Though still elevated for many markets – and disrupted for most – the cost of international sea freight continues to retreat rapidly. All the main indices were pointing down in September and t…

[First published in Edition 208 of IndustryEdge’s monthly Pulp & Paper Edge in October 2022] Led lower by Bleached Softwood Kraft (BSK) grades, the global pulp market turned down in Sep…

IndustryEdge’s Australian and New Zealand Export Log Price Index dropped in January 2022 to its lowest point in more than a year before rebounding. In August the price index dropped slightly…

‘Flexing’ is often left to body builders, but importers of sawn softwood products into Australia have been demonstrating their capacity over the last year, delivering a scintillating 956,…

The Forest Resource Use Model (FoRUM) was developed to inform this debate by evaluating the economic impacts of changes in the Australian forestry sector, and despite numerous revisions Fo…

The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is conducting the next round of its five yearly national survey of Australia’s wood processing sector. T…

Sales of locally produced sawn softwood declined 5.0% year-ended September 2022, slipping to 3.048 million m3. The decline is almost 160,000 m3, with few grades in positive territory. The d…

Latest data demonstrates that after continuous increases since June 2020, sawn softwood prices moderated during the September quarter. Though several grades experienced prices growth,…