Wood costs for pulp manufacturers worldwide are on the rise: Wood Fiber Price Index 20% higher than two years ago

Wood costs, which account for up 70 percent of production costs when manufacturing pulp, have gone up worldwide the past two years, according to the market report Wood Resource Quarterly. The Global Wood Fiber Price Indices were back to pre-financial crises levels in the 1Q/11.Seattle, USA. The cost of manufacturing pulp has trended upward in most regions of the world the past two years. Much of the increase has been the result of higher wood fiber costs which, depending on pulp grade and region, currently vary between 48 percent and 72 percent of the total variable production costs,