RISI Inc., has published its first "detailed study" of North American and European suppliers to the European industrial and heating pellet markets with country-level analysis of supply, production and logistics for key European supply regions.
RISI Inc., a global market-intelligence provider has announced that it has published its first “detailed study” of North American and European suppliers to the European industrial and heating pellet markets. According to RISI, the study “European Pellet Supply and Cost Analysis” provides country-level analysis of supply, production and logistics for key European supply regions including cost models for major supply regions and supply curves that feature cash costs for pellets delivered to major trade centres.
Global trade in wood pellets has more than doubled in the past five years. Pellet suppliers from the US, Canada, and European nations have fed this growth – but the competitive balance may shift going forward. As the European wood pellet market shifts from an emerging contract-based industry towards a true commodity market, the competitiveness of various supply regions is of growing importance.
Thus as RISI point out, comparing costs across regions allows for strategic planning and risk assessment for pellet producers, pellet buyers, industry suppliers, landowners, financial institutions and woodfibre competitors.
