Timber industry research & analytics 
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...
VLP Podporozhye reached its design harvesting capacity
September 10, 2024 ` 17:14
VLP Podporozhye is VLP Group’s harvesting enterprise in the Leningrad Region purchased from Metsä Group in May 2024. According to VLP’s press office, there are currently six harvesting machines involved in timber harvesting; the plan is to harvest...
Russian budget received 26.2 billion rubles for forest use in H1 2024
September 9, 2024 ` 22:39
In H1 2024, the total payments to the federal budget for forest fund use increased by 7% YoY, up to 26.2 billion rubles, according to the press office of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz). The top regions by...
Monolit-Stroy is investing 6.8 billion rubles in new production venues
August 2, 2024 ` 17:58
Vladimir Mazur, Governor of the Tomsk Region, and the management team of Monolit-Stroy LLC (Latat trademark) signed an agreement on creating new production venues within the industrial cluster “Forest, Timber Processing, and Forestry Chemistry”, as reported by the...
Segezha Group and KAMAZ signed a letter of intent on supplying and developing a line of harvesting machines
August 2, 2024 ` 17:55
Segezha Group and KAMAZ signed a letter of intent on pursuing mutually beneficial cooperation within the program of testing, fine-tuning pilot specimens, supplying, and organizing maintenance of harvesting machines. The interaction between the two companies will mostly be...
More than 1.9 million m³ of sawn timber was exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region in H1 2024
July 30, 2024 ` 11:54
In H1 2024, 3.3 million m³ of timber (roundwood and sawn timber) was hauled from the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Region under supervision of the regional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor). The...
Volume of hauled timber rose by 15% in H1 2024
July 22, 2024 ` 10:08
In H1 2024, the volume of hauled logs increased by 15% in Russia, reaching 208 million m³ (in H1 2023, it was 180.8 million m³), according to the press office of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz). The top...
In January – April 2024, Rosleskhoz approved 4 priority investment projects on timber industry development
June 24, 2024 ` 14:51
The Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) is planning to provide forest areas with an annual timber harvest of about 10 million m³ for the implementation of the approved investment projects. The approved projects are aimed at upgrading of operating...
In Q1 2024, the roundwood export from Russia grew by 14.6%
June 24, 2024 ` 14:43
According to Roslesinforg, the volume of roundwood export from Russia surged by 14.6% YoY in Q1 2024, up to 673,000 m³ (in Q1 2023, it was 587,000 m³). China accounted for the greatest share of export (85.5%): it...
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...
A shortage of high-quality raw material for plywood may emerge in the Russian market because of the risk of increased birch logs and veneer export to China
May 16, 2024 ` 16:59
Over the past years, Russian export of birch veneer (semi-finished goods used for plywood production and furniture board facing; essentially a low value-added product) has increased significantly. Just like with birch roundwood, the biggest buyer is China. For...
