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To support the development of domestic furniture production, the terms of the decree No. 1072 on the ban on the import of foreign furniture to Russia are planned to be increased
January 28, 2019 ` 14:00
Last week, 22 January 2019 held a working meeting of Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Alexey Gordeev and the President of the Association of furniture and woodworking industry of Russia Alexander Shestakov. The meeting... 
In the Altai region implemented the initiative of Ivan Valentik for a moratorium on logging in pine forests
January 27, 2019 ` 19:00
A temporary ban on timber harvesting and logging will be introduced in the near future in several state nature reserves of regional importance, located on the territory of the unique belt forests of the Altai territory. The moratorium... 
Payments from the use of forests in Karelia increased by 64 %
January 27, 2019 ` 16:00
In 2018, the budgets of all levels received payments for the use of forests in the amount of 2,032 billion rubles. Of these, the budget of the Republic of Karelia received 894 million rubles, the Federal budget –... 
Kastamonu company introduced in Germany, production plant in Tatarstan
January 27, 2019 ` 14:00
In January 2019, Kastamonu presented wood-Board products from the plant in the SEZ “Alabuga” to the world industry community at the Domotex exhibition in Germany. Visitors and guests of the event were shown new collections of laminate Floorpan... 
In the Sverdlovsk region at least 700 seeds of coniferous trees for sowing in the spring of 2019 will be harvested
January 26, 2019 ` 19:00
The national project “Ecology” assumes special attention to the reproduction of forest resources, the press service of the government of the Sverdlovsk region. To carry out the sowing campaign in the spring of 2019 in the Sverdlovsk region,... 
In January, the plant of fuel pellets Segezha Group in Lesosibirsk shipped more than two thousand tons of pellets
January 26, 2019 ` 14:00
Lesosibirsk LDK №1 (Segezha Group, AFK “Sistema”) on January 22 in the Krasnoyarsk region sent consumers the first in 2019 container train with fuel pellets (pellets). Destination address-the port of St. Petersburg, the volume of supply to consumers... 
In the Kaliningrad region it will invest almost 140 million rubles in the production of biofuels
January 26, 2019 ` 16:00
In the register of residents of the Special economic zone in the Kaliningrad region registered two companies that want to implement investment projects for the production of fuel pellets. The relevant information is published on the website of... 
In 2018, plywood production in Russia for the first time in history exceeded 4 million m3
January 25, 2019 ` 19:00
The volume of plywood production in Russia in 2018 increased by 7.7% (yoy) to 4.013 million m3, such data leads Rosstat. The increase in volumes was influenced by stable forest supply of plywood plants (in comparison with the... 
The use of forest resources brought 42 million rubles to the budget of Dagestan
January 25, 2019 ` 16:00
In 2018, the established plan for collecting payments for the use of forest land was implemented by 103%, about 42 million rubles were transferred to the consolidated budget. Also, annually planned indicators for care felling and sanitary and... 
In Karelia for the implementation of five priority projects in the field of forest development invested 11 billion rubles
January 25, 2019 ` 14:00
Currently, 5 priority projects in the field of forest development are being implemented in Karelia. This projects “Kostomuksha construction company”, LLC DOK Kalevala, NPO “Fintek”, LLC “Setles“, LLC “Russian Lesnoy Alliance”. Thanks to the successful implementation of projects,... 
Iranian businessmen are interested in buying Tyumen forest
January 24, 2019 ` 19:00
The delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran paid a working visit to the Tyumen region on January 23, 2019. Representatives of four large companies of the state “Adrian Sina”, “Arian Arkin”, “Caspian Log”, R&d meet with representatives... 
The first stage of SAP ERP was successfully put into operation at Arkhbum Tissue Group
January 24, 2019 ` 16:00
The first stage of SAP ERP integrated enterprise management system has been successfully put into operation at the new plant in Kaluga region of the subsidiary of JSC “Arkhangelsk PPM” –JSC “Arkhbum Tissue group”. Automated systems of procurement, sales,... 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.
