Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: interview with Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry; in 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low; North American companies continue to cut sawn timber production; the Government of Russia allowed transportation of roundwood and sawn timber to EAEU countries; in 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times and railway transportation, by 22%; over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023
Russian Timber Journal 01-2023: Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry: “The Russian timber industry has degraded”; in 2022, the export of sawn timber from Russia dropped by 22% YoY, down to 23.5 million m³, this is the lowest since 2014–2015; West Fraser, Canfor, Interfor reduce sawn timber production; decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 2552 dated 30.12.2022 and changes introduced in Decree No. 521 allow Russian exporters to transport timber by trucks to all EAEU countries except Armenia starting from January 31; in 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times, or by 48.6%, down to 9.9 million tons; over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023.
Featured Article:
— Interview with Valeriy Sergeevich Sukhanov, D. Eng., Honored Worker of the Russian Forest Industry
— In 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low
— North American companies continue to cut sawn timber production
— The Government of Russia allowed transportation of roundwood and sawn timber to EAEU countries
— In 2022, the Russian export of timber products reduced by two times and railway transportation, by 22%
— Over 25 billion rubles’ worth of transportation costs of industrial products export will be subsidized in 2023
Global Timber Markets News:
— Madison’s Lumber Reporter: Some lumber specialty item prices increase
— Dieffenbacher replaces former multi-opening press for Tolko
— West Fraser to curtail production at Florida sawmill
— Export of forest products from Vietnam in 2022 increased by 6.1% to $16.9 billion
— China’s forest industry value exceeds 8 trillion yuan in 2022
— Canfor to extend sawmill curtailments in British Columbia
— Sawn timber production in Canada down nearly 10% in October 2022
— China: Record high output of wood-based panels
— HS Timber cuts production in Romania
— Interfor cuts sawn timber production
— Stora Enso to sell Hylte paper site in Sweden and discontinue sale of Anjala mill in Finland
— Canfor to permanently close pulp line at Prince George mill
— Norske Skog Skogn to build a new pulp production line
— UPM may reduce production at paper mills in Finland
— US housing starts rebound in December
— Tough time ahead for US homebuilders
— HS Timber to divest pellet distribution company
— Graanul Invest to load its largest wood pellet shipment from US
Russian News:
— The President of Russia called for stopping the roundwood export for the sake of the domestic market
— On January 18, 2023, Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister supervising the timber industry in the Government, held a meeting on the issues of the timber industry development
— Rosleskhoz: the forest industry accounted for 0.8% of the country’s GDP in 2022
— In 2022, Rosleskhoz approved 18 applications for implementation of priority investment projects in the forest sector
— Head of Rosleskhoz: harvesting reduced by 10–15% in 2022, down to 190 million m³
— Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill intends to stop using a considerable share of its leased forest fund
— Yuriy Ayvazov, CEO at Kondopoga Pulp and Paper Mill: a record-setting volume of timber was delivered to the mill in 2022
— Russian Railways: roundwood transportation to the east grew by 35.8% in 2022
— Fesco: in 2022, the Russian container market reduced by 15.9%, down to 5.5 million TEU
— Ministry of Transport: in 2023, the container transportation volume will increase by 60% compared to 2022 due to eastbound shipments
— Stupino Corrugated Cardboard Plant will create a new corrugated cardboard production site with a capacity of 200 million m² in the Moscow Region
— Mondi Syktyvkar presented new brands of Projecta copy paper
— BCTMP by Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill is certified by the international ISEGA system
— Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises: the share of imported furniture in the Russian market reduced from 41% to 25% in 2022
— Five boiler houses in the Irkutsk Region are supposed to be converted to biofuel by the end of 2025
— Arkhangelsk Region is planning to continue building boiler houses that run on biofuel
— The Government of the Irkutsk Region is planning to implement a large-scale project of comprehensive wooden housing construction in the region
— Leningrad Region is planning to rehouse citizens from dilapidated dwellings into new wooden houses
— Russian citizens will be able to procure timber certificates for housing construction
— A plant producing wood-based panels for housing construction will open in the Khabarovsk Region
— Technonicol will invest in Russian woodworking
— Cherepovetsles will upgrade a sawmilling line at its Koskisilva plant (Sheksna) by summer 2023
— 7.5 billion rubles will be invested in a woodworking enterprise in the Irkutsk Region
— Vologodsky Les is included in the list of priority investment projects in the forest sector
— Segezha Group installed two additional drying machines at Tayriku-Igirma Group
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