Timber industry research & analytics News 
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.
Russian producers of wood-based biofuel are shifting their focus to wood briquettes
September 9, 2024 ` 22:32
According to a quick-look estimate by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), wood pellet production in Russia dropped by 16.4% YoY in H1 2024, down to 549,200 t. The greatest amount was produced in the Far Eastern Federal... 
Timber trading volume at SPIMEX reached 3.34 million m³ in January—July 2024
September 9, 2024 ` 22:29
In July 2024, 632,400 m³ of timber was sold in the Timber and Construction Materials section of the Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, which surpasses last month’s performance by almost 2 times, according to the SPIMEX press office. The... 
Russian budget received 26.2 billion rubles for forest use in H1 2024
September 9, 2024 ` 22:39
In H1 2024, the total payments to the federal budget for forest fund use increased by 7% YoY, up to 26.2 billion rubles, according to the press office of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz). The top regions by... 
Segezha Group will issue new shares
September 6, 2024 ` 14:20
During a teleconference with investors about the Q2 2024 financial reporting indicators, Alexander Kreshchenko, President of Segezha Group, reported that the Group’s management team had decided to issue new shares. The details are to be provided in the... 
Sveza purchased Kama PPM
September 5, 2024 ` 17:51
Sveza announced the purchase of Kama PPM (Krasnokamsk, Perm Region), as reported by the press office of the world’s largest producer of birch plywood. The company has thus entered the market of pulp and paper products, which is... Monolit-Stroy is investing 6.8 billion rubles in new production venues
August 2, 2024 ` 17:58
Vladimir Mazur, Governor of the Tomsk Region, and the management team of Monolit-Stroy LLC (Latat trademark) signed an agreement on creating new production venues within the industrial cluster “Forest, Timber Processing, and Forestry Chemistry”, as reported by the... Deputies of the Leningrad Region asked federal authorities to reduce financial burden on local harvesting businesses
August 2, 2024 ` 17:56
A message to this effect has been sent to Mikhail Mishustin, Chair of the Government of the Russian Federation, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (“Russian Newspaper”) referencing the press release of the Legislative Assembly of the Leningrad Region.... Segezha Group and KAMAZ signed a letter of intent on supplying and developing a line of harvesting machines
August 2, 2024 ` 17:55
Segezha Group and KAMAZ signed a letter of intent on pursuing mutually beneficial cooperation within the program of testing, fine-tuning pilot specimens, supplying, and organizing maintenance of harvesting machines. The interaction between the two companies will mostly be... 
JSC Volga is implementing an electronic system of patrolling process equipment
August 1, 2024 ` 18:43
In April 2024, JSC Volga (Nizhny Novgorod Region) launched a pilot project on implementing an electronic system of patrolling process equipment and registering failures using mobile devices and NFC tags in the thermo-mechanical mass shop within the Reliability... 
In H1 2024, 636,000 m³ of timber was exported from the Vologda Region
August 1, 2024 ` 18:46
In H1 2024, Vologda enterprises exported 636,000 m³ of timber, as reported by the Northwestern Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor. According to WhatWood, sawn timber accounts for most of the shipped product. The greatest amount (426,000 m³) was supplied... 
Segezha Group: the Chinese market remains one of the company’s priority sales destinations
August 1, 2024 ` 18:40
Most of the company’s products are represented in the Chinese market, as shared by Segezha Group’s press office in the corporate Telegram channel. This is primarily sawn timber, for which China is in fact the key market, accounting... 
Komi is planning to build plants to produce coal briquettes and charcoal
July 31, 2024 ` 18:30
The letter of intent on implementing these investment projects was signed by Vladimir Uyba, Head of Komi; Artem Dragunov, a representative of Zelenets Industrial Park, and Edward Artemyev, CEO at National Biofuel Company. This is reported on the... 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.
