Wood Resources International (WRI), established in 1987, is an internationally recognized forest industry consulting firm that specializes in evaluations of forest resources, raw material flows (logs, wood chips and biomass), forest products trade and wood costs worldwide. In addition to consulting work, our company has tracked global wood prices for two different wood market reports every quarter since the 1980’s.
Our consultants have travelled to numerous countries to study the local forest resources and the forest industry firsthand, gaining insight which further enhances our ability to provide accurate and pertinent information in our consulting work. Primary regions of focus include North America, Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, China and the forest plantation regions in the Southern Hemisphere: Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa.
Because of our long-term perspective, confidentiality, and efficiency, WRI has conducted consulting projects in over 35 countries worldwide. Clients include many of the major forest products, timber investment and energy companies in Europe, North and South America. Other clients over the past 20 years include international agencies like the World Bank, the EU Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO), World Wildlife Found (WWF), International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
WRI publishes two quarterly timber price reports and have readers in over 25 countries. The Wood Resource Quarterly, established in 1988, is a 50-page market report and includes delivered sawlog prices, pulpwood and wood chip prices and forest industry market information from all major regions of the world, including Asia, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe.
Out other publication, the North American Wood Fiber Review, has published North American wood fiber price data and market information for the forest industry since 1983. Each issue is approximately 24 pages and is the only publication that consistently provides comparable updates of softwood and hardwood prices (in green tons and metric dry tonnes), average and range, for all major markets in the US and Canada.