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Global softwood lumber markets were mixed in the 3Q/09 - up in China, while still slow in the US and Japan, reports WRQ

January 25, 2010 by timber09

 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.

 

Hardwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have surpassed the cost for softwood fiber in 2009, reports the WRQ

January 16, 2010 by timber09

 Higher hardwood pulpwood costs in Brazil, Australia, Russia and Sweden pushed the 3Q/09 Global Hardwood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) to the highest level in 12 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The HFPI was over six percent higher than the Global Softwood Fiber Price Index (SFPI), the biggest difference in 21 years.

 

Wood costs have remained unchanged for Canadian pulp mills in 2009 despite tighter wood chip supply, reports the North American

January 7, 2010 by timber09

 The pulp industry in Canada has sharply reduced production the past two years both as a result of weaker pulp and paper markets worldwide and also because of less competitive pulp manufacturing facilities. Wood costs have increased for many plants as the result of reduced availability of relatively inexpensive sawmill residuals, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

 

Global trade of wood chips down 26% in 2009 as pulpmills reduce production worldwide, reports Wood Resources International

January 5, 2010 by timber09

 The international financial crisis has put a damper on global trade of wood chips used for pulp manufacturing in 2009, reports Wood Resources International. The biggest decline has been in shipments from Australia, South Africa and Uruguay to Japan.

 

Exports of wood chips from Australia have declined 28% in 2009 but the country is still the largest chip exporter in the world

December 23, 2009 by timber09

 Australia, the world’s largest chip exporter, has reduced Eucalyptus and pine chip exports substantially in 2009 due to weak pulp markets in Japan. In the domestic market, pulpwood prices have increased over 13% in US dollars this year as the Australian currency has strengthened, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

 

Wood costs were 53% of the total production costs for pulp mills worldwide in 2009, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

December 16, 2009 by timber09

 The largest cost component when manufacturing wood pulp is the cost of wood fiber. In the 1Q/09, this cost was 53% of the total production cost worldwide. Both the relative and nominal cost of wood have declined the past year; wood fiber costs in the 2Q/09 were at their lowest levels in over two years, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

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

December 11, 2009 by timber09

 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.