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Access hardwood lumber prices & market intelligence with Fastmarkets

Why use Fastmarkets' hardwood lumber prices?

Fastmarkets (owner of Hardwood Market Report) is the leading global provider of pricing intelligence for hardwood lumber markets, and has delivered reliable price data and news on the North American hardwood lumber industry, since 1922.

And now, you can access the industry’s most trusted benchmarks, exclusive production and consumption data, and market insights directly on the Fastmarkets dashboard, via three publications.

Hardwood Market Report
Trusted weekly benchmarks and market insights on North American hardwoods, helping businesses make smarter decisions with reliable, timely information.

HMR Executive
Monthly strategic insights designed for industry leaders, analyzing the ideas and developments with the power to shift North American hardwood supply and demand.

HMR Import Newsletter
North America’s only publication focused exclusively on accurate pricing and market intelligence for imported hardwood lumber.

You can be reassured by independent, fair and representative price assessments and indices of lumber and panel products, which are produced on a weekly basis. Fastmarkets’ approach is to strengthen the lumber price discovery process, producing assessments that set the benchmark as a consistent and trusted indicator of market value.

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Lumber price methodology

Fastmarkets’ mission is to meet the market’s data requirements honestly and independently, acting with integrity and care to ensure that the trust and confidence placed in the reliability of our pricing methodologies is maintained.

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Why use a price reporting agency?

After years of unprecedented volatility, many are wondering “What’s next?” for the North American and global lumber market. Will we see a sudden turnaround in prices that send us back toward record levels? Or will sluggish demand and pricing action persist?

As we frequently remind our subscribers, the future is uncertain and market conditions can change rapidly. Traders and forecasters alike were repeatedly reminded of this with the unprecedented boom-and-bust cycles with lumber and wood product prices over the last three years.

By using a price reporting agency (PRA), you can be prepared for all outcomes. With PRA you can:

  • Ensure that you have the prices you can use that reflect supply and demand conditions
  • Provide a reference and benchmark for all transactions
  • Give confidence to contract counterparties that the prices used are impartial
  • Improve efficiency when renegotiating contracts
  • Deliver instant and accessible data through an automated platform
  • Get access to supply and demand outlooks for lumber, timber and wood products and more to forecast costs
  • Receive breaking news coverage, contextualized within rich industry statistics and datasets

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Fastmarkets has clear specifications for all the lumber price points that it covers. For market-reflective prices, forecasts and insights for the lumber commodity markets please get in touch.


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