http://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Wood Resources International LLC. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:41:56 -0500 © 2012 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 en-us http://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg http://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. http://www.pr.com/press-release/389941 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Export tariffs on logs shipped from Russia, the world's largest log supplier, are set to be reduced as the country becomes a member of the WTO. The proposed new lower tariffs are not expected to increase export volumes to pre-tariff levels, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/389941 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/388481 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Reduced activities in the housing construction sector in China decreased importation of softwood logs and lumber in late 2011, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Despite the decline in the 4Q, total imports during 2011 reached a record high, making China the largest importer of logs and lumber in the world. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/388481 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/386537 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Global trade of wood chips has gone up substantially the past two years. Hardwood chip export from Chile, Uruguay and Brazil was up 43 percent in 2011 compared to 2009, as reported by the Wood Resource Quarterly. A clear majority of the increase was Eucalyptus chips destined for pulp mills in Japan and Europe. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/386537 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/383532 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Relatively low fossil fuel prices have reduced the demand and prices of woody biomass throughout the US the past three years, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The Pacific Northwest currently has the lowest biomass prices, slightly lower than the South, while the Northeast continues to have among the highest costs in the country. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/383532 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/380723 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Log exportation from New Zealand continues to rise at a record pace, with almost one-third of the country’s timber harvest being processed at sawmills in China. The high demand for logs from overseas has increased domestic sawlog prices to their highest levels in 15 years, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/380723 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/379169 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Chinese pulp mills increasingly have to rely on imported wood chips for their wood fiber needs. In 2011, record volumes are being imported mainly from hardwood plantations in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. Imported wood chip costs from Vietnam have gone up 40 percent in two years and are closing in on costs for chips shipped to Japan, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/379169 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/377728 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Slowing lumber markets throughout the world have resulted in declining sawlog prices in many of the major lumber-producing regions in Europe and North America, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest price reductions occurred in Japan, Sweden, Poland and Russia. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/377728 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/369616 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Profit margins are being squeezed for many hardwood pulp producers worldwide with higher wood fiber costs and lower product prices. The hardwood wood fiber price index (HFPI) reached a 24-year high in the 3Q/11 at the same time as hardwood pulp prices fell by 26% from June through October, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/369616 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/363306 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:21:55 -0400 Increased consumption of softwood lumber throughout the world has moved sawlog prices to new highs in 2011. The Global Conifer Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached a 16-year record high in the 2Q/11, with the greatest increases over last year’s prices occurring in Latvia, Poland, Japan, Russia and Germany, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/363306 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/360537 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:00:00 -0400 The US and Canada have been exporting record volumes of logs and lumber to China in 2011. The Wood Resource Quarterly predicts that exports in 2011 will double those seen in 2010 to reach an estimated value of 2.6 billion dollars. Lumber shipments from Canada alone could reach 1.2 billion dollars this year. The North American share of log and lumber import volumes to China has increased from four percent in 2005 to 18 [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/360537 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/354375 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:00:00 -0400 Wood costs account for about 60 percent of the production costs when manufacturing pulp for paper. According the Wood Resource Quarterly, wood fiber costs have gone up about 25 percent since early 2009, reaching record levels in the 2Q/2011. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/354375 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/346339 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:45:22 -0400 European demand for wood pellets has to a large extent, driven the expansion of pellet capacity in both the US and Canada the past five years. The North American Wood Fiber Review reports that in coming years, it is likely that demand for pellets will increase not only in Europe, but also in Asia and North America, which will generate new opportunities for pellet producers, particularly in Western Canada and Eastern US. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/346339 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/337796 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:23:00 -0400 Wood costs for pulp mills in Western US have increased over the past 12 months, reaching their highest level since early 2008 in the 2Q/11, reports the American Wood Fiber Review. Pulp mills in the US South have slightly lower wood costs than they did in 2010, and continue to have the lowest fiber costs in North America. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/337796 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/336271 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:35:30 -0400 Last year global demand for softwood lumber increased by more than 10 percent after having hit a 50-year low in 2009. The rise in demand has pushed lumber prices in North America, Asia and Europe to their highest levels in ten months, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/336271 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/324536 Mon, 16 May 2011 15:24:00 -0400 The world’s largest log exporter, Russia, increased the shipments of logs in the 1Q/11 after having declined for four years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Russian exports of softwood lumber have also gone up substantially, especially to China, Uzbekistan, Japan and Egypt. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/324536 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/314021 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:00:00 -0400 Sawlog prices in Western US were up about 20 percent in 2010 as an result of increased competition for logs from log buyers in China, South Korea and Japan, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. Prices for logs in the US South and Canada also moved up last year, but at a slower rate. Sawmills in Western Canada currently have some of the lowest wood costs in the world. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/314021 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/313477 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:20:47 -0400 Global market pulp production increased by seven percent in 2010, which increased demand for wood raw-material. As a result, prices for wood chips and pulplogs were up in most regions of the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The Softwood Wood Fiber Price Index (SFPI) has increased 16.5 percent the past two years, while the Hardwood Wood Fiber Price Index (HFPI) went up 17.7 percent. