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In January-November 2021, Russian plywood export increased by 5.4%
January 17, 2022 ` 16:30
In January-November 2021, Russia increased its plywood export volume by 5.4% YoY, reaching 2.76 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In value terms, for the reporting period, Russian plywood supplies increased by 67.9%... 
Prices for roundwood keep declining на Belarusian commodity exchange
January 12, 2022 ` 22:57
Prices for industrial timber continue to decline at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) reported. “In Q4 2021, the price for roundwood in the domestic market continued to decline. For example, prices for high-quality... 
Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus
January 11, 2022 ` 16:51
The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of Ukraine introduced anti-dumping duties on particleboards (TN VED codes 4410 11 10 00, 4410 11 30 00, 4410 11 90 00) from the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The... 
Segezha Group confirms the quality of its CLT panels by obtaining the Conformité Européenne (CE) certificate
January 10, 2022 ` 19:55
The Sokol CLT plant belonging to Segezha Group has successfully passed Conformité Européenne certification for its cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. The CE certificate was obtained after a field audit performed by employees of HolzForschung Austria, the largest Austrian... 
US lumber prices are rallying again, scaling toward their highest level in seven months
January 10, 2022 ` 18:42
Increasingly significantly over the end of 2021, for the week ending January 07, 2022, the price of benchmark construcition framing dimension softwood lumber item Western S-P-F 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was $1,100 mfbm, reports Madison’s Lumber Reporter. This... 
Sistema completes sale of minority stake in Segezha Group
December 30, 2021 ` 21:26
Sistema PJSFC announces the closing of the sale of 8.7% of the ordinary shares of PJSC Segezha Group to Bonum Capital Ltd for $150 million. Following the closing of the transaction, Sistema PJSFC stake in the share capital... 
New pellet production opened in Belarus
December 29, 2021 ` 20:19
GLHU “Smorgon Experimental Forestry” opened a pellet plant with a capacity of 15,000 tons per year in the industrial park of FEZ “Grodnoinvest” in Smorgon. It is planned that all products will be exported. 
Timber cargo transport volume in Russia grew based on performance over 9 months of 2021
December 28, 2021 ` 16:51
According to data from TransLes Analytical Center, the volume of railway transport of roundwood and sawn timber, including container traffic, grew by 4% YoY, up to 33.8 million tons, in January – September 2021. As the rail operator... 
Vanino Port (Khabarovsk Region) commissioned an outdoor warehouse for timber products transshipment
December 27, 2021 ` 20:46
Vanino Port JSC completed repair operations at Berth 12 outdoor warehouse designed for timber products (wood pellets, sawn timber, etc.) transshipment in Cargo Handling Area 1. The stevedoring company assigned about 80 million rubles for these purposes. The... 
Kompass furniture factory (Sevastopol) will use a loan from IDF to upgrade a cabinet furniture production shop
December 27, 2021 ` 18:31
It is planning to purchase and set up equipment to upgrade an area for MDF facades production, an edge banding area, a laser-cutting area and a packaging area within the project. The production capacity will exceed 10,000 m²... 
VTC Inok will increase its sawn timber and three-layer boards output by 2.3 times
December 27, 2021 ` 18:18
The total production capacity will reach 80,000 m³ of sawn timber and 600,000 m² of boards per year. The total project budget is 42.3 million rubles, of which 23.3 million rubles can be provided by IDF as a... 
Segezha Group completes acquisition of Inter Forest Rus
December 24, 2021 ` 18:42
Segezha Group announces that it has completed the acquisition of LLC Inter Forest Rus from Bonum Capital Ltd. Inter Forest Rus, which comprises 24 forest industry assets and a substantial forest resource base in the Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk... 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.
