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• August 14, 2009 09:53

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Asia & Oceania

  Log imports to China the lowest in six years
  • China’s imports of logs in the 1Q was the lowest in more than six years, a clear sign of reduced demand for both domestic and exported forest products, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly... [more...]

• August 04, 2009 14:07

  
  

  Pulpmills in the US South had the lowest costs in the world in the 2Q/2009

  The US South has the largest pulp industry in the world and this industry has enjoyed low wood raw-material costs for a very long time. This trend continued in 2009, with wood chip and pulpwood costs that were substantially lower than global average costs, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly... [more...]

• July 10, 2009 08:19

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Latin America

  Pulpwood prices in Chile have fallen almost 40% in 12 months
  • Pine and Eucalyptus pulpwood costs have fallen for five consecutive quarters in Chile. From the peak in the 1Q/08, prices have declined by almost 40%. [more...]

• June 12, 2009 16:25

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update in 1Q/09 - USA

  Pulpmills and sawmills took a great deal of market-related downtime in the 4Q/08 and 1Q/09 with no region of North America being immune to the deteriorating markets for most forest products... [more...]

• April 02, 2009 11:05

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update in 4Q/08 – Europe & Russia

  Demand for wood fiber declined substantially in the fall of 2008 as many pulpmills throughout Europe reduced production temporarily or permanently... [more...]

• March 30, 2009 10:12

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Latin America

  Brazil’s pulp industry keeps expanding and there are numerous plans for new projects in the coming five years. Total pulp production is estimated to reach around 12.8 million tons in 2008, or 6.7% higher than in 2007 as reported by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ)... [more...]

• December 03, 2008 15:26

  
  

  WRI: Sawlog prices increase in China in 3Q 2008 as log supply tightens

  The domestic sawlog market in China has tightened as a result of reduced log imports from Russia in 2008. The increased competition for logs has pushed log prices upward to record highs in the 3Q 08, according to Wood Resources International... [more...]

• October 14, 2008 11:47

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Asia & Oceania

  China increases imports of hardwood chips
  • With pulpmills in China continuing to have problems supplying their wood-based pulpmills with domestic wood fiber, imports of hardwood chips have increased substantially the past three years and exports have practically vanished as reported by Wood Resource Quarterly in their latest report. [more...]

• October 07, 2008 12:22

  
  

  Sawlog and Pulpwood Market Update – Latin America

  Increased wood chip exports from Latin America in 2007
  • Latin America is not only attracting foreign investors to build pulpmills based on fast-growing and relatively inexpensive Eucalyptus fiber sources, but is also increasing to exports of Eucalyptus chips to Asia, North America and Europe reports Wood Resource Quarterly. [more...]

• September 16, 2008 09:53

  
  

  End of tax deduction for first thinning livens up timber sales in Finland in August

  The Finnish forest industry managed to purchase a total of 5.3 million cubic metres of wood from privately owned domestic forests in August.
  The industry’s wood supply situation remains dire even though the August purchase amount increased almost threefold from July... [more...]