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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.
“Wood-Based Panels Market in Russia” 11-2021: Changing trends in the birch plywood market
December 13, 2021 ` 11:08
Big producers of high-grade plywood are still waiting for high-quality logs, increasing the share of lower-quality plywood output. This keeps putting pressure on the price in the low-grade birch plywood segment. The general change of trend in the... 
Segezha Group announced a project of first multi-storey houses made of CLT panels in Russia
December 10, 2021 ` 20:02
Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group, announced at “Russian Forest” 26th International Forum and Exhibition that the Group was going to build a residential estate of two four-storey houses in Sokol, Vologda Region, for their employees’ families. The... 
A new plywood plant opened in the Vologda Region
December 10, 2021 ` 19:59
Bereznik JSC completed the first stage of an investment project on building a plywood production site at the premises of Sokol Industrial Park. The enterprise was built in 3 years; the investment value exceeded 1 billion rubles. The... 
Krasny Oktyabr will start producing plywood
December 10, 2021 ` 19:55
Krasny Oktyabr LLC will invest 2.8 billion rubles in producing birch veneer and plywood (including laminated plywood), as reported by the website of the Governor and the Government of the Perm Region. 800 million out of the total... 
China limited timber cargo shipments at two railway border crossings with Russia
December 10, 2021 ` 19:37
As of November 30 and December 1, 2021, the Russian Railways will no longer accept cargo (including timber cargo) addressed to Grodekovo – Suifenhe and Zabaykalsk – Manchuria border crossings, except containerized goods. The Russian side also stops... 
Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia suggests banning veneer logs export and imposing duties on birch veneer
December 9, 2021 ` 19:13
The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia suggested imposing safeguard duties on birch veneer export and banning veneer logs export. One of the reasons for such a decision was the recent resolution of the European Commission... 
Ukrainian paper industry demonstrated growth in January – October 2021
December 9, 2021 ` 19:06
The volume of paper and cardboard production in Ukraine grew by 10.8% YoY over 10 months of 2021. The output of containerboard, including fluting paper, followed a very similar trend – it grew by 8%, while folding boxboard... 
Government of the Russian Federation endorsed the procedure of determining timber properties and measuring it
December 7, 2021 ` 17:54
Russia used to have no uniform requirements to timber measurement. The previous version of state regulation in this area gave free rein to businesses. The new decree establishes consistent requirements applicable to everyone that prevent the possibility of... 
Vologodsky Les is planning to invest 3.5 billion rubles in expanding its woodworking facilities
December 7, 2021 ` 17:45
Vologodsky Les intends to invest 3.5 billion rubles in upgrading its plywood production site and creating new timber processing facilities, as reported by the official web portal of the Government of the Vologda Region. The investment project received... 
3.8 billion rubles will be invested in OSB and glued wooden structures production in the Vologda Region
December 7, 2021 ` 17:49
BioLesProm is planning to build a woodworking enterprise for 3.8 billion rubles in the Verkhovazhsky District of the Vologda Region. The investment project that received a priority status includes commissioning an OSB production site with the capacity of... 
Government of the Russian Federation approved the purchase of 75% of RFP Group by a Japanese investor
December 7, 2021 ` 17:38
On November 29, the Government Committee on Foreign Investments Control chaired by Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, approved the sale of 75% of RFP Group, a timber industry group from the Far East, to Iida... 
Russian Wood Resources 11-2021: In November, the Russian logs market witnessed a higher demand for and a local shortage of the roundwood pulpwood group
December 6, 2021 ` 14:19
Not all regions were able to start winter harvesting in November. Logs could not be hauled in the European part of Russia (in central and north-western regions) because of humid weather and the continuing period of impassable roads.... 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.
