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

Forest Products Market Update - a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC Wood fiber prices for the global pulp industry rise 11%, reaching prefinancial crisis levels in the 1Q/2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly The strong pulp market has... More

Forest Products Market Update - a news brief from Wood Resources International LLC Wood fiber prices for the global pulp industry rise 11%, reaching prefinancial 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. Seattle,
USA. 
May,
2010. 
Wood
fiber
costs
for
the
global
pulp
industry
have
been
in
 an
upswing
the
past
year
and
are
currently
at
their
highest
levels
since
the
 beginning
of
the
financial
crises
in
late
2008. 
The
cost
of
wood
accounts
for
about
55
 percent
of
the
total
production
costs
when
manufacturing
pulp,
so
it
is
the
one
cost
 component
that
often
decides
a
pulp
mills
competitive
advantage
in
the
global
 market
place. 

 
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