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The output of sawn timber in Russia predictably declined in 2022. If relying on the official data of Rosstat (the Federal State Statistics Service), the decrease was of 11%. Output figures began to slide down to negative values...

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...

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: 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...

Aspek-Les LLC (Aspek Group, Udmurtia) became the owner of 100% of the authorised capital of the sawmill LLC Mayr-Melnhof Holz Yefimovsky (MM-Yefimovsky, formerly an enterprise of the Austrian group Mayr-Melnhof Holz GmbH) in Boksitogorsk district, Leningrad region. According...

RBC reports, relying on one of the bidders for the asset and a source in the government, that the Russian authorities have not approved the sale of Mondi Syktyvkar LPK – the main asset of Mondi, an Austrian...

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...

Segezha Group is considering the selling its European assets or forming joint ventures with a minority stake. The Company has already received three offers from potential buyers, but decision has not yet been made, explains Mikhail Shamolin, President of...

As of December 1, 2022, Pestovsky LPK (Pestovo, Novgorod Region) suspends its activity for at least half a year. The key reason is the effect of sanctions-related restrictions imposed by Western countries, which entailed a four-fold decline in...

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,...

The Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has sold its two Packaging sites in Russia, St. Petersburg and Pskov, to the local investor Granelle following approval by the governmental authorities. The selling price amounts to approx €134 million. In 2021, the...

The corresponding document amends Decree of the Government dated July 15, 2010 and sets new standards of letting dried sawn timber across the Russian border: it can now be exported only by railway, to Belarus via the Russian–Belorussian...