International Wood Fiber Market Update5 10 15 20 25 2005 2006 2007 Million Cubic Meters Logs Chips...
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International Wood Fiber Market Update
Bob FlynnDirector, International Timber
April 13, 2008
FRA Annual Meeting, International Committee
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AgendaPacific Rim Woodchip Market– Demand Trends– Supply Outlook– Price Trends
Changes in Atlantic Region Pulpwood Trade– Nordic Region and the Russian Log Export Tax– Turkey– Major woodchip suppliers in Atlantic region
Wood Pellet and Biomass Trends
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Imports of woodchips in the Pacific Rim have been remarkably stable, but reached a record 16.7 million BDMT in 2007
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The Pacific Rim woodchip trade is 85% hardwood, and Japanese imports (softwood + hardwood)
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Japan Softwood15%
Korea3%
Taiwan5%
China7%
Japan Hardwood70%
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Australia is the dominant supplier of hardwood chips to Asian markets (36% in 2007), with the top four supplying countries accounting for 81%
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Australian woodchip exports are about 45% from plantations and 55% from native hardwood forest
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Chile’s exports of eucalyptus woodchips continue to expand, but pine chips are now more expensive than in the US South
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Vietnam is one of the fastest growing woodchip suppliers, with 43 mills producing chips for export
Hue Chipmill in Vietnam owned by Mihaud, which was opened in September 2003. The annual capacity is 100,000 BDMT – 75% Acacia and 25% Eucalyptus camaldulensis
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Third International Pulpwood Conference, Oct 19-21, 2008
Conference Location: Singapore
Optional field trip to Vietnam
www.pulpwoodconference.com
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Australia is the #1 supplier of softwood chips (42%), with the top four countries providing 90% of supply
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Australian hardwood chips have gotten very expensive, due to currency changes
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Prices for all three major softwood chip suppliers have moved up sharply in the past 18 months
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Indonesia: Competition with oil palm will restrict expansion of pulpwood plantations
• Some single plantations of oil palm are reportedly more than two million hectares
•Global demand for biofuels is pushing expansion of oil palm to record levels
•Financial returns for pulp plantations are not nearly so attractive
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A crack-down on illegal logging is creating fiber shortages in Indonesia, and disrupting Asian markets
Current battle between police and forestry ministry has forced pulp companies to rely prematurely on 100% acacia plantation fiber –this may delay expansions or even cause slow down in production
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Imports of logs and woodchips in the Nordic countries peaked at 30 MMCM in 2004, but declined 23% by 2007
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Russia’s Log Export Tariff – the end of an era for cheap wood imports?
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• Will Russia “compromise” on this export duty??? Why should they?
• EU Tariff Negotiations – many other nations have restrictions limiting or prohibiting log exports (e.g., Canada, USA)
• Companies in Europe and Asia appear to be acting as if the log export duty will be fully implemented, and in many cases have announced new investments in Russia ---- exactly what the Russians intended.
