Forest products long-term forecasts and asset analysis

Asset analysis and 5- and 15-year economic outlooks for the pulp, paper and wood products markets

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Our analysts bring together Fastmarkets’ detailed cost and asset analysis and their expertise in macroeconomic analysis to project demand, production, shipments, inventories, capacity, operating rates and trade data on a 5 – to 15-year time horizon.

As the only intelligence provider covering the forest value chain from end to end, Fastmarkets’ modeling considers the inter-dependencies and dynamics between markets and grades. Models integrate our own mill cost benchmarking data with in-depth intelligence on mills and machines to determine price floors and the impact of closures.

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  • Develop end-of-life roadmaps that protect profitability
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Fastmarkets’ forest products asset analysis hub includes global mill intelligence and cost analysis that can bring you insights into mill operations and cost of production and more. Head to our hub to:

  • Uncover the largest global asset database for forest products
  • Access our cost benchmarking service to compare production costs
  • Learn whether you are paying the right price for your packaging products

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Latest news and analysis

To reflect better current market dynamics and following consultation with stakeholders, RISI confirms it will make the following changes to European graphic paper price coverage with effect from September 2018. 1)            Discontinue price assessments for 48.8-g newsprint in France, Germany and Spain                 (Price IDs 453, 461, and 475). 2)            Discontinue price assessments for […]

To reflect better current trading in the European newsprint markets, RISI proposes to make the following changes to its price coverage in PPI Europe. –              Launch assessments of improved newsprint 68 ISO in Germany (the same grade as                 assessed in the UK); –              Launch assessments of standard 42.5-g newsprint prices in Italy. These changes […]

In light of diverging prices in the Italian kraftliner market and following consultation with stakeholders, RISI confirms it will make the following changes to its price assessments with effect from September 2018. Currently assessments for unbleached kraftliner reflect CIF prices for imported paper at the lower end of the range and domestic free delivered prices […]

In response to company-specific provisional countervailing and anti-dumping tariffs announced by the US government that resulted in a wide range in price levels for US Newsprint, RISI sought industry comments and feedback on the merits of a possible change from reporting a point price for US newsprint to reporting a price range. Having reviewed this […]

Exceptionally, RISI will publish June US recovered paper prices one day later on June 6, rather than the planned June 5. This change is deemed necessary because of the Chinese government’s surprise announcement on May 3 that it will be inspecting 100% of US recovered paper exports, from May 4 through June 4. No country […]

COVERAGE NOTE: PPI Pulp & Paper Week’s May preliminary market pulp Price Watch will not be published on Friday, May 11, due to International Pulp Week. Instead it will be published on Friday, May 18. Bryan Smith is RISI’s Deputy Editor of Global Pulp. He is at Twitter: https://twitter.com/BryanSmithRISI

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