Timber industry research & analytics 
Russian Forest Industry during the pandemic
April 28, 2020 ` 17:32
The Russian timber industry slowed down in 2019, but not as much as it could have decelerated in such circumstances. However, export earnings of the Russian timber industry in 2019 decreased by 8.36% totaling $12.27 billion. The output...
China: booming roundwood supplies from the Czech Republic and Germany in 2019
April 23, 2020 ` 12:35
China’s log imports in 2019 totalled 60.57 million m3 valued at US$9.434 billion (CIF), a year on year increase of just 1% in volume but there was a decline in the value of imports by 14%. The average...
Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East to create лесвосток.рф, an online services platform
April 17, 2020 ` 14:56
The new platform provides for the comprehensive integration of existing federal information systems into a single digital platform on the forest sector. It will incorporate the state forest register, LesEGAIS, Forests of Russia Map, etc. The new web...
Timber companies of the Arkhangelsk region supported the amendments to the Forest Code
April 16, 2020 ` 13:52
The Committee for Forestry, Natural Resources, and Ecology of the Arkhangelsk Regional Parliament prepared a package of proposals on amendments to the RF Forest Code and submitted it to Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of...
Russian Forest Industry Review 2019-2020: downward price trends, lower financial indicators, a slowdown in the Russian timber industry, and new ‘black swans’
March 23, 2020 ` 10:40
During the entire year of 2019, prices for forest products were remaining on a downtrend appeared at the end of Q3 2018. ‘Super profits’ received by timber enterprises at peak prices of Q1-Q3 2018 allowed companies to form...
Abnormal temperature undermined harvesting enterprises of the Leningrad region
March 18, 2020 ` 13:30
In 2019, harvesting enterprises of the Leningrad region harvested only 5.2 million m3 of wood, which is almost 20% less than in 2018 and 1.7 million m3 less than the targeted volume. The main reason for that was...
Russian Timber Journal 02-2020: Russia: wood pellet exports grew by 28% and totaled almost 2 million tons in 2019; the Russian Government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia; abnormal temperature undermined harvesting enterprises of the Leningrad region; the Ministry of Industry and Trade is agreeing on the ban on government purchases of foreign furniture with other departments
March 16, 2020 ` 15:40
Russian Timber Journal 02-2020: In 2019, wood pellet exports from Russia showed the highest growth pace among all export-oriented forest products; Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia; the...
In 2020, within an investment project, Sveza Kostroma to purchase 50 railway flatcars to perform deliveries of raw materials worth 150 million rubles
February 17, 2020 ` 15:40
Own fleet of railway transport will allow the enterprise to completely abandon technical runs and reduce the number of leased flatcars while covering 40% of its need for rolling stock. Previously, the plant rented about 170 railcars per...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2020: Russia: the strongest decline in exports of logs since 2008 continues; In 2019, exports of sawn timber from Russia to China exceeded 20 million m3; Uranium One Expands Geography of Wood Pellets Sales; Vietnam bans import of Chinese plywood
February 14, 2020 ` 20:06
Russian Timber Journal 01-2020: Primary data on forest products production in 2019 shows a growth in the production of mechanically processed wood products amidst a decline in the pulp and paper industry by almost any measure. Russia continues...
Karelian Wood Company LLC Becomes Part of Segezha Group
February 3, 2020 ` 11:27
Karelian Wood Company LLC, a logging and wood processing enterprise, has been officially included in the forest industry Segezha Group (part of Sistema JSFC), said Vladimir Vinogradov, member of the Board and Vice President for Strategy and Business...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2019: in 2019, plywood production in Russia showed a positive trend; U.S. and China reach “phase one” trade deal; WRQ: Q3’19 global softwood lumber trade on track to be higher than 2018; Moody’s 2020 outlook for the global paper and forest products industry remains negative
February 3, 2020 ` 10:53
Russian Timber Journal 12-2019: in 2019, plywood production in Russia showed a positive trend; U.S. and China reach “phase one” trade deal; WRQ: Q3’19 global softwood lumber trade on track to be higher than 2018; Moody’s 2020 outlook...
FSC-certified forest areas in Russia reached historic highs
November 25, 2019 ` 16:38
In October 2019, the main indicators of the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) voluntary forest certification in Russia, i.e. the area of certified forests and the number of forest management and supply chain certificates, reached record-breaking values for the...
