Timber Industry | June 10, 2021 Top 5 Factors that Affect International Timber Prices Irrespective of the location you’re based, the cost of wood acts as the single largest variable of price when it comes to wood-consuming manufacturing projects. In this regard, you need to have a fair understanding of the timber wood price or stumpage in a supply region. The stumpage price is the amount paid to the landowner to gain the right to harvest the trees from the timberland of the owner that can drastically vary across local wood basins. Read more Related Tags international timber prices timber price index timber market prices