Wood costs for the global pulp industry have risen 17 per cent in the past two years, according to market reports.
Global market pulp production increased by seven per cent in 2010, which, in turn, boosted demand for wood raw material and pushed up prices for wood chips and pulp logs in most regions of the world, the Wood Resource Quarterly reported.
The second half of 2010 saw higher-than-anticipated global pulp production, with markets in a stronger position than they had been in the first six months of the year.
