What's included in this report?

• Historic market developments - a specific look at supply and demand by grade (NBSK, SBSK, and other softwood pulps, BEKP, birch and other hardwood grades, mechanical and unbleached pulps) and by region (North America, South America, West and East Europe, China, Japan, Other Asia and Africa).
• Trade flows.
• End-use markets for pulp - evaluating industry performance, including a capacity listing for the tissue and printing and writing sectors. This forms the basis of a shipment forecast for market pulp by grade and by region, with 5 year projections.
• New pulp capacity - identifying planned investments, both confirmed and speculative, with 5 year projections. Capacity listing for every market pulp producing mill in the world.
• Costs - quantifying the cash costs of market pulp production by grade, region/country and by sub-category: wood, chemicals, energy, labour, maintenance, other, logistics, marketing & sales.
• Price forecasts - NBSK and BEKP prices, CIF China, CIF West Europe and Del.NA, with 5 year projections.
• Challenge or query - ask questions and request clarifications on key findings.