Timber industry research & analytics 
Rosleshoz authorized to provide forest areas for priority investment projects
January 19, 2023 ` 19:14
On December 29, 2022, the President of Russia signed a law on authorizing Rosleshoz (the Federal Agency for Forestry) to provide forest areas for lease in the framework of the implementation of priority investment projects. According to the...
The Russian Government extended the increased rates of customs duties applied to exports of raw sawn timber until the end of 2025
January 19, 2023 ` 16:48
According to Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2484 dated December 28, 2022, increased rates of customs duties on the export of roughly processed timber were extended until the end of 2025. The increased rates...
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: interview with Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the beginning of complex structural transformations; Lithuania tightens control over timber imports from Russia and Belarus; the Russian Government extended the increased rates of customs duties applied to exports of raw sawn timber until the end of 2025; plywood production in Russia fell to a ten-year low in 2022
January 19, 2023 ` 14:50
Russian Timber Journal 12-2022: Anatoly Shcherbakov, Director for Timber Supply and Logistics at VLP Group: “No effective state aid measures to support timber harvesting activities have been taken so far”; preliminary results of the Russian timber industry for 2022: the...
Roslesinforg: timber harvest in Russia decreased by 12.7% based on the results of the 10 months of 2022
December 28, 2022 ` 18:45
According to Roslesinforg, the total amount of timber harvested in Russia in January-October 2022 decreased by 12.7% YoY and totaled 149.1 million m³. It declined the most in the regions of the Northwestern and Siberian Federal Districts: by...
VLP Group: timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022
December 19, 2022 ` 16:59
The timber harvesting volume in the Vologda Region reduced by exactly one third in Q2 and Q3 2022 compared to the same period last year, as reported by Alexander Churkin, Chairman of the Board, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki (VLP) Group,...
Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 12.7% in 10 months of 2022
December 15, 2022 ` 16:54
According to Roslesinforg, in January-October 2022, the total volume of Russian timber harvesting decreased by 12.7% YoY to 149.1 million m³. Volumes decreased the most in the regions of the North-Western and Siberian Federal Districts — by about...
Russian Timber Journal 10-2022: Top 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2021; sawn timber transit through Kazakhstan is banned for Russian exporters; Government of the Russian Federation is planning to set the priorities of sawn timber transportation eastwards by railway; Russia increased its plywood production for the first time in a long while; timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022; Pestovsky LPK suspends production
December 14, 2022 ` 19:19
Russian Timber Journal 10-2022: WhatWood Analytics Agency prepared the next rating of TOP 100 Russian timber industry companies in 2021; Russian timber enterprises are asking the authorities to lift the restrictions on transiting dried sawn timber through Kazakhstan...
VLP Group: timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022
December 7, 2022 ` 18:48
The timber harvesting volume in the Vologda Region reduced by exactly one third in Q2 and Q3 2022 compared to the same period last year, as reported by Alexander Churkin, Chairman of the Board, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki (VLP) Group,...
Amkodor may open a production site in the Voronezh Region
December 6, 2022 ` 17:22
The possibility of opening a Belorussian machine-building plant in the Voronezh Region was discussed at the meeting between Alexander Gusev, Governor, and the management team of Amkodor (Belarus) led by Alexander Shakutin, Chair of the Board of Directors,...
Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Interview with Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export of sawn timber; EU bans imports of wood pulp and paper from Russia; Egypt imports Russian plywood at record-setting rates; over 9 months of 2022, Russian plywood output reduced by a fourth; Segezha Group reviewed the priority of building new pulp and paper mills in Karelia and the Krasnoyarsk Region; Russian printing houses may shut down due to a shortage of western equipment
November 30, 2022 ` 17:44
Russian Timber Journal 09-2022: Vadim Fidarov, Government Relations Manager, Wooden Housing Construction Association: “Private housing projects are a market of cut-throat competition”; will the Russian market of wooden housing construction be able to compensate for the lost export...
In January – August 2022, the timber trading volume on SPIMEX reached 3 million m³
October 20, 2022 ` 19:40
Over 8 months of 2022, the volume of timber trading on the Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) reached 3 million m³. This was reported by Alexey Ryzhikov, Senior Managing Director at SPIMEX, who was speaking at the...
Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 4.5% in 1H 2022
September 7, 2022 ` 21:14
According to Roslesinforg, the volume of timber harvesting in Russia following the results of the 1H 2022 decreased by 4.5% YoY to 100.3 million m³. Positive dynamics was recorded only in the Central and Ural federal districts —...
