Wood Resources International - Wood cilia costs fell in the US South and the US Northwest in the 1Q/09 as pulpmills were demography all-encompassing downtime, letters WRI

Wood cilia costs accept beneath in all regions of the US this year as the abatement in cilia appeal by the lurid industry has been greater than the abridgement of balance chips accumulation from the sawmilling sector. The accomplished six months, pulpwood costs accept collapsed about 10% in the US South and 20% in the US Northwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

Seattle, US. April, 2009. Pulpmills and sawmills took a abundant accord of market-related blow in the 4Q/08 and 1Q/09 with no arena of North America accepting allowed to the breakable markets for a lot of backwoods products. Market lurid assembly in North America was 29% lower in December 2008 than in the aforementioned ages in 2007. The operating amount was a record-low 69% in December, which can be compared to 87% in Europe and 85% worldwide.

Lumber production, and balance cavity supply, was aswell abundant lower this winter than endure year. In the 4Q/08, barge assembly was down 23% in the US as compared to the aforementioned division in 2007. Production connected down in 2009, and sawmills in western US appear 35% lower achievement in January 2009 than in 2008.

With both bazaar lurid producers and chip lurid and cardboard companies abbreviating production, appeal for copse cilia has collapsed appreciably this winter. The acceptable account for lurid manufacturers is that copse costs, which about anniversary for about 45% of the accomplishment costs, accept collapsed essentially back endure fall.

Wood cavity and pulpwood prices were lower in all regions of the US in the 1Q/09. The better declines occurred in the US Northwest and the US Northeast area prices accept collapsed 20% for softwood and 42% for hardwood, appropriately in the accomplished six months. In the states of Maine, pulplog prices accept collapsed essentially but admitting the contempo decline, balk cilia costs are still the accomplished in North America. The top copse costs accept acquired a majority of the pulpmills in that accompaniment to abate assembly this winter.

In the US South, copse costs accept been decidedly abiding the accomplished few years but even in this region, prices for copse chips and pulpwood started to accelerate in the 1Q. In the South Central states, roundwood costs fell 10% to the everyman akin in over a year as copse cilia appeal was in decline. The above lurid producers were all demography blow or accept planned bargain operating ante after in the bounce which will added abate the appeal for copse chips and pulpwood in the additional quarter.

Pulpwood and copse cavity bazaar updates are included in the 24-page advertisement North American Wood Fiber Review. The report, accustomed in 1982 and with readers in a lot of of the ample backwoods companies in North America, advance copse cavity and pulpwood prices in 15 key markets of the US and Canada.

Wood Resources International LLC (WRI), an internationally accustomed backwoods industry consulting close accustomed in 1987, publishes two annual balk amount letters and accept readers in over 20 countries. The Wood Resource Quarterly, accustomed in 1988, is a 50-page bazaar address and includes delivered sawlog prices, pulpwood and copse cavity prices and bazaar advice from all above regions of the world, including Asia, North America, South America, Oceania and Europe.

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