Continued healthy markets for lumber, pulp and paper has kept demand for logs at high levels in Sweden. As a result, log and wood chip prices have increased substantially the past 12 months, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Global lumber markets improved in late 2009 with prices moving upward in North America and the Nordic countries, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2010-03-11 19:03 Wood Resources International Softwood lumber prices were up in both North America and Europe in the 4Q, but it was more the result of lower inventory levels and reduced production rather than an increase in demand, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The hot market for lumber last year was China, which increased imports by 75% thereby passing Japan as the largest importer in Asia.

Softwood sawlog prices in Brazil in 4Q/09 were down 11% from their peak in 2008 because of weak export lumber markets, reports Wood Resource Quarterly

2010-02-02 23:15 Wood Resources International Lumber exports from Brazil have fallen 45% in two years, resulting in reduced demand for sawlogs and lower log prices. In the 4Q/09, pine sawlog prices were down 11% from their peak in 2008, but were still over 300% higher than six years ago, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly

Global sawlog prices jumped almost 8% in the 3Q/09 because of improved lumber markets in the US and Europe, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2010-01-19 18:33 Wood Resources International In the 3Q/09, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) had the highest quarter-to-quarter jump in the 15-year history of the Index, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The Index increased for the third straight quarter and reached just over US$73/m3.

Global softwood lumber markets were mixed in the 3Q/09 - up in China and Northern Africa, while still slow in the US and Japan, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2009-12-18 06:21 Wood Resources International Softwood lumber imports to China have increased by 81% in 2009. It is not inconceivable that China will import more lumber than Japan in 2009, a historical first. Canadian sawmills have been the major beneficiaries of this new fast-growing market, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Imports of logs, lumber and pulp to China increased substantially in the 2Q/09 as the country’s economy grow by almost 8%, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2009-09-12 18:48 Wood Resources International China became the major import destination for many globally traded forest products in 2009. The country is the world’s largest importer of wood pulp and logs, and was the 2nd largest importer of softwood lumber in the world in the 2Q/09, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

The Brazilian pulp industry increase production and pulpwood costs are going up in 2009, reports Wood Resource Quarterly

2009-09-04 06:08 Wood Resources International Brazil increased pulp production in 2008 by about eight percent. Wood fiber costs have remained unchanged in the local currency in the 2Q/09 but were eight percent higher in US dollar terms as compared to the previous quarter, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

The slumping economy has reduced sawlog prices in Europe and North America to the lowest levels in five years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2009-06-18 22:39 Wood Resources International Softwood lumber markets have continued to weaken and as a result, demand for sawlogs has fallen worldwide and the Global Conifer Sawlog Price in the 1Q/2009 was down 26 percent from a year ago, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Japanese log imports fell 34% in 2008 – US replaces Russia as the leading supplier to Japan

2009-05-15 17:52 Wood Resources International Importation of logs to Japan has declined for four consecutive years and was in 2008, 34 percent lower than the previous year and 50 percent lower than in 2004, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Practically the entire decline from 2007 has been that of Russian shipments and the US has now become the leading supplier of logs to Japan.

The forest industry in Finland dramatically reduces its dependence on logs from Russia in 2008, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

2009-04-24 22:51 Wood Resources International Finland imported 24 percent fewer logs from Russia in the 4Q/08 as compared to the same quarter in 2007. With the uncertainty surrounding the log export taxes and timber market conditions in Russia, it is likely that the Finnish forest industry will rely less on Russian timber in the future.