Russian Timber Journal 02-2020: Russia: wood pellet exports grew by 28% and totaled almost 2 million tons in 2019; the Russian Government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia; abnormal temperature undermined harvesting enterprises of the Leningrad region; the Ministry of Industry and Trade is agreeing on the ban on government purchases of foreign furniture with other departments
Russian Timber Journal 02-2020: In 2019, wood pellet exports from Russia showed the highest growth pace among all export-oriented forest products; Mikhail Mishustin instructed the Government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia; the abnormally warm start of this winter has become the main cause of losses for loggers in the Leningrad region; The draft government decree on the extension of the ban on the purchase of foreign furniture by state and municipal institutions until the end of 2021
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– Russia: wood pellet exports grew by 28% and totaled almost 2 million tons in 2019; the Russian government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia
– The Russian government to consider the creation of a separate forest ministry in Russia
– Abnormal temperature undermined harvesting enterprises of the Leningrad region
– The Ministry of Industry and Trade is agreeing on the ban on government purchases of foreign furniture with other departments
Global Timber Markets News:
– Finland: Roundwood removals decreased from the record year of 2018
– Swedish Forest Agency: in 2019, the price of pulpwood in Sweden increased by 7.6%
– Recovery in EU wood imports continues in 2019
– European construction industry loses dynamic growth
– Arauco to close particleboard line in US
– New large timber processing factory in Vietnam
– France requires public buildings to be at least 50% wood
– Norbord reports lower EBITDA for FY2019 on lower OSB prices and shipments
– German furniture industry reports slight decline in sales in 2019
– The strike is over in Finland’s pulp and paper industry
– In 2019, demand for magazine paper in Europe decreased by 8.6%
– Sappi considers closure of PM 2 at its Stockstadt mill
– ANDRITZ to supply complete pulp mill to UPM in Uruguay
– In the 1H 2020, 4 pellet production plants with a capacity of 150,000 t/y will be installed in Belarus
Russian News:
– The Russian government to amend the “Forest Sector Development Strategy until 2030”
– Patriot and Expoforest completed priority investment projects in the forest sector
– Ilim Timber to revamp the sawmilling site of its branch in Ust-Ilimsk
– Sveza’s plant in Uralsky invested 1.8 billion rubles in equipment upgrade in 2019
– Technoplus to open a wood processing plant in the Kaluga region in the summer of 2020
– Vologdaleskhoz (Vologda region) opened a new sawmilling workshop with a capacity of up to 20,000 m3 per year
– Russian Forest Alliance (Karelia) to launch production of furniture boards
– Runko Group doubled the output of firewood and wood briquettes in 2019
– DNS Les to start producing OSB in Primorsky Region in Q2 2020
– Hayat Kimya invests 7.1 billion rubles. in the construction of a new plant in Kaluga, increasing the total capacity to 210,000 tons
– In 2019, Mondi Group revenue decreased by 3% to € 7.268 billion
– Ilim Group is the first Russian company to receive the Legal Source European certificate
– After the modernization of cardboard machine No. 2, Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill reached its cardboard production targets
– Futura to install a converting line at Arkhbum Tissue Group’s plant in Kaluga region
– Fourth Biofuel Boiler Launched at Segezha Group Enterprise in Arkhangelsk Region
– Segezha Group Reports on Closing the Book for Ruble Bonds Placement
– Revenues of Shatura Furniture Company decreased by 2.5% in 2019
– Sales of Pervaya Mebelnaya Fabrika in 2019 increased by 12.2% and reached 2.2 billion rubles
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