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Forest products asset analysis

Delve deeper into mill assets and understand production costs

Fastmarkets’ asset analysis products and services combine our rich history and deep expertise in the forest products industry. Covering mills, machines and plants across the world, the industry’s largest mill asset database can provide you insights into mill operations, cost of production, input consumption, operational profitability, competitive benchmarking and many more.

Along with the support of our dedicated team of analysts and cost engineers, our in-depth cost benchmarking and packaging cost indexing solutions can help you understand what’s really behind your prices.

Access the industry’s largest source of global mill intelligence and cost analytics to start strengthening your business plans and making better decisions today.
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Cost
benchmarking

Compare the cost of production by mill
and machine with our cost benchmarking tool

Asset
database

Find and analyze mills machines
and plants with third-party data and costs

Understanding
packaging prices

Use our paper and packaging index
builder to understand packaging costs

Industry insights and market analysis

Learn more about how our mill intelligence and cost analysis tools can help you advance your business strategy:

Suzano Cerrado project: Cost benchmarking boosts competitivity with costs under $100 p/tonne

Ribas do Rio Pardo, MS, Jan 2, 2024 (PPI Latin America) – Brazilian company Suzano, the world’s largest bleached eucalyptus kraft (BEK) pulp producer, is approaching the final stages of its Cerrado project, a new greenfield mill in Ribas do Rio Pardo city, Mato Grosso do Sul state, designed to produce 2.55 million tonnes per year […]

January 5, 2024
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By: Marina Faleiros
Global market pulp outlook: Key pulp price drivers to watch in 2023 and 2024

A detailed look at pulp demand, inventory, mill downtime, production costs and other key market drivers in the pulp market in this mid-year review

July 20, 2023
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By: Patrick Cavanagh
The cost of mill downtime: how low operating rates can impact mill costs and profitability

Fastmarkets’ Derek Mahlburg analyzes the inflationary effect of low operating rates on paper and board mills

June 1, 2023
 · 
By: Derek Mahlburg
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Forest products methodology

Fastmarkets’ cost benchmarking methodology normalizes regional cost differences among pulp and paper mills and machines operating around the world. We provide a consistent, transparent and reliable basis for comparing the cost competitiveness of mills with others producing the same grades or products.

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Why Fastmarkets Forest Products?
Fastmarkets Forest Products brings together and builds on decades of expertise from RISI and Random Lengths. In order for you to stay ahead of industry trends and plan for what’s ahead, our forest products price data, forecasts, mill intelligence and reporting cover more than 3,500 grades.
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Fastmarkets forest products give market participants and investors the transparency and clarity to make critical and strategic business decisions.

Forest products prices

Market-reflective price data covering more than 2,800 commodities and 80 sub-grades with Fastmarkets forest products prices

Forest products forecasts

Get expert insights into the market changes ahead

Forest products news

Real-time and in-depth market news, covering the entire forest value chain

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Minimize your risk today with our market-reflective prices, specialist forecasts and expert analysis for the forest products market. 

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Navigate uncertainty and make business decisions with confidence using our price data, forecasts and critical intelligence.

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