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December 08, 2022
Southern Timber Prices Continue to Trend Lower in 3Q2022
Following a 15-year peak in 1Q2022 and a sharp decline in prices in 2Q2022, the weighted average price for southern...
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September 28, 2022
Wood Chip Supplies Diminish and Prices Soar in the Pacific Northwest
Labor union strikes and industry developments that have pinched the supply of conifer wood chips in the Pacific...
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December 08, 2022
Southern Timber Prices Continue to Trend Lower in 3Q2022
Following a 15-year peak in 1Q2022 and a sharp decline in prices in 2Q2022, the weighted average price for southern timber continued trending lower,...
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September 28, 2022
Wood Chip Supplies Diminish and Prices Soar in the Pacific Northwest
Labor union strikes and industry developments that have pinched the supply of conifer wood chips in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) now have a number of...
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October 13, 2021
Global Shipping Costs Hit ‘Stupid O’Clock’
Bulk and commodity trade and vessel movements are embroiled in further turmoil in early October, with day rates for vessel leases spiking so...
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October 06, 2021
Pulpwood Prices in Stressed Florida/Georgia Market Surge to Record Highs
In June 2020, we wrote a piece covering the sale of the shuttered Klausner Lumber One facility in Live Oak, FL in which we noted that the region’s...
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September 02, 2021
Woodchip Exports: Why IndustryEdge Tracks Vessel Movements
Almost every month, IndustryEdge is asked why it tracks woodchip vessel movements, especially into and out of Australia. After all, you rely on...
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June 23, 2021
Forecasting Timber Supply & Price is a Necessity in Current Markets
If we have learned one lesson over the course of the last year, it’s to expect the unexpected. Massive societal shifts, which began as a reaction to...
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April 07, 2021
Fiber Prices Plummet in the Lake States
Delivered wood fiber prices in the Lake States are at their lowest point since Forest2Market began collecting transactional pricing data from the...
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March 18, 2021
Australian Log Exports Hit Hard by China Ban
Australia’s log exports totaled 218 km3 in January 2021, down 9.5% on a year earlier as Chinese import bans continued to impact the trade. The result...
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March 10, 2021
Regional US Chip & Pulpwood Price Trends Diverge
As global consumer trends and demands continue to shift at an escalating pace – especially given the events of 2020 - markets for wood fiber...
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March 04, 2021
Wet Weather Driving Southern Timber Prices Higher in 1Q2021
After predictably losing ground during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2Q2020, the southern timber market bounced back in 3Q and 4Q led by...
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February 04, 2021
Australian Woodchip Exports Continue to Fade: Down 32% Year-Ended November
According to IndustryEdge’s latest edition of Wood Market Edge online, Australia’s combined annual exports of hardwood and softwood woodchips for the...
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November 17, 2020
Chinese Chip Imports Lift: Australian Supply Declines
Latest data shows Chinese woodchip imports lifted to a seven-month high in September, hitting 1.302 million bone dried metric tons (bdmt) at an...
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October 07, 2020
Tools for Tracking Global Woodchip Exports, Shipping and Imports
Through IndustryEdge’s innovative online platform, Wood Market Edge, woodchip exporters, pulp producers, traders, port authorities and others are...
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September 23, 2020
Wood Consumption Trends in the Northeast and Lake States
As I noted in the first installment of this analytical series, the forest products industry has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic...
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September 16, 2020
Manage Raw Material Price and Plan for Success During Budgeting Season
Raw material price volatility is perhaps the single biggest enemy of successful budgeting for manufacturers. Extreme price volatility and market...
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September 10, 2020
How Has COVID-19 Impacted Wood Consumption?
This post originally appeared on Forest2Market's MarketWatch blog. The forest products industry—which typically flies under the public radar—has been...
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