Press Release – For Immediate Release
Wood chip import prices to Japan reached record highs in the 4Q/08, reports the
Wood Resource Quarterly
Wood fiber consumption by the Japanese pulp industry reached a record high in 2008.
Over 72 percent of the...
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Press Release – For Immediate Release
Wood chip import prices to Japan reached record highs in the 4Q/08, reports the
Wood Resource Quarterly
Wood fiber consumption by the Japanese pulp industry reached a record high in 2008.
Over 72 percent of the consumed wood chips were imported, most from hardwood
plantations in the Southern Hemisphere.
The costs of imported wood chips have
increased substantially the past three years, reaching their highest level in at least 20
years during the 4Q/08 reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA.
June 2009.
The total wood fiber consumption by the pulp sector in Japan
has slowly increased over the past 15 years, reaching a record of 19.
1 million tons in
2008, of which 13 million tons was hardwood fiber.
This can be compared to a total
consumption of 18.
7 million tons in 2005 and 18.
4 million tons in 1993.
The pulp
industry in Japan has always been very dependent on imported wood chips and the
country continues to be the dominant impor
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