Forest products prices

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

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Fastmarkets’ IOSCO-compliant price data represents all major markets, and incorporates input from buyers and sellers. We have more benchmark prices than any other price reporting agency in this market, and our prices are listed on exchanges such as Norexeco, SHFE and SGX.

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    • Kiln-dried southern yellow pine decking (Gulf Coast) premium 5/4×6 rl cfr Shanghai, $/cbm
    • Kiln-dried douglas fir baby squares merch 4-1/8×4-1/8 rl 10-20-ft s4s or rougher cfr Japan, $/cbm
    • Kiln-dried western spruce-pine-fir 2&btr J-grade 2×4 rl 10-20-ft cfr Japan, $/cbm
    • Green douglas fir (Ore/Wash) merch 1, 25% 2 2-1/2×7 rl 12-26-ft fob dock, $/cbm
    • Green douglas fir (Ore/Wash) merch 1, 25% 2 2-1/2×6 rl 12-26-ft fob mill, $/cbm
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    What’s happening in the forest products market?

    To reflect better current market dynamics and following consultation with stakeholders, RISI has made 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 60-g SC-A rotogravure reels […]

    Mixed paper appeared dead last July when China told the World Trade Organization it would ban global imports of the material. Now today, after landfilling it in various parts of the USA and a price crash to about $0/ton on the domestic market, three to four new containerboard capacity projects could help mixed paper make […]

    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 […]

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