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Wood fiber prices for the global pulp industry rose 11%, reaching pre-financial crisis levels in the 1Q/2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

The strong pulp market has pushed wood fiber costs upward in most regions around the world the past 12 months. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) have gone up the past year and were more than 11 percent higher in the 1Q/10 as compared to 1Q/09, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

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Published in Financial News

Global trade of softwood logs has increased in 2010 after having fallen 30 percent in two years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Higher worldwide demand for forest products has increased global shipments of softwood logs by 20 percent in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. This year may be a turning point for global log trade, which had fallen 30 percent between 2007 and 2009.

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Published in Press Releases
Thursday, 12 August 2010 08:52

North American Wood Fiber Review

Attached please find a sample copy of the North American Wood Fiber Review (NAWFR), which we believe you will find helpful in your analysis of relevant developments within the forest industry in North America.

The NAWFR has tracked wood fiber markets in all major regions of the US and Canada for almost 30 years. It is the only publication that covers both the pulpwood and biomass markets in North America. The report includes prices and market commentary for 15 regions on the continent, and is an essential source for anyone that needs to track pulpwood, wood chips and biomass prices in the largest and most dynamic wood fiber market in the world.

Global pulpwood and biomass-market reporting is included in the 50-page publication, the Wood Resource Quarterly. This report, established in 1988, has readers in over 25 countries and tracks sawlog, pulpwood, lumber and pellet prices in key regions around the world. Also included are regular updates with the latest developments in international timber, pulp, lumber and biomass markets.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our forest products publications.

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Published in North American News

Exports of lumber and logs from New Zealand on pace to reach a record in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Higher demand for forest products in China, South Korea and India is benefiting log and lumber exporters in New Zealand. The value of exported forest products have increased over 54% in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. The strengthening export market has pushed domestic sawlog prices to their highest levels in eight years.

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Published in Oceania News

Energy companies in Europe show increased interest in sourcing biomass from the US South, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

Woody biomass in the US South is attracting interest from European energy companies in their search for long-term, reliable and competitively priced supply sources, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The increased competition for wood fiber has pushed pine pulpwood prices upward in the Southeastern states this past year.

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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

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.

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Published in South American News

The cost for wood biomass fell in two of the major markets in the US in the 1Q 2010 partly because of the federal program BCAP, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. The federal government is currently considering different programs of how to contribution to an increased use of renewable energy sources.

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Biomass now generates 32% of all energy in Sweden, causing increased competition for pulpwood, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Sweden is one of the countries in the world that has come the furthest on the road towards fossil fuel independence. Last year, the Swedish government approved a plan to have renewable energy reach 50% of the total energy consumed in the country by the year 2020, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. In addition, the country aims to be totally independent of imported fossil fuels for the transportation sector by 2030. Although this might seem like an improbable ambition considering today’s high dependency on gasoline and diesel, the government’s push towards a society without fossil fuels has created much research and many investments in the renewable energy sector over the past few years.

As an incentive to use more environmentally friendly vehicles in Sweden, there are currently no taxes on ethanol while there are high energy and carbon dioxide taxes (approximately $0.70/liter) on conventional gasoline and diesel. There have also been tax incentives for purchasing low-carbon dioxide emission vehicles since 2006.

The total energy consumption generated from biomass in Sweden grew from 88 terra watt hours (TWh) to 115 TWh between 2000 and 2009, while the usage of oil-based products (all imported) declined from 142 TWh to 112 TWh during the same period, according to the Swedish Bioenergy Association Svebio. Biomass surpassed oil to become the number one source for energy generation in 2009, accounting for 32% of the total energy consumption in the country. It is projected that biomass consumption will continue to increase by another 10% in 2011.

Energy companies in need of additional biomass are increasingly using roundwood that also could be used by pulp mills. With the rapid expansion of energy capacity generated from biomass, it is clear that the wood fiber market in Sweden has forever been transformed to a more competitive market place with two fiber-consuming sectors having quite different expansion plans for the future. Sawmill residues and small-diameter logs can now be used either to manufacture pulp or to generate energy.

Historically, the pulp and paper market has been the major driver of wood fiber prices, but with the entry of the energy sector, there are now different market forces in place. As a result, prices for smaller logs have been driven to new highs the past few years, and not likely to go back down to the levels seen during the period 1997-2006. In local currency (Swedish krona), pulplog prices in the 1Q/2010 were almost 20 percent higher than five years ago and 36 percent higher than ten years ago, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Global timber market reporting is included in the 50-page publication Wood Resource Quarterly. The report, established in 1988 and with readers in over 25 countries, tracks sawlog, pulpwood, lumber and pellet prices in key regions around the world and also includes regular updates of the latest developments in international timber, pulp, lumber markets.

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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.

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