Softwood roundwood supply – Global overview
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Global softwood roundwood supply
Global overview report
Outlook to 2035
Published: July 2026 // Authors: Glen O’Kelly (O’Kelly Acumen), Håkan Ekström (Global Wood Trends)
The global overview of softwood roundwood supply and pricing to 2035, bringing together insights from North America, Europe & Russia, Latin America and Asia Pacific – regions representing 87% of global supply.
The report provides a comprehensive view of global softwood roundwood markets, covering market size and historical supply trends, demand drivers and substitution potential, regional log prices and global trade flows, and the key constraints shaping future supply. It presents forecasts of softwood roundwood supply by region to 2035, including base, high and low supply scenarios, and assesses the implications for regional trade balances and global market dynamics.
The report also examines the implications for forest industry and investors, comparing regional timberland risk and return, timber and pulpwood costs against expected supply growth, and opportunities across timberland investment, log and chip trade, and forest-product industries.
Single-user license $2500 USD / Corporate license $3300 USD / +Dataset $600 USD
Report series:
- Region 1 – North America
- Region 2 – Europe and Russia
- Region 3 – Latin America and Oceania
- Global overview – This report
Packages:
- 1 region + global overview: USD 3,000 single / 3,900 corporate
- 2 regions + global overview: USD 5,250 single / 6,825 corporate (25% off 2nd region)
- 3 regions + global overview: USD 6,750 single / 8,775 corporate (50% off 3rd region)
- Datafile USD 600 per region
Contents
Global overview report
- Introduction and context
- Market size: current global softwood and hardwood supply by grade, softwood and hardwood supply by grade in 2000-25
- Historical growth: global softwood supply by region 2000-25
- Key supply contraints for softwood roundwood globally
- Utilization of softwood forest resources (NAI) in key Northern Hemisphere countries
- Softwood plantation area growth in key Southern Hemisphere countries 2000-25
- Demand and substitution
- Global softwood roundwood roundwood flows, by grade, from forest to industry and end use, including forest industry residues
- Underlying softwood demand drivers 2000-25 (construction materials, paperboard packaging, biomass energy)
- Barriers to hardwood-softwood substitution in solid wood applications
- Pulp, paper and paperboard furnish by product, and softwood substitution potential by product
- Trade and pricing
- Softwood log price evolution by main region (4 regions) in 2000-25 for sawlogs and pulplogs
- Softwood sawlogs and pulplogs price by region (12 regions) in 2025
- International trade intensity versus unit price of softwood roundwood and 15 other forest products
- Global softwood log trade flows map
- Forecasts and scenarios
- Global softwood supply in 2000-25, with key events / drivers, and 2025-35 forecast
- Global softwood supply forecast 2025 vs 2035 by region
- Regional outlook for softwood supply evolution 2025-35
- Global trade balance for softwood roundwood by region in 2025 and 2035 (forecast)
- Detailed description of key uncertainties by region, in supply and demand
- Scenarions (base, high, low) for 2035 softwood supply
- Implications for industry and investors
- Risk vs. return by region for timberland investors
- Sawlog costs vs. forecast supply growth by region
- Pulpwood costs vs. forecast supply growth by region
- Desciption of opportunties for market participants in timberlands, log and chip trade, forest product industries
Questions the report helps answer
- How much softwood supply is there globally – and how is it distributed by region?
- What has driven global softwood supply growth over the past 25 years – and what will drive it going forward?
- Where will new softwood supply come from – and what physical, economic and policy constraints could limit it?
- How do softwood log prices and supply costs compare across regions?
- How will global softwood supply, demand and trade evolve to 2035?
- Which regions have the greatest potential for softwood supply growth – and what are the key uncertainties?
- Which regions are most attractive for investment in softwood forestry, based on risk, returns, costs and supply growth?
- Which regions offer the greatest opportunities for investment in the broader forest-product industry?
Who the report is most relevant for
- Forest owners and investors
- Traders in roundwood and chips
- Investors in forest product industries
- Solid wood product manufacturers
- Pulp, paper and panel manufacturers
- Pellet and other bioenergy producers
- Analysts, consultants, financial institutions and industry associations
- Forest certification organizations and sustainability NGOs.
What you get
- 35-page report
- Authors available for 45 min interview