Timber industry research & analytics 
Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises: the share of imported furniture in the Russian market reduced from 41% to 25% in 2022
February 14, 2023 ` 18:12
Furniture production in the Russian Federation remained at the level of 2021 in physical terms but increased by 15% in monetary terms. Alexander Shestakov, President of the Association, believes that the niche freed up by the leaving foreign...
Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant will create a new corrugated cardboard production site with a capacity of 200 million m² in the Moscow Region
February 13, 2023 ` 18:58
Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant signed a land lease contract for one ruble per year within the import substitution support program effective in the Moscow Region. The investment in launching corrugated cardboard production will exceed 3.2 billion rubles. The...
Mondi Syktyvkar presented new brands of Projecta copy paper
February 13, 2023 ` 18:55
The company started producing paper under the new brand in the fall of 2022, but now the product’s packaging has been upgraded to include the brand name. The first grade’s packaging features burgundy color and “Ultra” marking; the...
Yuriy Ayvazov, CEO at Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill: a record-setting volume of timber was delivered to the mill in 2022
February 13, 2023 ` 16:21
Here are a few highlights from his interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta: In 2022, Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill received 200,000 m³ more raw material than planned. The company made a decision to increase the harvesting volumes due to several...
Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill intends to stop using a considerable share of its leased forest fund
February 10, 2023 ` 17:11
The Novy Prospect publication referencing the Committee for Natural Resources of the Leningrad Region reports that Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill plans to give up some of its leased forest areas. The company has lease contracts for 7...
In 2022, Rosleskhoz approved 18 applications for implementation of priority investment projects in the forest sector
February 9, 2023 ` 14:58
In November and December 2022, the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) approved 4 applications, i.e., from Volga JSC (Nizhny Novgorod Region), Promtech-Invest (Komi), Starwood, and Angara-Timberline (Irkutsk Region), with the total AAC of 3.4 million m³. Volga JSC: upgrading...
Rosleskhoz: the forest industry accounted for 0.8% of the country’s GDP in 2022
February 9, 2023 ` 13:24
The forest industry contributed around 1 trillion rubles to the Russian economy in 2022, Ivan Sovetnikov, Head of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), said in an interview to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. It has grown by more than 1.5 times...
Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister supervising the timber industry in the Government, held a meeting on the issues of the timber industry development
February 9, 2023 ` 13:17
Highlights: The Russian Government realizes that the timber industry is facing objective economic challenges, a logistics blockade, and other problems. That is why state support measures introduced in 2022 will be extended for another year. In 2022, timber...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: interview with Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry; in 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low; North American companies continue to cut sawn timber production; the Government of Russia allowed transportation of roundwood and sawn timber to EAEU countries; in 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times and railway transportation, by 22%; over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023
February 9, 2023 ` 12:57
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry: “The Russian timber industry has degraded”; in 2022, the export of sawn timber from Russia dropped by 22% YoY, down to 23.5 million...
In 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low
February 9, 2023 ` 13:07
The export of sawn timber is the most important source of income for the Russian timber industry. The number of countries that were buying Russian sawn timber has been consistent over the past decade: 105–110. In December 2022,...
In 2022, sawn timber production in Russia decreased by 10.3%
February 2, 2023 ` 19:12
According to Rosstat, the volume of production of Russian sawn timber in 2022 decreased by 10.3% YoY to 29 million m³. In December 2022, production decreased by 13.2% compared to the same period last year, while compared to...
In 2022, plywood production in Russia fell to its ten-year low
February 2, 2023 ` 18:19
According to the published data of Rosstat, in 2022 the volume of Russian plywood production decreased by 28.8% YoY to 3.241 million m³, which is the minimum indicator over the past ten years. Annual production rolled back to...
