WhatWood has published an annual report ‘Russian Softwood Sawmills, 2017-2018’

WhatWood has published an annual report ‘Russian Softwood Sawmills, 2017-2018‘.

In 2017, the sawmill sector set a record: 40.6 million m3, + 10.3% (y / y). The growth in production was secured by high demand from China. Export sales to China increased by 20% (y / y) to 16.1 million m3.

The Russian Softwood Sawmills, 2017-2018 includes detailed information about the 100 largest Russian producers of softwood lumber:

• brands and models of installed equipment;
• rated capacity, actual production and exports by the end of the last year;
• leading export markets for sawn timber (countries and volumes);
• exports of wood chips, sawdust and pellets produced by the plant, leading consumers in Russia and abroad;
• timber specifications;
• priority investment project statuses, its characteristics.

In the appendices to the study, you will also find:

1. infographics: location of mills on the map of Russia with both rated capacity and actual production (general map of Russia, North-West, Siberia, and Far East);
2. infographics: Russia’s share in world softwood lumber markets;
3. infographics: sawmilling equipment models installed at the largest lumber mills on the map of Russia;
4. prices for Russian sawn timber in Europe, Egypt, China, Korea and Japan;
5. prices and volumes of lumber imports into Japan;
6. contacts of the sales departments of Top 50 lumber mills;
7. table with leading importers of Russian timber in Europe, Middle East and Asia (bonus: contacts of the purchase departments of the leading European importers);
8. monthly lumber exports from Russia in the last year by wood species and importing countries.