Timber industry research & analytics 
Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill intends to stop using a considerable share of its leased forest fund
February 10, 2023 ` 17:11
The Novy Prospect publication referencing the Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region reports that Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill plans to give up some of its leased forest areas. The company has lease contracts for 7...
In 2022, Rosleskhoz approved 18 applications for implementation of priority investment projects in the forest sector
February 9, 2023 ` 14:58
In November and December 2022, the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) approved 4 applications, i.e., from Volga JSC (Nizhny Novgorod Region), Promtech-Invest (Komi), Starwood, and Angara-Timberline (Irkutsk Region), with the total AAC of 3.4 million m³. Volga JSC: upgrading...
Rosleskhoz: the forest industry accounted for 0.8% of the country’s GDP in 2022
February 9, 2023 ` 13:24
The forest industry contributed around 1 trillion rubles to the Russian economy in 2022, Ivan Sovetnikov, Head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), said in an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. It has grown by more than 1.5 times...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: interview with Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry; in 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low; North American companies continue to cut sawn timber production; the Government of Russia allowed transportation of roundwood and sawn timber to EAEU countries; in 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times and railway transportation, by 22%; over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023
February 9, 2023 ` 12:57
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry: “The Russian timber industry has degraded”; in 2022, the export of sawn timber from Russia dropped by 22% YoY, down to 23.5 million...
Russian Wood Resources Report 12-2022: restoration of the equilibrium on the roundwood market is postponed to Q1 2023
January 23, 2023 ` 13:37
Preliminary results for 2022 show that the roundwood market gradually adapted to market needs updating the lowest ever figures of demand for unprocessed wood almost every month since Q2 2022. During the entire year, the market of logs...
21 timber companies of the Krasnoyarsk region benefited from state support measures in 2022
January 23, 2023 ` 13:32
In particular, companies were granted a deferral for forest area lease payments to be paid to the regional treasury as provided for by a law “On state support of timber enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk region” adopted in June...
The Russian Government adjusted rates of forest use fees
January 20, 2023 ` 17:14
With its Decree No. 2405 dated December 23, 2022, the Russian Government set new multiplying factors to the rates of forest use fees for 2023–2026. Next year, the rates for timber harvesting will increase by 6.0% compared to...
Rosleshoz, together with the regional agencies, to address the issue of calculating forest area lease payments based on the actual amount of timber harvested
January 20, 2023 ` 16:46
The corresponding instruction was given by Alexander Kozlov, Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, during a meeting of the committee of the Federation Council for the development of the forest sector held in Vologda. Rosleshoz...
Rosleshoz authorized to provide forest areas for priority investment projects
January 19, 2023 ` 19:14
On December 29, 2022, the President of Russia signed a law on authorizing Rosleshoz (the Federal Agency for Forestry) to provide forest areas for lease in the framework of the implementation of priority investment projects. According to the...
The Russian Government extended the increased rates of customs duties applied to exports of raw sawn timber until the end of 2025
January 19, 2023 ` 16:48
According to Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2484 dated December 28, 2022, increased rates of customs duties on the export of roughly processed timber were extended until the end of 2025. The increased rates...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: interview with Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the beginning of complex structural transformations; Lithuania tightens control over timber imports from Russia and Belarus; the Russian Government extended the increased rates of customs duties applied to exports of raw sawn timber until the end of 2025; plywood production in Russia fell to a ten-year low in 2022
January 19, 2023 ` 14:50
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group: “No effective state aid measures to support timber harvesting activities have been taken so far”; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the...
Roslesinforg: timber harvest in Russia decreased by 12.7% based on the results of the 10 months of 2022
December 28, 2022 ` 18:45
According to Roslesinforg, the total amount of timber harvested in Russia in January-October 2022 decreased by 12.7% YoY and totaled 149.1 million m³. It declined the most in the regions of the Northwestern and Siberian Federal Districts: by...
