Description
Quarterly review of pulpwood, chips, biomass markets and trade in the U.S. and Canada.
Tracking pulpwood and biomass markets in the U.S. and Canada since 1983
The Forisk Wood Fiber Review has tracked wood fiber markets in all major North American regions for nearly 35 years. The Wood Fiber Review includes prices and market commentary for key regions in the U.S. and Canada, providing essential data for anyone that needs to track pulpwood, wood chips, and biomass prices in the world’s largest and most dynamic wood fiber markets.
In 2018, wood fiber costs accounted for 56% of the total pulp manufacturing cost worldwide. Tracking wood fiber costs supports investment and operational decisions across a range of manufacturing facilities and markets within the forest sector.
The Wood Fiber Review provides updates of softwood and hardwood prices for all major markets in North America. Prices are reported for wood delivered to consuming plants as a range and average price in comparable units; metric tonnes and green tons.
The Forisk Wood Fiber Review tracks fiber costs and market developments in the following markets:
| United States | Canada |
| Northwest (PNW) | British Columbia (BC) |
| Lake States | Alberta |
| Northeast | Ontario |
| Southeast | Quebec |
| South Central | Maritime Provinces |
Subscription Details:
- Annual (4-quarter) subscription with reports published four times per year in the last month of each quarter: March, June, September and December.
- Quarterly report (PDF) is delivered electronically via Forisk’s client portal.
- Subscribers have the ability to purchase historical price data (excel file) as a subscription add-on.
- Firms that subscribe to the Wood Fiber Review gain access to Forisk’s staff for on-call questions and support directly related to the product as part of the subscription package.
2025 Annual Subscription Pricing:
- National Tier: $3,195
- Company has assets, investments, or services in multiple regions and/or national or international coverage in activities.
- Regional Tier: $2,225
- Company has assets, investments, or services in one geographic region and/or multiple offices or services in one region.
- Single Tier: $1,325
- Company has one/two offices in one/two states or provinces.
- Subscribers to the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) receive a discount on the Wood Fiber Review subscription.
To learn more about or purchase the Forisk Wood Fiber Review, please email Nick DiLuzio (ndiluzio@forisk.com).
Forisk does offer licensing arrangements for firms that may use price data in their own subscription products.
Effective December 31, 2019, Forisk Consulting acquired the North American Wood Fiber Review (NAWFR) market report from Wood Resources International LLC (WRI). Click here to view the press release. Forisk will continue publishing the same data that subscribers are accustomed to receiving, under the new product name “Forisk Wood Fiber Review.”