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
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
Freight: Freight opening up again, costs beginning to rise [Subscribers Only]
Despite the ongoing challenge of some sea containers still being held up in less useful locations, global sea freight appears to be returning to some semblance of normality, albeit overlaid with ongoing challenges. Container freight shipping costs reported by Hellenic Shipping and derived from VBHS e.V data, shows most vessel… Read More
DEVELOPING NEWS: Global shipping companies end recovered paper exports to China
Recovered paper shipments to China could cease before the end of 2020, with global shipping companies now rejecting shipments for delivery after the end of September. The second and fifth largest global shipping conglomerates (Mediterranean Shipping Company [MSC] and Hapag Lloyd) have announced separately that they will cease shipping recovered paper… Read More
Freight: ‘Blanking’ a two-way thing as disruptions continue [Subscribers Only]
The pandemic’s impact on global sea freight has been serious, and continues to be very challenging as some parts of the world come out of hibernation, even as others continue to grapple with the health crisis. One point of reference has been reports from shipping lines and ports that they… 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
Freight: Shipping tells us trade slump is here [Subscribers Only]
Though it is not always true, global shipping indices – especially the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) – are often a good indicator of future trade and economic activity. When the BDI collapsed on 14th May, to a crushingly low 393 points, the main indices of raw materials movements around the… Read More
Special Edition: Disruption unpacked for Australian and New Zealand paper and board industries
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Friday 17th April 2020. As the impact of the pandemic continues to reverberate throughout societies and economies, IndustryEdge has issued a mid-month special edition of its flagship Pulp & Paper Edge. Delivered in a ‘fast-to-market’ slide-deck format, the edition addresses the significant questions asked by many of the… Read More
Import disruptions minimal to date: COVID-19 Update
[Up to date at 5pm, AEDT: Wednesday 25th March 2020] At the time of writing IndustryEdge was not aware of any significant import supply disruptions in the paper and paperboard sector in Australia. The focus is on imports of Printing & Communication papers and the trade in Packaging & Industrial grades. The… Read More