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Huhtamaki has sold its operations in Russia to Espetina Ltd. Espetina is a holding company owned by Alexander Govor and Iury Kushnerov. The transaction includes four manufacturing units in Russia, employing 724 people. On April 14, 2022, Huhtamaki...

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 —...

Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) published timber harvesting data for all regions of the Russian Federation for 2021. At year-end, timber harvested in Russia increased by 3.7% YoY and totaled 225 million m³. The Kostroma region has been remaining...

Timber Development UK (TDUK), has issued a trade alert urging vigilance to ensure no plywood offered by Asian manufacturers to UK importers contains birch originating in Russia. TDUK note that a worrying development has emerged in recent weeks...

Since the late 2000s, export customs duties on roundwood have been repeatedly raised to reduce exports of Russian unprocessed timber. Thus, the Government of the Russian Federation has increased export customs duties on roundwood up to 25% since...

Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), together with AT Consulting, has completed the development and visualization of a pilot version of the forest user’s personal account for the Federal State Information System of the Forest Industry (FGIS LK). The test...

Glavgosexpertiza of Russia (General Board of State Expert Review) issued a positive opinion on the design documentation and the results of the site investigation for the construction of a pulp and paper mill in Boguchansky district of the...

Opora Russia, a business association, and Russian Forest National Association of Timber Industry recommended that the government of the Irkutsk region consider the possibility of introducing a regional moratorium on the termination of forest area lease agreements until...

In Q2 2022, Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) approved of two applications for the implementation of priority investment projects in the forest sector. The Agency reviews and approves applications that concern providing investment projects with timber supply areas and...

French cargo containment technology provider GTT granted official approval to use SVEZA Gas in its new cargo containment system NO96 Super+, making Sveza the first Russian company to have the ‘approved supplier’ status for GTT’s five existing LNG...

The Government is introducing temporary quotas for the export of recyclable paper and cardboard (waste paper) that will apply from September 3 to December 3, 2022. The quota will be 30,000 tons. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of...

According to Rosstat, the production of Russian sawn timber in January-July decreased by 4.8% YoY to 17.8 million m³. In July, sawn timber production continues to decline: -13.3% YoY, -6.4 MoM.