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WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.

Rosleskhoz approved an investment project implementation request from the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill

December 7, 2023 ` 23:12  
The company is planning to increase its wood pulp output. Forest areas with an allowable annual cut of over 0.5 million m³ will be provided to the Mill for project implementation. Over 10 months of 2023, the committee...

Oleg Fokin, Director for Timber Export at Technonicol: “Now is a good time to invest in the woodworking industry”

December 7, 2023 ` 17:31  
Technonicol is an example of how large Russian companies are trying to diversify their businesses by investing in timber industry assets. In January 2023, the group purchased four woodworking enterprises in different Russian regions for a total of...

FESCO launched a maritime container line from Vladivostok to Bangladesh

December 6, 2023 ` 16:45  
The maritime route includes through transportation of cargo from the Commercial Port of Vladivostok (part of FESCO) to Bangladesh, with transshipment in the Port of Shanghai (PRC), and back. The estimated transit time for import and export shipments...

Segezha Group announces financial and operating results for Q3/2023

December 6, 2023 ` 16:43  
Segezha Group announces its unaudited consolidated financial results and operating results for Q3 2023. Revenue was up 13% QoQ to RUB 23.9 billion, driven by the increased sales volumes of the Group’s finished products. The weakening of the...

Over 9 months of 2023, the Russian roundwood export to EEU countries grew by almost 15%

December 6, 2023 ` 16:38  
In January–September 2023, countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) increased the roundwood import from Russia by almost 15% YoY, up to 195,000 m³ (over 9 months of 2022, it was 166,000 m³), as reported by the Federal...

Russian furniture output surged

December 5, 2023 ` 19:31  
In January—September 2023, the Russian furniture output surged by 27.3% YoY, reaching 46.7 million pieces, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta referencing the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia. In September 2023, the furniture output increased by...

Timber products export by trucks to Mongolia and China was allowed for two more years

December 5, 2023 ` 19:27  
The Government of the Russian Federation extended by 2 years the period when exporting certain types of timber products by trucks via border crossing points located on the Russian–Chinese and Russian–Mongolian sections of the state border is allowed,...

Tomlesdrev is planning to invest 5.5 billion rubles in plywood production in the Omsk Region

December 4, 2023 ` 17:30  
Tomlesdrev (Tomsk Region) intends to build two plywood mills in the northern parts of the neighboring Omsk Region. According to Evgeny Kovtun, Director General at Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk Region, the total value of...

Dmitry Zachko, CEO at Plitwood: “The domestic demand needs to be incentivized. This will increase the sales of high-quality products within the country.”

December 4, 2023 ` 17:23  
On September 22, 2023, Plitwood officially launched a plant producing large-sized plywood with a capacity of 180,000 m³ per year in Vokhtoga, a settlement in the Vologda Region. The investment value reached 12.5 billion rubles. The project was...

Russian Government introduced export duties on wood pulp, paper, and cardboard

December 4, 2023 ` 17:08  
As of October 1, 2023, the Government is introducing flexible export duties on a wide range of products, pegged to the ruble exchange rate. The list includes pulp and paper products, i.e., wood pulp, paper, and cardboard. This...

A woodworking complex worth 8.5 billion rubles will be created in the Krasnoyarsk Region

December 1, 2023 ` 19:25  
Bazis LLC presented a priority investment project on creating a new production site that will make OSB, sawn timber, and wood pellets in Lesosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Region, as reported by the press office of the Russian Forest National Association...

About WhatWood project

WhatWood agency is the only Russian consulting company with core specialization in the timber industry analytics. Within five years of timber market research we have provided services to 130 clients in 15 countries from Finland to Canada, from UK to Korea: industrial companies, banks, investors, government agencies, scientific organizations, and individual entrepreneurs. We have unique contact and knowledge base, as well as deep understanding of the regional industry and market in Russia. We give presentations at major industry events and are cited by the main Russian business media. To get in touch with us, please visit the About Us page. You can also browse the catalogue of our products.