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During the shipping season, from 25 April to 15 November, 2013, vessels of North-Western shipping company transported 370,000 tonnes of timber cargoes, which is 70% higher than last year. Transportation from the river ports of North-West Russia to...

Exports of lumber from Russia to Iran during 2013 have been decreasing steadily due to the phytosanitary requirements of the Iranian side, as said in the message of Astrakhan region government. According to the customs data available to...

In #95 WhatWood Weekly, the editorial staff has expanded once again the price section, having added softwood lumber prices on the Vienna commodity exchange, average export prices of Canadian and American lumber on the markets of East Asia...

The General Prosecutor’s office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will check the validity of the chipboard mill construction in Bashkiria being implemented by Austrian company Kronospan. For several months in a row, local activists protest...

The development of timber industry cluster in Vologda region will require additional assistance of the Forestry Agency and establishment of fast-growing wood plantations for the new pulp and paper mill, said the governor of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov...

In 2014, in most regions of the so-called heavy-forested zone of Russia several thousand enterprises will close, as said in the Greenpeace Russia Forestry Forum release. The reason for this forecast was the situation at the enterprise Svetlozerskles...

In late November, Solombala LDK plans to resume operations of the sawmill line, as said in the message of Arkhangelsk region administration. On 17 October, monitoring procedure was introduced at the mill. Currently the work of the sawmilling...

The value of imports of softwood lumber to China in January-September 2013 increased by 25.9% year-on-year to reach $2.64 billion. After the slowdown in 2012, the rise of the housing market in the country triggered a boom for...

The Government of Russia has introduced fundamental changes in the rules for allocation of tariff quotas on the exports of unprocessed timber of spruce, fir and pine trees outside Russia and the participants of Customs Union. These rules...

Around RMB 1.3 billion has been invested in the new Manzhouli International Timber Trading Market, ITTO reported. Building started in May 2012 and the first stage will be completed by the end of 2013 and ready for business...

The German company specialized in production of automobile oils Sudheimer Car Technik Vertriebs became the new owner of Novovyatsky ski mill, reports Kirov web portal Newsler. Rumours about possible change of shareholders circulated at the end of July....

In August, Japan imported 333,756 m3 of softwood lumber from Europe, up 42.2% from a year ago, according to figures published by the Japan Lumber Journal and quoted by Holzkurier. Major suppliers were Finland (115,825 m3), Austria (40,295...