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.

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