Timber industry research & analytics 
Russian Timber Journal 10-2023: Interview with Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi; Russia’s wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to challenging times; US housing starts unexpectedly rise to a six-month high; Russian roundwood price growth accelerated in November; A large particleboard production site is planned in the Penza Region; Russian plywood output increased in October 2023; Komi is planning to double its wood pellet consumption due to boiler houses upgrading
December 27, 2023 ` 15:59
Russian Timber Journal 10-2023: Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi: “Conversion from fuel oil and coal to biofuel will have a huge synergy effect”; Russia’s wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to...
Rosleskhoz approved an investment project implementation request from the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill
December 7, 2023 ` 23:12
The company is planning to increase its wood pulp output. Forest areas with an allowable annual cut of over 0.5 million m³ will be provided to the Mill for project implementation. Over 10 months of 2023, the committee...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2023: Interview with Oleg Fokin, Director for Timber Export at Technonicol; Demand for furniture boards exceeded the supply in October; Global pulp prices have fallen steadily since late 2022, when they reached record highs; Timber products export by trucks to Mongolia and China was allowed for two more years; Segezha Group announces financial and operating results for Q3/2023; Ministry of Industry and Trade suggested cancelling the export duty on pulp and paper products; Russian furniture output surged; Over 9 months of 2023, the Russian roundwood export to EEU countries grew by almost 15%
December 5, 2023 ` 16:51
Russian Timber Journal 09-2023: Oleg Fokin, Director for Timber Export at Technonicol: “Now is a good time to invest in the woodworking industry”; Demand for furniture boards exceeded the supply in October; Global pulp prices have fallen steadily since late...
Rosleskhoz: a forest area lease contract may be terminated prematurely through a court ruling
October 3, 2023 ` 18:07
Elena Borodavkina, Head of Legal Support and Forest Use Administration at the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), explained that Federal Law dated 29.12.2022 No. 600-FZ “On introducing changes in the Forest Code of the Russian Federation”, which was adopted...
Russian Timber Journal 07-2023: interview with Segezha Group President Mikhail Shamolin after the announcement of the company’s financial and operating results for Q2 2023; Russian timber industry in 1H 2023: cautious signs of recovery; Mondi announces agreement to sell Mondi Syktyvkar; transaction on International Paper stake buyout by Russian shareholders is closed; Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Plant and VLP Group have completed a major investment project on building a plywood mill in the Vologda region; Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: in H1 2023, the Russian furniture output increased; President of the Russian Federation instructed to accelerate the issuance of documents for building multi-story wooden houses
September 28, 2023 ` 18:39
Russian Timber Journal 07-2023: Mikhail Shamolin, President at Segezha Group: “The price levels we have now reached reflect the current global situation”; Russian timber industry in 1H 2023: cautious signs of recovery; Mondi announces that it has entered into an...
Sale of Ponsse’s subsidiary in Russia completed
September 20, 2023 ` 20:36
Ponsse Plc completed the sale of all shares in OOO Ponsse, its subsidiary that provided PONSSE services in Russia and Belarus. After the conditions of the transaction were met, Ponsse’s business operations in Russia transferred to OOO Bison,...
30 regions have completed entering forest borders in the Unified State Register of Immovable Property
August 28, 2023 ` 11:18
Roslesinforg analyzed data from the Unified State Register of Immovable Property for current information on borders of forestry units and identified the 30 most disciplined regions that were the first to complete this procedure, thus implementing the corresponding...
Rosleskhoz: illegal harvesting reduced by 36% in Russia over 6 months of 2023
August 23, 2023 ` 11:33
The top 5 regions by illegal harvesting reduction are the Irkutsk Region (a reduction by 46,000 m³), the Amur Region (by 22,100 m³), the Tyumen Region (7,500 m³), the Sverdlovsk Region (by 7,000 m³), and the Zabaykalsky Region...
In 2022, Russian timber harvesting volumes dropped to the lowest level in the last 9 years
August 22, 2023 ` 12:33
The Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) published the final data on harvesting volumes in 2022. According to the Agency, in 2022, the Russian timber harvest dropped by 13% YoY, down to 194.6 million m³ — the lowest since 2014....
A survey by Roslesinforg shows that 35% of harvesting enterprises are ready to purchase forestry machinery made in Russia
August 21, 2023 ` 19:21
In June 2023, Roslesinforg conducted a survey about harvesting machinery use among Russian timber enterprises. Over 1,500 industry representatives completed the questionnaire. The timber machinery fleet of Russian harvesting enterprises is still mostly comprised of equipment made abroad....
Metsä Group may surrender lease on forest areas in the Leningrad Region
August 21, 2023 ` 19:13
Metsä Forest Podporozhye, a timber harvesting company that is part of Metsä Group (Finland), is planning to terminate employment contracts with all of its workers by mutual consent of the parties by October 2023, as reported by Novy...
President of the Russian Federation signed a law simplifying interactions between timber businesses and the authorities
August 21, 2023 ` 19:08
The adopted law stipulates the implementation of a digital forest twin (FGIS LK, Timber Industry Federal State Information system) across the entire country starting from Q1 2024, Rosleskhoz reports. The electronic state timber register will be maintained electronically,...
