Timber industry research & analytics 
US tropical sawnwood imports plunge in 2020
February 17, 2021 ` 18:31
The volume of sawn tropical hardwood imported by the US fell by 34% in 2020 from 243,884 m³ in 2019 to 161,179 m³ in 2020. Imports rose 15% in December to 14,687 m³, the highest level since August,...
Russia increased the production of wood-based panels in January 2021
February 16, 2021 ` 15:17
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 19.5% YoY to 341,000 m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 5.8% YoY to 58.4 mln...
Rebound in N. American lumber prices
February 11, 2021 ` 18:26
With February looming, lumber prices popped back up to recover a drop toward the end of January. In the week ending Jan. 29, 2021, the price of benchmark softwood lumber commodity item Western S-P-F KD 2×4 #2&Btr jumped...
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group: demand for wooden houses currently exceeds the productive capacity; the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia held the IV LPK 360° Timber Industry Forum themed A New Era of Development as part of the measures for the development of the timber industry; the Government approved the RF Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030; how soon will Russia become the world’s largest wood pellet supplier?
February 11, 2021 ` 16:14
Russian Timber Journal 01-2021: WhatWood Agency interviewed Dmitry Rudenko, Vice President of Segezha Group, about the expectations for wooden housing construction and the CLT construction technology that is relatively new for Russia; WhatWood Agency summarizes key theses of the plenary...
New CNC machine has been launched at Sveza mill in St. Petersburg
February 10, 2021 ` 19:51
Sveza has put a second CNC machine with programmed numerical control at its mill in St. Petersburg. The new equipment is capable of producing parts of any given configuration from large-format plywood sheets with a thickness of up...
European trade of wood chips has gone up substantially
February 10, 2021 ` 11:10
Softwood lumber production in Europe has increased steadily increased over the past five years. Consequently, additional volumes of sawmill by-products, including wood chips, shavings, and sawdust, have become available to other sectors in the forest industry. The added...
In 2020, Russian plywood export increased by 5.8%
February 9, 2021 ` 19:26
In 2020, Russia increased its plywood export volume by 5.8% YoY, reaching 2.9 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Russian plywood shipments reduced by 1.6% YoY in monetary terms over the reporting period,...
Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 6.6% in 2020
February 9, 2021 ` 19:14
In 2020, the volume of sawn timber exported from Russia reduced by 6.6% YoY and totaled 14.8 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The value of foreign sawn timber shipments from Russia reduced...
Sveza in Uralsky increased its product shipment capacities
February 8, 2021 ` 20:47
In the framework of the project to arrange a new site for container handling, crane runways have been extended and a railroad track has been completed. The new logistics center has been expanded to perform loading from two...
Segezha Group produced a large-sized CLT panel weighing about 9.5 tons
February 4, 2021 ` 19:22
Sokol CLT (Segezha Group’s plant) has manufactured a large-sized CLT panel of nine layers: 16 m long, 3.5 m wide, 0.4 m thick. The volume of timber in one panel is 22.4 m³, its weight is about 9.5...
Andritz and Dieffenbacher deliver MDF plant to Egypt
February 1, 2021 ` 17:01
Andritz and Dieffenbacher will supply Nile Wood SAE, a subsidiary of Egypt Kuwait Holding (EKH), with a complete MDF plant with wood chip washing and pressure fiberization system for the new location in Sadat City, Egypt. Commissioning is...
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia added three new investment projects of the Irkutsk Region to the priority list
January 28, 2021 ` 17:25
The projects are aimed at increasing the output of sawn timber, furniture boards, moldings, glued products, wood pellets, and process chips. The total value of investments in the new projects is over 2.5 billion rubles.
