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.
Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill and Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group purchased Sheksna Wood Board Plant
October 28, 2020 ` 18:10
This transaction is aimed at enhancing the market positions of the largest wood processing enterprises from the Vologda Region by increasing board products output volumes and expanding the companies’ product range by producing MDF boards. Sheksna Wood Board... 
Sberbank to finance the construction of a plywood mill in the Vologda region for 11.9 billion rubles
October 28, 2020 ` 15:16
Sberbank confirms financing of the construction of an export-oriented birch plywood plant LLC Plitwood in the Vologda Region which is the joint venture by SC “Company group “Vologodskiye lesopromyshlenniki” and JSC Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Plant. Financing for... 
WhatWood Agency has completed an update to its annual survey MDF / HDF Market in Russia in 2019-2020
October 28, 2020 ` 12:28
The volume of MDF/HDF, fiberboard (all types of panels) production reached 3.7 million m³ (+ 6% vs 2018). Excluding from the calculations the mature segment of the wet fiberboard, the volume of MDF / HDF production, dry fiberboard... 
Sweden: roundwood prices continue to decrease
October 27, 2020 ` 18:42
The trend of decreasing delivery prices in Sweden continued during the third quarter of 2020, according to new statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency. The price of pulpwood decreased by 5.9% and the sawlog price by 3%, in... 
A plant for value-added veneer logs processing is supposed to be built in the Sverdlovsk Region (Russia)
October 27, 2020 ` 13:01
The plant will be built in the Krasnoufimsk Municipal District within two years. The enterprise is supposed to process 100,000 m³ of veneer logs per year. The Sverdlovsk Region, the Perm Region and Bashkiria are going to be... 
WhatWood Agency has completed an update to its annual survey Plywood market in Russia 2019-2020
October 27, 2020 ` 11:25
In 2019 plywood production in Russia did not change significantly compared to 2018 and was at the level of 4 million m³. Softwood plywood is produced by two factories located in Siberia – Ilim Timber in Bratsk and... 
Russia is launching subsidized lending for wood processing
October 26, 2020 ` 17:38
At a meeting on forest industry development and decriminalization, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an instruction to launch subsidized loans for small and medium-size businesses starting from 2021, so that they could re-equip production sites and create value-added... 
Sveza Verhnaya Sinyachiha is upgrading production capacities
October 26, 2020 ` 19:19
The plant is implementing several projects at once within an investment program. The value of investment in upgrading production capacities and improving work conditions will exceed 50 million rubles in Q3 2020. A new German-made drum chipper has... 
Launching an electronic timber accounting system in the Far East will take 2 – 3 months
October 26, 2020 ` 17:10
Far East Development Fund is ready to launch an electronic timber accounting system in the region within 2 – 3 months; it will make the processing and export process transparent. 
The Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing
October 23, 2020 ` 19:15
The document was signed by Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, following a meeting with Vladimir Putin. A total of 46 problems were included in the list, along with the same number of potential solutions classified into... 
Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022
October 23, 2020 ` 19:07
September 29, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on issues of developing and decriminalizing the timber industry. The President gave a directive to introduce a system of accounting for timber and transactions therewith in the pilot... 
Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: how a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs and precious hardwood will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing; interview with Alexey Ryzhikov, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) CEO; EU to launch anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia
October 23, 2020 ` 17:31
Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022, how this decision will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of... 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.
