The blended price your green tonnes earn at the mill or chip terminal, across export and domestic outlets. Read against cost of production, it is your margin per tonne.
WA blue gum is grown chiefly for export woodchip; benchmark your $/GMT against the prevailing export chip price and freight rather than a fixed number.
ABARES ↗Most WA blue gum flows to export pulp markets, so the price is set offshore and moves with demand and the exchange rate. A widening gap over breakeven signals good marketing — grade, moisture and timing — not just a strong market.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Sell to moisture and quality spec to avoid terminal deductions.
Time harvest to prevailing export chip demand where storage allows.
Aggregate volume with neighbours to negotiate freight and price.
The blended price your green tonnes earn at the mill or chip terminal, across export and domestic outlets. Read against cost of production, it is your margin per tonne.
You need: Gross sales by consignment ($), Green tonnes sold (GMT). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
WA blue gum is grown chiefly for export woodchip; benchmark your $/GMT against the prevailing export chip price and freight rather than a fixed number.
Sell to moisture and quality spec to avoid terminal deductions. Time harvest to prevailing export chip demand where storage allows. Aggregate volume with neighbours to negotiate freight and price.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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