Forest products short-term forecasts

Near-term economic outlooks for the pulp, paper and wood products markets

Get ahead of market trends, risks and opportunities when you subscribe to our short-term forecasts. Our analysts bring together Fastmarkets’ trusted price data and their expertise in macroeconomic analysis to give you clear projections and scenarios on a one-to-two-year time horizon. Learn more about our transparent forecasting methodology.

Our forecasts are designed to help you get a deeper understanding of the future of your market, so that you can stand behind your price, supply and demand projections with confidence. That’s why each forecast comes with expert commentary on the impact of macroeconomic forces on supply and demand, the impact of supply and demand on price and inventory levels, as well as regularly updated price projections and many more market insights.

Buyers and sellers of forest products use our price data to:

  • Build more resilient supply chains
  • Adapt to disruptions
  • Understand the market context behind the data
  • Build more accurate, easier-to-defend budgets
  • Consider the hidden factors affecting partners and suppliers
  • Execute a more agile risk and production strategy

Our short-term forecasts cover the following markets at the global and regional levels:

  • Timber and bioenergy
  • Wood products
  • Wood pallets
  • Pulp
  • Recovered paper
  • Graphic paper
  • Paper packaging
  • Tissue
  • Nonwovens

News, forecasts, mill intelligence and price reporting for 3,500+ grades to keep you ahead of the competition

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Select one of the panels to get a sample of our monthly regional pulp, paper and packaging monitors and our lumber commentary. These short-term forecasts enable you to anticipate market fluctuations and make strategic moves that significantly impact your business.
Fastmarkets Metropolitan Dashboard

Explore the Fastmarkets Metropolitan Dashboard, a new feature in our Lumber and Structural Panel Commentaries that offers detailed metropolitan-level insights into wood product consumption.

Whether you’re a retailer, wholesaler or mill operator, this tool equips wood industry professionals to:

  • Better-understand lumber and structural panel usage
  • Evaluate demand in new construction and repair & remodeling markets
  • Benchmark market share in key metropolitan areas
  • Make informed decisions in a dynamic wood products landscape 

Interested in finding out more? Speak to our team today.

Latest news and analysis

With no suitable offers for Flambeau River Papers (FRP) to sell its Park Falls, WI, uncoated freesheet (UFS) paper mill, the facility is to go to auction next week on Sept. 18. The following day, Price County Judge Kevin Klein is expected to approve or deny the sale, according to receiver Rebecca DeMarb. DeMarb explained […]

With the addition of recycled linerboard assessments in September, Fastmarkets RISI will revamp its North America Containerboard Price Watch table and will rename some price assessments. Specifically, the following changes will be made: “Linerboard (42-lb unbleached kraft)” will be relabelled “Unbleached kraft linerboard (42-lb)” “High performance (35-36 lb)” will be relabelled “High performance linerboard (35-/36-lb)” “White […]

As part of an ongoing effort to ensure our price assessments best fit the markets we cover, Fastmarkets RISI is seeking feedback on the frequency of Spain paper and board assessments.  Currently Fastmarkets RISI reports on prices in Spain once a quarter in April, July, October and December, providing price information for each month within […]

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Fastmarkets forest products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.

Market-reflective price data covering more than 2,800 commodities and 80 sub-grades with Fastmarkets forest products prices

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