Timber industry research & analytics 
In 2018, sales of products of RFP Group amounted to more than $200 million
May 8, 2019 ` 14:00
In an interview with WhatWood, Dmitry Valtfogel, CEO of RFP Group, said: “In 2018, we sold more than 200 thousand m3 of peeled veneer, more than 100 thousand m3 of sawn timber from high quality raw materials and...
Head of Rosleskhoz: “The quality of reforestation will change for the better”
May 2, 2019 ` 13:00
About this informed the head of the Federal forestry Agency Ivan Valentik in an interview on the TV channel “RBC”. “The area of forests in the Russian Federation is 1.2 billion hectares, of which, in order to harvest...
WhatWood: the tremendous increase in the volume of wood in 2018 led to the imbalance of supply and demand of timber on the domestic market of Russia
April 25, 2019 ` 19:00
The consultant of WhatWood agency Marina Zotova made a report on «Forest balance of Russia» in the conference «Timber & sawn wood market», organized by MaxConference on the 25th of April in Moscow. The volume of timber harvesting in...
Tyumen region decided to focus on the development of highly profitable wood processing industries
April 26, 2019 ` 16:00
In the near future, new mini-pulp and paper mills and corrugated production may appear in Tyumen. A detailed discussion of the potential of the region was held within the framework of the National forest forum-2019 in Tyumen from...
Nikolay Nikolaev: “We have to understand why these or those norms of already adopted laws don’t work effectively”
April 25, 2019 ` 15:00
This week, the second national forest forum was held in Perm on April 22-23. On one section of the forum, “Forest legislation in action,” the head of the Federal forestry agency Ivan Valentik outlined a number of priority...
In 2018, the budget of the Republic from the enterprises of the forest complex of Karelia almost doubled tax revenues
April 21, 2019 ` 16:00
According to the Ministry of natural resources of Karelia, in 2018 from the enterprises of the forest complex of Karelia almost doubled tax revenues to the consolidated budget of the Republic of Karelia, taxes amounted to more than...
For 1Q 2019, the Vologda region shipped products of the forest complex in the amount of 13.9 billion rubles
April 19, 2019 ` 16:00
According to the Department of forestry of the Vologda region, for Q1 2019 the indices of physical volume for the timber industry of the region amounted to: wood processing and production of wood products – 121.2 %, for...
Segezha Group has invested 365 million rubles in intensive forest management
April 18, 2019 ` 14:00
Logging enterprises of Segezha Group (enters in AFK “Systema”) in 1Q 2019 purchased and use equipment designed to conduct intensive and sustainable forest management. These are two large logging complexes produced by Ponsse, each of which includes two...
The State Duma of Russia believes that “the new forest code is a new model of forest management»
April 17, 2019 ` 15:00
According to the results of the National forest forum, which was held in Tyumen from April 11 to April 12, Deputy of the State Duma, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on natural resources, property and land relations...
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...
China launches like an octopus its tentacles in the world of the forest, but most of all plagued Russia
April 15, 2019 ` 16:00
In China, the volume of wood processing increases annually. Sharply limiting logging in its own forests, China turned to imports, including from the rich forest power of Russia. The increased demand for forest in China is responsible for...
Russian forestry key results of 2018 and tasks for 2019
April 15, 2019 ` 14:00
Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) held the annual nationwide meeting on Russian forestry on March 27, 2019. According to Rosleskhoz, forest use revenues of the Russian budget in 2018 amounted to 46.0 billion rubles, which is +38% YoY (or 12.6 billion rubles). An...
