Tag: sawn timber

Russian Forest Industry during the pandemic

The Russian timber industry slowed down in 2019, but not as much as it could have decelerated in such circumstances. However, export earnings of the Russian timber industry in 2019 decreased by 8.36% totaling $12.27 billion. The output...

In 2019, exports of sawn timber from Russia to China exceeded 20 million m3

Russia continues to increase sawnwood exports. Despite the low prices that persisted throughout 2019 on world markets, Russian sawmills did not reduce sales and did not suspend production. In 2019, the volume of sales of softwood and hardwood...

Pestovsky LPK shipped over 18,000 m3 of sawn timber in February 2020

In February, the plant sawed 46,000 m3 of roundwood, dried 22,000 m3 and sorted over 20,000 m3 of sawn timber. ULK Group is continuing the modernization of Pestovsky LPK. In 2020, it has completed the construction of a...

Belarus has opened a new woodworking shop for the production of sawn timber up to 700 cubic meters a month

A significant event occurred in the GLHU “Loevsky leshoz”. Loevsky foresters expect that all costs for the creation woodworking will pay off. The first products of the new shop have already been sold on the stock exchange. Earlier...

Sawmill 25 CJSC has increased the production volume for sawn timber by 25 % up to 883 thousand m3 for six months of 2019

In January – June 2019 CJSC “Sawmill 25” (a member of Titan Group) increased the volume of raw timber sawing by 25% up to 883 thousand m³ as compared to the same period of 2018. The production volume...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and imports for 4 years; Sawmill profit margins fell substantially in North America

Russian Timber Journal 05-2019: WhatWood interview with CEO of Altailes; Causes of dropping prices for Russian plywood; Wood product exports hit by US tariffs; Rosleskhoz supported distant monitoring of forests; WhatWood’s study of Russian forest products exports and...

In 2018, sales of products of RFP Group amounted to more than $200 million

In an interview with WhatWood, Dmitry Valtfogel, CEO of RFP Group, said: “In 2018, we sold more than 200 thousand m3 of peeled veneer, more than 100 thousand m3 of sawn timber from high quality raw materials and...

1Q 2019 at three enterprises GK “ULK” sawed over 640 cubic meters of wood

This was reported on the official website of the company. Production indicators of the Ustyansky timber industry complex for the first three months of 2019 are as follows: sawing sawn timber amounted to 331 thousand cubic meters; drying...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2019: volume of timber in Russia has exceeded in 2018 its historical peak; the WhatWood analytical review of the market pellet in Russia; China increased its imports of birch veneer logs; export OSB from Canada doubled; negative outlook Moody’s for the global timber industry complex in 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal No. 03-2019: the volume of logging in Russia exceeded its historical maximum in 2018; WhatWood Agency conducted a study on the pellet market in Russia; the downward trend in the export of unprocessed round timber...

China reduces VAT on sawn timber and round timber from 1 April 2019

VAT on some commodities and services has been reduced in order to stimulate the economy and the development of processing in the country. VAT on round timber is reduced from 10% to 9% sawn timber from 16% to...

In the Far East, the resident of the free port has launched a new wood processing production

According to the press service of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the development of the Far East, the company “TAUNGA-LES” has begun to provide services for logging and production of sawn timber from softwood. The investment...

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: the eight-year work of the existing head of Rosleskhoz was assessed as unsatisfactory; WhatWood summarizes the preliminary results of the LPK for 2018; the company “Solikamskbumprom” took a loan of 27 million euros; Segezha Group completed the design of a new pulp and paper mill in the Krasnoyarsk region; prices and volumes of production of LPK in Russia for 4Q 2017-2018

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: summed up the first results of the LPK for 2018; basic prices for round wood and lumber; prices for the products of LPK in Russia for 2017-2018; exchange rates to the US dollar from...