Press Release – For Immediate Release
Chile increased both domestic pulpwood consumption and wood chip exports in
2008, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Increased supply of wood from Eucalyptus plantations in Chile has made it possible to
both expand the...
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Press Release – For Immediate Release
Chile increased both domestic pulpwood consumption and wood chip exports in
2008, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Increased supply of wood from Eucalyptus plantations in Chile has made it possible to
both expand the domestic consumption of pulpwood and increased wood chips exports
the past three years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Seattle, USA.
May, 2009.
Costs of Eucalyptus and pine pulpwood have fallen for five
consecutive quarters in Chile and are down by almost 40 percent from their peak in the
1Q/08 (in US dollar terms).
The current price level was last seen in 2004.
In the 1Q/09,
the pulp industry in Chile had the lowest wood fiber costs of all 16 countries tracked by
the WRQ.
However, not all pulpmills in the country enjoyed such low fiber costs this past winter.
There were reportedly some plants that used as much as 20% sawlogs because of
regionally tight pulplog supply.
Domestic wood fiber consumption by the pulp industry
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