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The Importance of Sustainable, Working Forests in the P&P Industry

The paper and packaging industry has made considerable progress and contributions in redirecting the growth of the industry towards a more sustainable future as ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues have forged a way to the top of...

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Where Does Africa’s P&P Industry Stand and Where Is It Headed?

When discussing any sort of market trends, industry moves or any other pulp and paper industry related news, it seems we tend to focus on Asia, North...

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Global Pulplog and Wood Chip Prices Up 10% Since 2021

Tight wood fiber supply and record high pulp prices have pushed the worldwide costs for pulplogs and wood chips upward 10% the past year. Wood fiber...

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Global Softwood Lumber Prices Down About 10% in First Half of 2022

Global trade of softwood lumber fell about 10% in the first half of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. Most of the decline was driven by lower...

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Why Is Kraft Paper Demand Rising and Where Is it Heading?

Kraft packaging paper has maintained a roughly 4% share of all fiber-based packaging capacity since 2015, however, as of late, the relative share of...

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Anti-Forestry Insanity: The Opinion Piece That Keeps on Giving

There’s an old adage about the paralyzing effects of cognitive dissonance: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and...

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Which Region of the US Stores the Most Carbon in its Forests?

Forest2Market’s newest analytical tool – Carbon Analysis 360 – was specifically designed to help participants across the forest value chain better...

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What is BRP and How Will It Impact the Future of the P&P Industry?

Unbleached recycled fiber market pulp, also known as brown recycled pulp or BRP, is a new grade of market pulp that didn’t exist before 2017, but is...

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Strong Demand and Tight Supply Have Driven Wood Fiber Costs for Pulp Manufacturers Higher in 2022

Prices for pulplogs and wood chips increased QoQ in early 2022 in all 19 regions worldwide as tracked by the Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). This...

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How Have Government Bans Impacted Capacity Growth in the P&P Industry?

When we look at the capacity trends module in Fisher International’s FisherSolve business intelligence platform, we can see that the top five...

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