Wood costs for the global pulp industry declined the past two years, with the 1Q/13 Wood Fiber Price Indices being down 10%

Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update - a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC Wood costs for the pulp and paper industry declined the past two years, with the 1Q/13 Wood Fiber Price Indices being down 10% from 2011, reports the Wood... More

Global Timber and Wood Products Market Update - a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC Wood costs for the pulp and paper industry declined the past two years, with the 1Q/13 Wood Fiber Price Indices being down 10% from 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Prices for wood chips and pulplogs have fallen worldwide the past two years, resulting in lower production costs for the world’s pulp and paper industry, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Both the HFPI and SFPI price indices have fallen by over ten percent from their peaks in 2011. The biggest declines in wood fiber prices have occurred in Brazil, Canada, the US and Japan. Seattle, USA. The costs of wood fiber for the world’s pulp mills have trended downward the past two years because of reduced pulp and paper production, and in some regions, as a result of higher supply of lower-cost fiber. This trend continued in the 1Q/13 when the Hardwood Wood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) fell by 1. 1 percent to $103. 66 per o Less