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/313477 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/309453 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:00:00 -0400 Japan is in urgent need of pre-fabricated houses and manufactured wood products in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in early March. Longer term, it can be expected that imports of commodity products such as plywood, lumber and logs will increase to this country, which is already one of the largest importers of wood products in the world, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/309453 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/305313 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:03:07 -0500 Over the past two years, North America has become a major supplier of wood pellets to Europe. In 2010, an estimated 1.6 million tons of pellets were shipped from the US and Canada to the Netherlands, the UK and Belgium, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. This is a doubling of volume compared to 2008. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/305313 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/298840 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:03:59 -0500 Global trade of wood chips was up 25 percent in 2010 because of increased production of pulp and paper products worldwide. China showed the greatest growth in chip imports with an increase over 400 percent in the past two years, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly. Australia continues to be the major exporter and shipped 11 percent more in 2010 than in the previous year. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/298840 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/287174 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Over the past 20 years, pulp mills in Eastern Canada have consistently had higher wood fiber costs than the mills in the Western provinces with the exception of a short period in 1995, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. In the 4Q/10, softwood chip prices had fallen in Quebec and Ontario and increased in British Columbia and Alberta resulting in the smallest cost gap between the two regions in 10 years. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/287174 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/295469 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Sawlog costs for many sawmills around the world went up during 2010, and the Global Sawlog Price Index reached the highest level in over two years in the 3Q/10, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. The biggest wood price increases occurred in Western US, Germany, Sweden and Northwest Russia. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/295469 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/288880 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:00:00 -0500 The value of softwood logs and lumber exported from North America to China reached over 1.6 billion dollars in 2010, which was 150 percent higher than the previous year and more than ten times as much as in 2006, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/288880 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/282494 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 06:59:26 -0500 Sawlog costs in Europe have gone up more than lumber prices the past year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. With the expected decline in lumber consumption, many sawmills in Europe are considering reductions in their operating rates. As a consequence, prices for sawlogs are likely to drop from their two–year highs in the coming months. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/282494 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/278109 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:00:00 -0500 The cost for wood fiber accounts for almost 60 percent of the total production costs when manufacturing pulp. Both softwood and hardwood wood fiber price indices, SFPI and HFPI, have increased about six percent over the past year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/278109 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/273527 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:16:56 -0400 FOEX and WRI have agreed to partner in the launching of global wood chip price indices. The combined efforts will ensure that the indices, whose launch is planned for early 2011, will be statistically reliable and thus well suited for 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/273527 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/270955 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 03:00:00 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/270955 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/265209 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:00:00 -0400 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 [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/265209 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/263364 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:14:00 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/263364 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/255697 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:52:14 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/255697 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/254318 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:00:00 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/254318 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/251029 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/251029 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/249250 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Woody biomass in the US South is attracting interest from European energy companies in their search for long-term, reliable and competitively priced supply sources, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The increased competition for wood fiber has pushed pine pulpwood prices upward in the Southeastern states this past year. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/249250 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/248027 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Export of wood chips from Australia is on the rebound, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. After last year’s ten-year low, shipments so far in 2010 are up 38 percent for pine chips and 12 percent for Eucalyptus chips. In addition, an estimated 100,000 tons of wood pellets will be shipped to Europe this year. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/248027 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/245278 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:04:43 -0400 The supply and demand for Eucalyptus logs in Brazil has been in balance the past year, which has resulted in stable log prices in the local currency, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. As a result of the strengthening Real, log costs have gone up in US dollar terms and were 25 percent higher in the 1Q/10 than in early 2009. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/245278 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/240513 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:00:00 -0400 In the 1Q/2010, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached US$76.77/m3, the highest level in over a year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. Much of the increase has been the result of a weaker US dollar, but sawlog costs have also gone up in local currencies in many markets, including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Russia and New Zealand. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/240513 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/237596 Thu, 27 May 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Biomass has now surpassed oil to become the number one source for energy generation in Sweden. The increased competition for logs and wood chips between the pulp industry and energy sector has pushed wood fiber prices to new highs, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/237596 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/236769 Tue, 25 May 2010 03:00:00 -0400 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. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/236769 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/232985 Sat, 08 May 2010 03:00:00 -0400 The cost for wood biomass fell in two of the major markets in the US in the 1Q 2010 partly because of the federal program BCAP, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review. The federal government is currently considering different programs of how to contribution to an increased use of renewable energy sources. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/232985 Wood Resources International LLC http://www.pr.com/press-release/229382 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:00:00 -0400 The international financial crisis in 2009 had a major negative impact on worldwide demand for pulp and paper products. As a result, the consumption of wood chips and pulpwood for pulp production was lower and global trade of wood chips fell 14%, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly. China bucked this trend, almost tripling its imports to became the world’s second largest importer of wood chips last year. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/229382 Wood Resources International LLC