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Context is key in the complex, interconnected forest products market. Handle high-stakes trading decisions with confidence when you have access to real-time market news and in-depth analysis of the factors moving your market.
Our team of market reporters helps you understand the latest news through the lens of their deep market expertise, covering more than 80 sub-grades in the pulp, paper, packaging, wood products, nonwovens and bioenergy markets. Their mission is to keep you in the know on the latest developments that could affect your business, including price announcements, capacity changes, M&A activities and more.
Buyers and sellers of forest products rely on our news service to:
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- Keep a close eye on your competitors’ strategic moves
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Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Packaging GCC indices via an open consultation process between April 16 and May 14, 2025. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process. Full details of the prices covered by this consultation can be found here. No feedback […]
Learn how timber imports affect the US economy regarding Canadian softwood lumber and future trade policies.
Fastmarkets is inviting feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for the PIX Forest Biomass Finland price indices, as part of its announced annual methodology review process. This consultation, which is open until June 12, 2025, seeks to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the […]
BEK pulp prices in Europe dropped $40/tonne in April, driven by US import tariff uncertainties and weaker demand in China.
Explore the current trends in the wood market as prices for framing lumber continue to decline amidst economic uncertainty.
Explore the latest trends in packaging prices in the GCC region, focusing on recycled fiber-based containerboard in April.
Fastmarkets forest products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.
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