Timber industry research & analytics News 
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Timber export from Karelia increased by 25% in January–September 2024
November 11, 2024 ` 20:31
According to the press office of the North Sea Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor, Karelia exported 385,500 m³ of timber in January–September 2024, including 279,400 m³ of sawn timber and 101,200 m³ of roundwood. The timber products were shipped... 
Segezha Group is replacing parts for maintenance of European equipment at Segezhsky PPM
October 29, 2024 ` 19:16
Segezhsky PPM is working on import substitution of spare parts and components for process equipment that have been purchased in EU countries earlier, according to the Telegram channel of Segezha Group, the mill’s parent company. One of the... 
Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER: “The Russian furniture industry has all of a sudden turned “from a Cinderella into a princess” of the timber industry over the past 10 years”
October 28, 2024 ` 17:21
The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia (AFWIER) is a voluntary professional & civil society non-profit organization established in 1997 to consolidate the efforts of overcoming crisis phenomena in the furniture and woodworking industry and creating... 
Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed
October 25, 2024 ` 15:54
The multi-year process of liquidating Baykalsky PPM in Baykalsk is completed, according to the official web portal of legal information of the Irkutsk Region. The Regional Arbitration Court officially recognized the enterprise as liquidated. The bankruptcy proceedings began... 
Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024
October 24, 2024 ` 20:51
In H1 2024, the volume of retail furniture sales in Russia rose by 10% YoY, up to almost 250 billion rubles, as reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (“Russian Newspaper”) referencing the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia.... 
Segezha Group will install Russian equipment at sorting lines at Lesosibirsky LDK No.1
October 24, 2024 ` 20:45
Lesosibirsky LDK No.1, one of the largest enterprises within Segezha Group in the Krasnoyarsk Region, started replacing the Almab plank quality assurance system at the dried sawn timber sorting line (by Almab Storvik AB, Sweden), says the Group’s... 
Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024; Timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4 million m³; More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024; Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times
October 24, 2024 ` 20:38
Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail... 
In January – September 2024, Kama PPM increased paper and cardboard production
October 23, 2024 ` 19:00
As reported by the press office of Kama PPM, (located in Krasnokamsk, Perm Region, and part of Sveza Group), the mill increased its output of FBB packaging coated cardboard by 13% YoY over 9 months of 2024, up... 
Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024
October 23, 2024 ` 18:57
According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the plywood production volume in Russia increased by 3.9% YoY in January–August 2024, up to 2.248 million m³. In August 2024, Russian mills produced 286,000 m³ of plywood, thus increasing... 
Russian Timber Journal 06-2024: Interview with Chongqing Chensen Timber, a Chinese sawn timber trader; Rosleskhoz published final harvesting volumes performance by Russian regions; U.S. nearly doubles duty on Canadian softwood lumber; Sveza purchased Kama PPM; Segezha Group will issue new shares; Ministry of Industry and Trade included a wood processing project by Forest Travel LLC in the list of priority projects; new plywood production facilities were commissioned in the Khabarovsk Region; a Chinese investor will start producing veneer and plywood in the Perm Region by the end of 2024; furniture production in the Northwestern Federal District grew by over 20% in H1 2024
September 23, 2024 ` 15:58
Russian Timber Journal 06-2024: Interview with Chongqing Chensen Timber, a Chinese sawn timber trader: “The supply of sawn timber currently exceeds the demand”; Rosleskhoz published final harvesting volumes performance by Russian regions: the Russian timber harvest has been reducing for... 
KAMA purchased tank containers for chemicals transportation in China
September 10, 2024 ` 17:21
KAMA LLC (Krasnokamsk, Perm Region) purchased 64 tank containers from CIMC (China International Marine Containers) to transport hydrogen peroxide and caustic soda, as reported by the Russian company’s press office. It explains that the company is currently leasing... 
VLP Podporozhye reached its design harvesting capacity
September 10, 2024 ` 17:14
VLP Podporozhye is VLP Group’s harvesting enterprise in the Leningrad Region purchased from Metsä Group in May 2024. According to VLP’s press office, there are currently six harvesting machines involved in timber harvesting; the plan is to harvest... 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.
