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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.

A large particleboard production site is planned in the Penza Region

December 27, 2023 ` 19:04  
RIA-Invest-Group LLC is planning to implement an investment project on building a woodworking plant in the Kuznetsky District of the Penza Region. During the first phase, the company intends to start up a laminated particleboard production line with...

Russian roundwood price growth accelerated in November

December 27, 2023 ` 18:58  
The WhatWood agency was regularly receiving reports about the growing pricing activity in the roundwood market throughout November. Traders from the Volga and Central Federal Districts do not think this price change is an upward trend. This is...

Duration of expert review of changes in Forest Land Use Plans was reduced

December 18, 2023 ` 20:44  
Regional timber agencies shall now review changes in Forest Land Use Plans within 11 working days for timber harvesting and no longer than 8 working days in all other cases. They could previously review amendments in these Plans...

Procedure of submitting a forest use report will be simplified from September 1, 2024

December 18, 2023 ` 20:38  
At the moment, forest users can only sign this industry-specific document with an enhanced qualified electronic signature, but starting from September 1, 2024, they will be able to do that with a basic electronic signature. The corresponding amendments...

Demand for furniture boards exceeded the supply in October

December 18, 2023 ` 20:26  
In October 2023, a regular high furniture season came, which coincided with the relatively high demand for furniture boards that had persevered throughout the summer. However, if the demand matched the supply of boards in summer, now the...

Altailes increased the value of investments in an MDF plant construction project in the Kemerovo Region

December 7, 2023 ` 23:15  
Kemerovo Woodworking Plant (part of Altailes) continues implementing a previously announced new MDF production venue with a capacity of 250,000 m³ per year in the Kirovsky District of Kemerovo, as reported by Interfax referencing the regional Ministry of...

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...

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.