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Global hardwood pulp producers face higher wood fiber costs and lower pulp prices

2011-11-17 20:42 Wood Resources International Profit margins are being squeezed for many hardwood pulp producers worldwide with higher wood fiber costs and lower product prices. The hardwood wood fiber price index (HFPI) reached a 24-year high in the 3Q/11 at the same time as hardwood pulp prices fell by 26% from June through October, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Wood costs for pulp manufacturers worldwide are on the rise: The Global Wood Fiber Price Index in the 1Q/11 is now 20 percent higher than two years ago, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2011-05-31 19:55 Wood Resources International Wood costs, which account for up 70 percent of production costs when manufacturing pulp, have gone up worldwide the past two years, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. The Global Wood Fiber Price Indices were back to pre-financial crises levels in the 1Q/11.

Wood costs for the global pulp industry have increased 17 percent the past two years; only the US South has bucked the trend

2011-03-19 01:19 Wood Resources International Global market pulp production increased by seven percent in 2010, which increased demand for wood raw-material. As a result, prices for wood chips and pulplogs were up in most regions of the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has increased 16.5 % the past two years, while the Hardwood Wood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) went up 17.7 percent.

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry in the 3Q/10 were close to the highest level in two years

2010-11-18 20:27 Wood Resources International 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.

Eucalyptus log prices in Brazil have gone up 25% the past year, almost reaching the global average hardwood fiber price index in the 1Q/2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2010-06-29 02:39 Wood Resources International 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.

Global sawlog prices up 17% the past 12 months with the biggest gains seen in Northern Europe and Oceania, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

2010-06-08 23:07 Wood Resources International In the 1Q/2010, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached US$76.77/m3, the highest level in over a year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Much of the increase has been the result of a weaker US dollar, but sawlog costs have also gone up in local currencies in many markets, including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Russia and New Zealand.