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Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024; Timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4 million m³; More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024; Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times
October 24, 2024 ` 20:38
Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail...
Russian Timber Journal 06-2024: Interview with Chongqing Chensen Timber, a Chinese sawn timber trader; Rosleskhoz published final harvesting volumes performance by Russian regions; U.S. nearly doubles duty on Canadian softwood lumber; Sveza purchased Kama PPM; Segezha Group will issue new shares; Ministry of Industry and Trade included a wood processing project by Forest Travel LLC in the list of priority projects; new plywood production facilities were commissioned in the Khabarovsk Region; a Chinese investor will start producing veneer and plywood in the Perm Region by the end of 2024; furniture production in the Northwestern Federal District grew by over 20% in H1 2024
September 23, 2024 ` 15:58
Russian Timber Journal 06-2024: Interview with Chongqing Chensen Timber, a Chinese sawn timber trader: “The supply of sawn timber currently exceeds the demand”; Rosleskhoz published final harvesting volumes performance by Russian regions: the Russian timber harvest has been reducing for...
Timber trading volume at SPIMEX reached 3.34 million m³ in January—July 2024
September 9, 2024 ` 22:29
In July 2024, 632,400 m³ of timber was sold in the Timber and Construction Materials section of the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, which surpasses last month’s performance by almost 2 times, according to the SPIMEX press office. The...
Timber trading volume at SPIMEX reached 2.7 million m³ in H1 2024
July 30, 2024 ` 11:51
In H1 2024, the sales volume in the Timber and Construction Materials section surged by 32.3% YoY, up to 2.7 million m³. The trading turnover reached 4.968 billion rubles, surpassing the 2023 performance by 96.5%. The greatest sales...
New amendments establishing liability for breaches of the law on timber circulation were included in the Code of Administrative Offenses
July 22, 2024 ` 10:05
The President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law FZ No. 165 dated July 8, 2024 “On introducing amendments in the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation” stipulating additional measures in case of violations of timber circulation. New...
Russian Timber Journal 04-2024: Interview with Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group; European Union imposes anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Kazakhstan and Turkey; VLP Group purchased all assets of Metsä Group in the Leningrad Region; Sheksna Wood-Based Panels Plant launched a new MDF production line; after a two-month growth, the plywood production in Russia dropped by 6.2% MoM in April; Ilim Group is planning to implement two investment projects in the Irkutsk Region; in Q1 2024, furniture production grew considerably; in Q1 2024, the roundwood export from Russia grew by 14.6%; birch veneer export from the Vologda Region surged by almost one third
June 17, 2024 ` 16:40
Russian Timber Journal 04-2024: Nadezhda Ryazantseva, Analytics Director, Segezha Group: “In Q1 2024, we saw an increase of demand and prices in some locations”; the European Union announced the imposition of anti-dumping duties on Kazakhstan and Turkey of...
Timber trading volume at SPIMEX has exceeded 1 million m³ since the start of 2024
May 16, 2024 ` 17:06
This performance is 34% better than over the same period last year in physical terms, 94% better in monetary terms, and 29% better by the number of signed contracts, as reported by the press office of the Saint-Petersburg...
