Timber industry research & analytics 
Luzales and Slotex acquire Russian assets of IKEA
February 16, 2023 ` 12:54
A government commission has approved the sale of Swedish furniture maker IKEA’s three plants in Russia to two Russian buyers. Deputy Trade and Commerce Minister Viktor Yevtukhov told the daily Izvestia that kitchen worktop manufacturer Slotex and lumber...
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...
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...
US hardwood plywood imports fall 21%
January 26, 2023 ` 11:19
US imports of hardwood plywood declined by 21% in November, falling to their lowest level since January 2021. The 220,249 m³ imported was 22.5% less than that of November 2021., ITTO reported. Imports from Russia, which inexplicably inflated in October,...
21 timber companies of the Krasnoyarsk region benefited from state support measures in 2022
January 23, 2023 ` 13:32
In particular, companies were granted a deferral for forest area lease payments to be paid to the regional treasury as provided for by a law “On state support of timber enterprises of the Krasnoyarsk region” adopted in June...
In 2022, the rate of decline in Russian sawn timber exports significantly exceeded the dynamics of output reduction
January 20, 2023 ` 15:28
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...
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...
