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WhatWood Biofuel Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission's report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven; European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia; as of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the Government of the Russian Federation decided to cancel quotas on softwood roundwood exports ; US lumber prices fell sharply; the Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Featured Article:

– Interview with Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven
– European Commission’s report on imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia
– As of January 1, 2022, quotas on exporting softwood pulpwood and logs will be cancelled in Russia
– US lumber prices fell sharply

– The Ministry of Industry and Trade considers pulp and paper mills construction in the Far East to be inefficient

Global Timber Markets News:

– Finland increased logging by 16% in May 2021
– In January-April 2021, wood imports increased by 7% in Finland
– Ivatsevichdrev is planning to increase particleboard and furniture output
– Junnikkala to build new sawmill in Finland
– Moelven to modernize to sawmills in Sweden
– In August 2021, a new wood pellets production site will open in Smorgon (Belarus)
– In June 2021, wood pellets price in Austria decreased by 2.3%
– Germany: Stable low pellet prices in June 2021
– In January-May 2021, US increased pellet exports by 2.8%
– Germany’s parliament passes biofuels law
– Pfeifer successfully completes the second expansion stage at the CLT plant in Schlitz
– US housing starts slow — builder optimism falls
– Wood construction continues to grow in Japan
– Over the past 5 years, the number of furniture producers in Belarus has doubled
– Norske Skog invest a total of €250 millon in the Golbey PM 1 conversion project
– Sappi Europe to increase prices for all Sublimation & Inkjet grades by 8-15%
– Mayr-Melnhof Group to sell its Eerbeek and Baiersbronn virgin fiber cartonboard mills
– Smurfit Kappa announces €24 million investment in France
– Greif announces a $50 per ton price increase on all uncoated recycled paperboard grades
– “Albertin” Slonim Cardboard and Paper Mill (Belarus) learnt to produce cardboard for honeycomb structures
– SCA increases kraftliner prices in Europe
– Hayat Holding announced a new investment of 1.1 billion dollars
– Essity invests €11 million to improve recycled fibre recovery in France
– Smurfit Kappa acquires Cartonbox operations in Mexico

– WestRock introduces new “EverGrow” packaging

Russian News:

– Timber transportation by heavyweight transporters may be prohibited in Komi
– In Q1 2021, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group increased timber harvesting by 26.5%
– Sveza plant in Saint Petersburg is improving its production planning system
– A woodworking enterprise was launched in the Pskov Region
– The USA is becoming the biggest importer of Russian OSB
– Microtec is going to install Finscan sorting systems at Pinezhsky LPK
– 31.1 million rubles will be invested in Komi to upgrade sawmilling
– Bashkortostan is opening a new plywood production site
– A plant in Udmurtia will invest 129.9 million rubles in increasing plywood output
– Murom CJSC officially launched OSB production in the Vladimir Region
– Sveza Mill in Sverdlovsk region to invest RUB 100 million in reconstruction of raw material heating system
– Prices for Russian wood-based panels continue to grow rapidly in June 2021
– By 2025, Smolensk Woodworking Plant is planning to increase its plywood output to 50,000 m³ per year
– Russia significantly increased wood-based panels production in January-May 2021
– Raute received orders worth approximately €16 million to Russia
– The first loan under a program of subsidized funding for timber enterprises was granted in the Khabarovsk Region
– Kama Group started producing two-side coated cardboard
– A planned production shutdown was carried out at JSC Volga
– Segezha Group completes RUB 14.6 billion investment project in Karelia
– In 2020, JSC Volga increased paper output by 5.2%
– 850 million rubles will be invested in cardboard and paper production in the Novgorod Region
– Segezhsky PPM in Karelia will stop producing wood pulp
– Ugra Timber Holding will upgrade its railway infrastructure
– The first container train with sawn timber departed for China from the terminal in Asino (Tomsk Region)
– GSK Resource LLC is planning to enter the Swedish market
– Rustrans DV will increase its wood pellets output by 2.4 times
– The Irkutsk Region is ready to allocate up to 15 million m³ of unused forest annually for wooden – house construction development
– Furniture from thermally modified wood will be produced in the Crimea
– Wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 5.6% in January-April 2021
– In January-April 2021, Russian plywood export increased by 9.9%
– Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 5.2% in January-April 2021

– Wood pellets export from Russia increased by 18.1% in January-April 2021

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