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Wood chips export from Russia: volumes and prices

June 13, 2013 ` 06:57  
In this new visual graphics, export market for wood chips made in Russia is presented: major consuming countries and average statistic export prices in 2012, as well as price fluctuations for Russian wood chips in Finland in 2012-2013....

RusForest managed to increase revenue and average lumber prices in Q1 2013

June 6, 2013 ` 05:20  
RusForest, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, released its first quarter 2013 interim report. Revenue increased by 43% to SEK 156.9 million (€18.26 million), net profit after the bond restructuring amounted to SEK 188.1 million (€21.89...

Igirma lumber mill to reach rated capacity in 2013

June 6, 2013 ` 05:07  
Irkutsk region governor Sergei Yeroschenko visited Igirma sawmill on May 27 where priority investment project is being implemented. According to deputy CEO of the mill Viktor Mukorez, in 2013 Igirma mill is to reach full capacity. The company...

Government abolished VAT on imports of equipment for OSB and MDF production

May 29, 2013 ` 04:46  
At the website of the Russian Government, the Decree #419 as of May 15, 2013 is published. In accordance with the decree, the list of equipment which has no analogues produced in Russia and is therefore not subject...

RusForest sold Shenkursk and Ust-Ilimsk sawmills as non-core assets

May 26, 2013 ` 00:54  
Swedish company RusForest operating in Russia has closed the sale of Shenkursk sawmill in Arkhangelsk region for $1 million. The sawmill has an annual capacity of 80,000 cubic metres of sawnwood, but it has no forestry leases nearby...

DOK Kalevala produced its first OSB panels

May 21, 2013 ` 03:01  
Chief Executive of DOK Kalevala (Petrozavodsk, Karelia) Valery Puchkov announced to LesPromInform journal that the mill produced its first OSB panels. At the moment, specialists of the mill complete start-up and commissioning to prepare the equipment for industrial...

RusForest to shift sales from Middle East to Japan and China

May 1, 2013 ` 02:59  
Rusforest Group issued annual report for 2012. Company’s total turnover for 2012 amounted to SEK 564.3 million ($85.5 million) compared to SEK 409.4 million ($62 million) in 2011. These results were affected by the inclusion of income and...

VAT return cancellation, wood commodity exchange and state co-financing: proposals of regional governors to Putin at the State Council

April 16, 2013 ` 22:28  
President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the State Council in Ulan-Ude (Buryatia Republic, Siberia) dedicated to the problems of the forest industry. The participants of the meeting discussed a lot of issues of the industry and proposed...

Back from the beginning: Mikhail Papylyov appointed CEO of two RusForest enterprises

April 12, 2013 ` 11:44  
On Thursday, February 21 it was announced that Mikhail Papylyov resigned as CEO of the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill (Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region). He held this post over 1.5 years. He was followed by the mill’s Director, Economics...

UPM: Plywood market in 2012 was tough on strong competition from Latin America and Russia

April 10, 2013 ` 06:30  
Helsinki, April 10. Sales of UPM in 2012 reached €10.44 billion, which is 4% higher on-year. However, operating profit of the company declined by 22% to €530 million, as reported in the annual report of UPM. Log prices...

OSB market in Russia: consumption and supply regional pattern, import value and Russian mill projects

April 8, 2013 ` 04:21  
This new two-part infographics discloses the OSB market in Russia in 2012: consumption and supply regional pattern, statistic customs import value, and Russian OSB mill projects under way. You can learn more on the matter in the recent...

Russian forest industry revenue increased by 6.5% to €18.46 billion in 2012

Russian forest industry earned 733.6 billion Rubles (€18.46 billion) in 2012, which is 6.5% higher than in 2011, as said in the annual report published by WhatWood analytic department. Sales profit amounted to 52.88 billion Rubles, which is...