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Russian Federation Government has approved a list of system-forming forest industry companies and measures to support them for COVID-19 period
May 11, 2020 ` 17:07
According to the decree of May 10, 2020 No. 651, 35 forest industry companies and 18 furniture industry companies were included in the list of backbone enterprises of the country: Forest industry companies: OAO “Arkhangel’skiy TSBK” OOO PKP...
World Forest Sector during the Pandemic: Poland
May 8, 2020 ` 15:19
The coronavirus pandemic may cause the collapse of Polish furniture manufacturers, which face many production curtailments. The five main Polish furniture manufacturers estimate that the economic risk would be equivalent to two points of GDP, and asks that...
Impact of Covid 19 on timber markets: Italy
May 5, 2020 ` 11:50
To cope with COVID-19, the country is going to allocate up to 20% of its GDP. With the quarantine, some furniture companies (Molteni, Poliform) cut back production. Natuzzi has also slowed down its operations and is looking for...
Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: Russian furniture enterprises may lose 10 billion rubles in 2020
April 27, 2020 ` 11:42
The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia asks the Government to reintroduce the ban on purchasing foreign furniture for public use and to renew Decree No. 1072 which earlier prohibited public and municipal institutions from buying...
Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: Russian economy slows down; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting by regions; The Far East is cutting log exports at a record pace
September 13, 2019 ` 12:11
Russian Timber Journal 08-2019: In the 1 H 2019, the growth rate of the Russian economy slowed down; for 5 months 2019, the European Union reduced the volume of wood pellet imports; Rosleskhoz published data on timber harvesting...
Russian Timber Journal 07-2019: Slowdown in Russian economic growth in H1 2019; for 5 months 2019, the EU has reduced the volume of import of pellets; Federal Forestry Agency: timber harvesting in the Russian constituent entities for 10 years; export of parquet from the European Union decreased; CEPI has published statistics on the securities industry for 2018
August 12, 2019 ` 10:30
Russian Timber Journal 07-2019: Slowdown in Russian economic growth in H1 2019; for 5 months 2019, the EU has reduced the volume of import of pellets; Federal Forestry Agency: timber harvesting in the Russian constituent entities for 10 years; export...
In Poland, Egger launched the 19th plant with a capacity of 650 thousand cubic meters of chipboard per year
July 11, 2019 ` 19:46
June 28, 2019 in the Polish town of Biskupiec plant for the production of chipboards and laminated chipboards has been launched that will allow to substitute imports of particleboard in Poland, one of the largest countries-manufacturers of furniture...
Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log price index in Russia
July 9, 2019 ` 12:14
Russian Timber Journal 06-2019: WhatWood interview with President of United Panel Group; downward pricing trend for logs continues; packaging industry: on the way to circular economy; In 2018, China is increasing trade in wood; WhatWood’s statistics of log...
Pavlovsky woodworking plant: “The main task is to stimulate the Russian furniture and construction market to produce products from domestic raw materials»
June 15, 2019 ` 13:30
On June 25, 2019, the grand opening of Pavlovsky woodworking plant (Pavlovsky DOK) will take place. This is one of the largest plants in Siberia and the Far East for processing low-grade wood into products in demand on...
In the Vologda region, three investment projects for the development of forests are recommended for completion
May 21, 2019 ` 17:45
According to Roman Markov, head of the Department of the forest complex of the Vologda region, the company “Nikolsky les” fulfilled its obligations to create capacities for deep processing of wood. The volume of investments in the project...
Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; analytical study of WhatWood on the market of raw timber in Russia; decline in prices and volumes of trade in sawn timber on world markets; another record of China’s imports of round timber
May 14, 2019 ` 14:00
Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: Russian Timber Journal 04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; WhatWood’s interview with CEO of RFP Group Dmitry Valtfogel; disbalance between the demand and supply...
Tyumen region: “By 2022, the volume of investments in the timber industry will exceed 10 billion rubles»
April 16, 2019 ` 14:00
The National Forest Forum was held in Tyumen on April 11-12, at which about 500 authoritative experts, representatives of legislative and Executive authorities, scientists, entrepreneurs and public figures discussed the development of the forest industry in Russia. Tyumen...