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Prices for Russian pulpwood imports into Finland jumped 96-112% (US$) in 2007--- but price increases began well in advance of export tax increase
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Exchange rates have played a part, but prices have increased sharply (+98%) in Euros as well
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Domestic prices for pulpwood in the Baltic countries also increased rapidly (local currency) in 2007
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Russian log exports to Europe have declined by 6.2 MMCM during 2005-2007, while woodchip exports have increased only 0.16 MMCM
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Sources of Woodchip Supply for Europe
Only about 7% of pulpwood imports in 2007 were from non-European sources.Most (78% in 2007) pulpwood imports (logs and chips) from non-European sources have been in log form, but this is changing rapidly due to record high ocean freight costs.– Eucalyptus pulplogs from Uruguay to Europe, freight cost:
• Mid-2006 = US$40-50/cubic meter• Late 2007 = US$90-100/cubic meter
– Companies in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey have now signed contracts with suppliers in Canada, USA, Brazil, Uruguay, and Congo for regular shipments of woodchips in 2008
– Japanese trading company in late 2007: “The border between the Pacific Rim and European woodchip markets is now Chile”
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Pulp Companies Aren’t the Only Ones Importing Woodchips From Overseas Sources
Yildiz Entegre, Turkey: Largest MDF facility (under one roof) in the world
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Turkey’s composite panel industry is expanding rapidly: 23 vessels of woodchips imported in 2007, demand at least 40 shipments in 2008 but transport limited
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AMCEL, (sold by IP to NPI/Marubeni early 2007), exports chips to Europe and Japan, but pine runs out in 2009
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Pine 255,000 BDMT
Eucalyptus 155,000 BDMT
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The majority of woodchip exports from Brazil have been acacia from southern Brazil to Japan only
TANAC Woodchip Export Facility, Rio Grande, Brazil
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SETA = 215,000 BDMT
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ENCE has imported eucalyptus chips from Uruguay since 2004, primarily for its mill in Huelva, Spain
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Uruguay Pulpwood Shipments in 2007
Logs = 1.7 million m3
Chips = 0.6 million BDMT
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Fulghum Fibres chip plant in Coronel Chile; Fulghum will build and operate a similar plant in Uruguay for Forestal AtlanticoSur, to supply chips to Södra in Norway. (Start-up mid-2008)
Pulpwood shipments from Uruguay are shifting rapidly to chips: exports of woodchips will increase 60% in 2008 to 1.0 million BDMT. By 2009 almost all exports will be in woodchip rather than pulplog form.
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USA exporting pine chips to Turkey, but not to Europe
Cooper T Smith Chip Loading, Mobile, Alabama
US South Chip Exports 2007Hardwood (Japan) = 225,000 BDMT
Softwood (Turkey) = 144,000 BDMT
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Great Northern Timber, Sheet Harbor, Nova Scotia
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150,000 BDMT Hardwood To Turkey and Northern Europe
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New supplier in Rep. of Congo will begin eucalyptus woodchip exports to Europe in May 2008, from new Andritz chipper
MAG Industries Point Noire, Congo
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Wood pellet imports from overseas sources are also growing rapidly, with the majority coming from Western Canada, at least through 2007
Fibreco Export Dock, Vancouver, Canada
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But wood pellet exports shifting to eastern N America• Largest pellet plant in the world, Green Circle, starting operations in Florida April 2008 (500,000 tonnes)
• Dixie Pellets, in Selma, Alabama (450,000 tonnes) and announced a new plant in Jackson, Alabama (540,000 tonnes)
• Other announced wood pellet projects 2007/2008 in eastern N America total about 1.1 million tonnes
• Total announced new wood pellet capacity in eastern N America equal to roughly four times the volume of 2007 exports to Europe
Green Circle Bio-energy, Cottondale, Florida
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Traditional wood pellet plants operate only on local sawmill residues, but the big new plants will compete for pulpwood
World’s biggest pellet plant, Green Circle Bioenergy, 500,000 tonnes per year
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And finally, “biomass chips” may also be imported for energy production in Europe
Prenergy’s Port Talbot plant in the UK may import 2-3 million tonnes of woodchips;
Other projects like Choren biofuels in Germany may also look to import “hog fuel” from overseas.
Phytosanitary regs?
Vessel availability?
Energy plantations?
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The extent to which European imports of woodchips (for pulp, MDF, or biomass) expand in the next several years largely depends on ocean freight costs
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Despite a surge in new woodchip carriers, it remains difficult for non-Japanese companies to secure vessels at competitive prices
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The Bottom Line on Global Wood Fiber FlowsPrices for both hardwood and softwood chips are at or near record levels in both Asian and European markets, in US dollar terms.Demand is growing for US fiber exports, whether for pulp, MDF or energy --- partly driven by a low US dollar, but also lack of alternative sources.However, a lack of vessels at affordable prices has limited fiber exports, despite a surge in new woodchip carriers.Phytosanitary regulations in Europe also need to be overcome.Pulp producers in the US South are very competitive in global markets --- due primarily to relative wood costs.Weak housing markets restricting residual softwood supplies
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Questions?Bob FlynnDirector, International Timber, RISIPhone: 1-253-565-4846Email: [email protected] site: www.risiinfo.com