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.
Fuel Pellet Plant Second Stage Launched in Lesosibirsk
April 27, 2020 ` 18:02
The second stage of KsilotekSibir LLC fuel pellet plant has been launched five months in advance of the project schedule at the manufacturing site of Lesosibirsky LDK No. 1 JSC, asset of Segezha Group (part of Sistema JSFC). The... 
World Forests during the Pandemic: Germany
April 27, 2020 ` 15:43
Germany is going to give substantial help to its economy: the total fiscal measures declared by the authorities are worth €1.3 trillion (which is 37% of its GDP). Funds will be directed to help small businesses: all enterprises... 
Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: Russian furniture enterprises may lose 10 billion rubles in 2020
April 27, 2020 ` 11:42
The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia asks the Government to reintroduce the ban on purchasing foreign furniture for public use and to renew Decree No. 1072 which earlier prohibited public and municipal institutions from buying... 
SCA raises pulp price
April 24, 2020 ` 17:57
Scandinavian pulp producer SCA upping its pulp price by $40 from 1 May to $880 per tonne. The company notes that the demand has increased from tissue and hygiene industry producers. SCA owns 2.6 million hectares of forest... Russia: wood pellet exports grew by 28% and totaled almost 2 million tons in 2019
April 24, 2020 ` 15:38
Russian exports of wood pellets showed the highest growth dynamics among all export-oriented timber industry products in 2019: +28% totaling 1.94 million tons. The data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) showed that production had amounted to... 
The auction to sell Ugra Timber Holding and Ugra-Plit plant was declared void due to the absence of eligible participants
April 24, 2020 ` 11:23
The auction was attended by only one potential investor: TLD-Expo, a company from Tomsk. However, it was not allowed to participate since the receipt of the deposit to the account within the time specified had not been confirmed.... 
Sveza may suspend plywood production
April 23, 2020 ` 17:19
During the coronavirus pandemic, Sveza is considering several options for stress testing its plywood business, starting from a 20% cut production to a complete shutdown. Anatoly Frishman, CEO of Sveza, said this in an interview to RBC. In... 
In 2019, exports of sawn timber from Russia to China exceeded 20 million m3
April 23, 2020 ` 16:05
Russia continues to increase sawnwood exports. Despite the low prices that persisted throughout 2019 on world markets, Russian sawmills did not reduce sales and did not suspend production. In 2019, the volume of sales of softwood and hardwood... 
China: booming roundwood supplies from the Czech Republic and Germany in 2019
April 23, 2020 ` 12:35
China’s log imports in 2019 totalled 60.57 million m3 valued at US$9.434 billion (CIF), a year on year increase of just 1% in volume but there was a decline in the value of imports by 14%. The average... 
WhatWood Agency took part in a webinar for forest sector industry at Sberbank Corporate University
April 22, 2020 ` 17:01
Marina Zotova, a senior consultant at WhatWood, gave a presentation on “Methods and tools for assessing the raw materials potential of investment projects and timber industry enterprises”. Wood resources market As noted in the report, the strongest decline... 
Pestovsky LPK shipped over 18,000 m3 of sawn timber in February 2020
April 22, 2020 ` 02:22
In February, the plant sawed 46,000 m3 of roundwood, dried 22,000 m3 and sorted over 20,000 m3 of sawn timber. ULK Group is continuing the modernization of Pestovsky LPK. In 2020, it has completed the construction of a... 
Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East to create лесвосток.рф, an online services platform
April 17, 2020 ` 14:56
The new platform provides for the comprehensive integration of existing federal information systems into a single digital platform on the forest sector. It will incorporate the state forest register, LesEGAIS, Forests of Russia Map, etc. The new web... 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.
