Excerpts from the 3Q 2014 issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly. To subscribe to the full 52-page market report, please visit www.woodprices.com
Highlights from the 3Q/2014:
• Sawlog prices fell and the GSPI Index was down 4.6% q-o-q. Biggest price reductions were in the Nordic countries and Eastern Europe.
• Softwood pulpwood prices were stable, while hardwood fiber prices fell in key markets. The hardwood fiber price index (HFPI) was down 2.0% from the 2Q/14.
• Global trade of lumber up in 2014. Lower lumber prices in North America, Japan and Russia and up in the Nordic countries and China.
• Exports of wood pellets from Canada to Europe down but higher volumes going to South Korea.
• Special report in the current WRQ: The global family of wood chip carriers is becoming younger and smaller.
The full news brief from the latest issue of the Wood Resource Quarterly can be downloaded here:
The_Global_Forest_Industry_in_the_3Q-14.pdf
Hakan Ekstrom Wood Resources International LLC Seattle, USA
