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Japan significantly reduced imports of Russian veneer logs
August 21, 2020 ` 15:44
The Russian government has been promoting wood processing in the Russian Far East region and log export duty has been raised step by step, which reduced supply of larch logs for plywood manufacturing in Japan. The duty was... 
Novy Sever LPK LLC to invest 366 million rubles in the construction of a timber enterprise in the Perm region
August 20, 2020 ` 11:56
The initiator, Novy Sever LPK LLC, intends to invest about 366 million rubles in the construction, the project is expected to be implemented by 2023. The new production facility is designed as an integrated full-cycle enterprise: harvesting, processing,... 
Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in January-July 2020
August 20, 2020 ` 10:55
According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-July 2020, plywood production in Russia decreased by 5.9% YoY to 2.3 million m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) decreased as well – by 11.7% YoY... 
Board production resumed at the premises of an MDF plant in Yugra
August 19, 2020 ` 17:22
As the press office of the Yugra Government reports, board production has been resumed in the commissioning and start-up mode at the premises of the MDF plant in the urban-type settlement of Mortka (Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra) in... 
Information on the origin of goods to be reflected in customs declarations in a new way from January 1, 2021
August 18, 2020 ` 17:35
Members of the meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Minsk reached agreement on the enactment of the corresponding Decision of the Panel of the Eurasian Economic Commission on changing the Procedure for filling out goods declarations. Thus,... 
Wood pulp production increased by 6.4% in Russia in Jan-Jul 2020
August 18, 2020 ` 17:13
According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in Jan-Jul 2020, the output of Russian wood pulp grew by 6.4% YoY to 5.1 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period as... 
The output of wood pellets in Russia grew by 17.6% in Jan-Jul 2020
August 18, 2020 ` 15:33
The volume of wood pellet production in Russia in January-July 2020 increased by 17.6% YoY to 1.1 million tons, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) reports. 
Terneyles is to increase sawn timber production by 127.000 m3 in 2021
August 17, 2020 ` 17:55
JSC Terneyles plans to build a plant for processing small-sized wood in Plastun, according to the company’s annual report. The implementation of the investment project began in 2019. Currently, a construction permit has been received, a contract has... 
Canadian sawn timber production rises sharply in May 2020
August 17, 2020 ` 17:49
Canada’s sawn timber production increased 24.7% from April 2020 to 4.36 million m³ in May 2020. Production was 18.7% lower than in May 2019, as Statistics Canada reported. Canadian sawmills shipped 4.1 million m³ of sawn timber in... 
Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry
August 17, 2020 ` 16:37
Following the results of the business trip of Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister, to Ustyansky district of the Arkhangelsk region, a number of instructions for the development of the timber industry were given. 1. To consider the different... 
UK imports of tropical hardwood plywood from China fall 60%
August 14, 2020 ` 18:50
The UK imported 40,000 m³ of tropical hardwood faced plywood from China in Jan-May 2020, 60% less than the same period last year. UK imports of this commodity from China were at unusually high levels in 1H 2019... 
Segezha PPM sets a record of paper shipments in July 2020
August 14, 2020 ` 16:30
In July 2020, Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (Segezha Group, part of AFK Sistema) increased paper shipments by 50% YoY to 36.000 tons, the press service of Segezha Group reports. The company’s management notes that this is a... 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.
