Get access to all of the latest log, woodchip and sawnwood data via Wood Market Edge online, IndustryEdge’s ground-breaking data and information service. In recent months, our innovative approach to tracking the global woodchip trade has been enhanced by online delivery. Subscribers to Wood Market Edge online can login and… Read More
NZ sack and bag trade largely local, but watch pre-converted imports
Probably the world’s greatest dairy products exporter, New Zealand is inevitably a massive user of fibre packaging, including industrial sacks and bags. Like other forms of fibre packaging, New Zealand is largely self-sufficient in this sector, with imports playing a supporting role. Having upgraded its Auckland sack plant in April… Read More
2020 Strategic Review – Now Available for Subscription
In 2020, the challenges of understanding the directions markets are headed has never been more complex. Our most reliable tools are data, facts and comprehensive analysis. If you are engaged in considering the pulp, paper, paperboard, fibre packaging, paper products and tissue sectors in any way, IndustryEdge’s Pulp & Paper… Read More
Market Webinars Commence Next Week: Discounted Access for IndustryEdge Subscribers
IndustryEdge is delighted to be partnering with Appita,* to deliver a series of six market-focussed webinars on the ‘State of the Market’. The six webinars will be conducted monthly in the second half of 2020, providing information, insights and the opportunity to engage with IndustryEdge, with others in the local… Read More
Taking the pulse of the pulp and paper industry: June update
Each month, the team at IndustryEdge provides an update on the state of the pulp and paper industry, as a snapshot and lead in to each edition of Pulp & Paper Edge, the industry’s only market and trade analysis. This pulse of the pulp and paper industry was drafted on 25th and… Read More
Annual paper trade deficit hits new record: AUD2.381 billion year-ended April
Australia’s balance of trade in paper, paperboard, paper products and fibre supplies shot to a new annual record deficit of AUD2.381 billion over the year-ended April. Based on analysis of preliminary data from the ABS, the deficit is 13.3% higher than a year ago, with the annual deficit recording an… Read More
New mid-month edition provides rapid updates
MELBOURNE, Australia: IndustryEdge’s market data and intelligence service, Pulp & Paper Edge is now being produced twice per month, to keep subscribers updated with latest intelligence and data series. Responding to a dramatic increase in subscriber queries and requests for data, in addition to the traditional end of month edition,… Read More
Pulp prices respond to vagaries of global demand
Global market pulp prices continue to defy the commodity trends, remaining high in April as inter-sectoral demand balances continue to change. In the main Chinese market, shown in Figure 1, Bleached Softwood Kraft (BSK) pulp prices rose USD20/t on average to USD610/t, while Bleached Eucalypt Kraft (BEK) pulp prices shifted… Read More
Pulp: Prices respond to vagaries of variable demand [Subscribers Only]
Global market pulp prices continue to defy the commodity trends, remaining high in April as inter-sectoral demand balances continue to change. In the main Chinese market, shown in Figure 1, Bleached Softwood Kraft (BSK) pulp prices rose USD20/t on average to USD610/t, while Bleached Eucalypt Kraft (BEK) pulp prices shifted… Read More
Pulp: Negotiators keep distance, market shifts sideways [Subscribers Only]
Despite extensive disruptions throughout global supply chains, and massive shocks in resources like oil prices, March 2020 saw global pulp markets shift sideways as buyers and sellers kept a sociable distance. Ultimately, it is that social and economic distance, the associated consumption shocks and the sharp falls in global economic… Read More