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FOEX Indexes and Wood Resources International to partner in the launching of Global Wood Chip Price Indices

More than 80 million tons of wood chips, valued at almost ten billion US dollars, are traded annually in the open market worldwide and the shipment volumes are increasing.

FOEX and WRI have agreed to partner in the launching of global wood chip price indices. As for all price benchmarks in FOEX's PIX-index family, the indices will be based on a large number of actual trades and the data will be collected from both sellers and buyers of wood chips. The combined efforts of FOEX and WRI, and the PIX-index system, will ensure that the indices, whose launch is planned for early 2011, will be statistically reliable and thus well suited for numerous market participants. These include forest and energy companies who can use price indices for benchmarking, as well as the financial community, which can use the Indices as price risk management tools.

To learn more about this new, unique benchmark service, may contact either the FOEX representative in bio-indices, Mr. Matti Sihvonen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Timo Teräs, the Managing Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or Mr. Håkan Ekström, the President of WRI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The full press release can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Press Releases

China’s hunger for wood raw-material pushes timber prices upward, increasing the importation of logs and wood chips to record levels in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

The forest industry in China is continuing its expansion, and with limited domestic timber resources, importation of logs and wood chips are at an all-time high, especially as tight supply of domestic logs has increased local log prices to new highs in the 2Q/10, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Asian News

Woody biomass prices in the US increased in the 3Q/10 after having trended downward since early 2009, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review

Prices of wood fiber used for energy declined during most of the recession, partly as a result of the low cost of fossil fuels, which can serve as an alternative source for many industrial energy consumers. However, in the 3Q, biomass prices were up in the South, the Northwest and Southwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. This trend break occurred mainly because of reduced fiber supply and generally lower biomass inventories.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Press Releases

Wood costs for sawmills and pulp mills in Sweden on the rise in 2010, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly

Continued healthy markets for lumber, pulp and paper has kept demand for logs at high levels in Sweden. As a result, log and wood chip prices have increased substantially the past 12 months, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Financial News

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having increased for 18 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly 

The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fiber costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Financial News

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.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Financial News

Wood fiber costs for the global pulp industry fell in the 2Q/10 after having increased for 18 months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly 

The global pulp industry benefited from lower wood fiber costs and higher product prices in the 2Q/10. Wood chip and pulpwood prices fell the most in the US, Sweden, Finland, Australia and Eastern Canada. Both the softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices (SFPI and HFPI) fell for the first time since early 2009, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

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.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

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.

Tim Gammell, Editor        This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hakan Ekstrom, President       This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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.

The full article can be found in the attached PDF file.....

Published in Oceania News
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