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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.

Half of wood pellets produced in Russia remains in the domestic market

January 16, 2024 ` 19:15  
According to WhatWood estimates, the wood pellet output in Russia was around 185,000 t in November 2023 and 1.7 million t over 11 months of 2023. The total 2023 wood pellet output in Russia will stay at the...

Russia may increase the number of border security checkpoints for transporting roundwood from Belarus

January 16, 2024 ` 19:09  
Moscow sees no reason not to increase the number of checkpoints equipped for roundwood export from Belarus across the Russian territory; it only requires the corresponding infrastructure. This was announced by Alexey Overchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of the...

Rates of timber harvest decline relative to 2022 are decelerating

January 15, 2024 ` 21:14  
After 9 months of 2023, the difference was -6% (-5% for softwood and -7% for hardwood harvesting), but after 10 months of 2023, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) has recorded a difference of -4% (-4% for softwood...

Financial performance of the Russian timber industry began to improve but is still far from the 2021 peaks

January 15, 2024 ` 20:59  
Q1 2022 saw the historic high of timber enterprises’ quarterly revenue (740 billion rubles). The financial performance began to deteriorate drastically starting from Q2 2022 as European markets became unavailable. According to an estimate by WhatWood, in 2022,...

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...

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.