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The bill on digitalization of the forest sector passed through third reading
February 20, 2021 ` 19:15
The Russian State Duma adopted the bill On Amendments to the Forest Code and Certain Laws of the Russian Federation for Improving the Legal Regulation of Forestry Affairs in the third reading on January 20, 2021. The main...
The RF Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to limit or prohibit the exports of particleboards, OSB, and chips
February 17, 2021 ` 19:17
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia proposes to include particleboards, OSB, and softwood chips (both fuel and process ones) in the list of goods that are important for the Russian domestic market that may be subject...
The Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030
February 15, 2021 ` 19:01
The document covers the economic and environmental issues of the forest sector and is aimed at the effective use, protection, conservation, and regeneration of forests, switching to intensive forest use, and increasing the contribution of the forest sector...
VLP Group: draft of the Russian Federal Government resolution submitted for public review contradicts measures implied by president Putin’s instructions
February 11, 2021 ` 17:29
Official press release from Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki: At present, the government’s draft resolution “On Determining Railway Checkpoints at the Border of the Russian Federation for exporting goods of the HS Code Group 4403 of the Combined Commodity Nomenclature...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity; the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia held the IV LPK 360° Timber Industry Forum themed A New Era of Development as part of the measures for the development of the timber industry; the Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030; how soon will Russia become the world’s largest wood pellet supplier?
February 11, 2021 ` 16:14
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: WhatWood Agency interviewed Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group, about the expectations for wooden housing construction and the CLT construction technology that is relatively new for Russia; WhatWood Agency summarizes key theses of the plenary...
The Russian government considered a bill banning incomplete and periodic timber customs declarations
January 25, 2021 ` 19:38
As a ministerial decree (No. 724), this ban was introduced earlier – on May 21, 2020. The so-called “temporary periodic customs declaration of goods” of this group, i.e. submission of first a temporary customs declaration with fragmentary data,...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market
January 21, 2021 ` 16:19
Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...
The Duma passed the bill on LesEGAIS in the first reading
January 11, 2021 ` 15:08
The bill proposes to create LesEGAIS (Unified State Automated Information System for Timber Accounting and Transactions Therewith) and determines a list of data to be contained in it and the procedure for their provision. The initiative stipulates that...
The Russian Government approved Timber Accounting Rules for 2021–2026
December 25, 2020 ` 19:48
The Timber Accounting Rules will be valid from January 1, 2021, to January 1, 2027. They specify the accounting procedure for timber obtained from the use of forests as well as from the implementation of measures for the...
The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia proposes to transfer the authority to rent out forest areas to the federal level
December 18, 2020 ` 18:11
As the press office of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) reports, the bill proposes a phased transition to the provision of forest areas from the forestry fund lands by an authorized federal executive body, including for purposes of...
Rates of payment for forest use to be increased by 4% in 2021
December 17, 2020 ` 19:07
The Greenpeace Forest Forum reports, citing the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1318 dated October 12, 2019, that the minimum payment rates for all types of forest use will be increased in 2021 by...
Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: projected construction of a timber industry complex on the Sakhalin island, Russia, will have the capacity to process over 1.2 million m³ of raw material per year; a significant rise in prices for particleboards is being observed in Russia; interview with Yury Shishkunov, Head of LesoTorgovaya Companiya LLC; Russian sawn timber exports to Japan in 2020, results and outlook
December 17, 2020 ` 16:57
Russian Timber Journal 11-2020: by the directive of the Sakhalin regional government, it is planned to construct one of the largest wood processing centers in all of Russia; Russian retail prices for particleboards began to rise; Yury Shishkunov: “If...
