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As of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia
July 22, 2021 ` 10:29
The Government of the Russian Federation decided to cancel quotas on softwood roundwood exports as of January 1, 2022 that were supposed to encourage the business to create value-added wood processing plants in Russia. This was declared by...
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient
July 20, 2021 ` 22:38
Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...
Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%
June 15, 2021 ` 10:19
The duty rates for softwood and oak timber will be 10% but not less than €13 and €15 per 1 m³ respectively. Earlier, there were no duties for these categories. The export duty rates on beech and ash...
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex
June 14, 2021 ` 21:06
Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia proposes to allow temporary restrictions on plywood and sawn timber export
May 26, 2021 ` 18:07
The Ministry proposes to add plywood (HS Code 4412) and sawn timber (HS Code 4407) to the list of products that are materially important for the domestic market of the Russian Federation and whose export may be temporary...
A state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021
May 25, 2021 ` 20:57
Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that the state company for roundwood export will start operations by the end of 2021. He also announced the plans of creating a working group...
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: Possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; a state company for roundwood export will be established in Russia by the end of 2021; Segezha Group announces pricing of IPO and listing on Moscow Exchange; the European Commission published tentative anti-dumping duties for Russian producers of birch plywood
May 21, 2021 ` 21:27
Russian Timber Journal 04-2021: WhatWood agency about possible scenarios of Russia’s unprocessed wood balance after imposing a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs; Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy in the Far East, declared that...
Russian government introduced a de facto ban on the export of unprocessed softwood logs from January 1, 2022
April 9, 2021 ` 18:33
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 396 dated March 18, 2021, introduced a de facto ban on the export of unprocessed softwood logs from January 1, 2022, as well as certain additional procedural restrictions related...
Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020
April 8, 2021 ` 17:03
Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...
A new procedure for maintaining the state forest register established in Russia
March 16, 2021 ` 18:44
A federal law establishes a new procedure for maintaining the state forest register and provides, among other things, for the creation of a federal forest information system. Moreover, it determines the accounting procedure for timber and wood processing...
The RF government to create a state-owned company endowed with the exclusive right to export roundwood
March 15, 2021 ` 19:14
That was announced by Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister, in this interview with Izvestia Newspaper. “We are currently considering the possibility of founding a state-owned company endowed with the exclusive right to export roundwood, i.e. we will leave...
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an order from Siempelkamp
March 15, 2021 ` 16:57
Russian Timber Journal 02-2021: interview with Russ Taylor, President of Russ Taylor Global; Russian sawn timber market in 2020, outlook for 2021; Metsä Fibre going ahead with € 1.6 billion Kemi bioproduct mill investment; Segezha Group acquires Novoyeniseiskiy Wood Chemical Complex; Uvadrev places an...
