Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body
Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production, interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body.
Featured Article:
– WhatWood Agency interviewed Roman Zagovenko, Head of Rozas LLC, a harvesting and wood processing company planning to open its own OSB production facility in the Perm region.
– Following the results of the business trip of Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, to Ustyansky district of the Arkhangelsk region, a number of instructions for the development of the timber industry were given.
– Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 27, 2020, to propose to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one authority.
Global Timber Markets News:
– SCA: new harvesting plan confirmed Increased harvesting level and higher cash flow
– Södra to adjust timber prices
– Roundwood purchases fall sharply in Finland
– Germany reports record pellet production in H1/2020
– Norra Skog to close Östavall sawmill
– In mid-July 2020, sawn timber in the United States rose by 51%
– UPM Jyväskylä plywood mill to be permanently closed by the end of the month
– Setra informs about a decrease in financial results in the 1H 2020
– In April 2020, Japan reduced plywood imports by 10%
– Finland increased timber imports by 11% in January-April 2020
– Holmen acquires Martinsons
– Kronospan UA has launched a new production facility in Novovolynsk (Ukraine) and starts a new project
– Norske Skog: demand drop due to corona pandemic
– In May and June 2020, new home commissioning in Japan fell by 12% y / y and 13% y / y, respectively. This is the eleventh consecutive monthly decline.
– UPM permanently closes its Chapelle newsprint mill
– Mondi Paper Bags acquired two paper bag lines from Helwan Cement Company and InterCement Sacs
– Svetlogorsk Pulp and Cardboard Mill (Belarus) increased shipments of bleached sulfate wood pulp by 85.7% to 134,000 tons in H1 2020
– Japan reduced imports of kitchen furniture amid rising Chinese exports
– In the U.S., the new furniture orders down 8% in May 2020
– US container shipping prices show growth
Russian News:
– Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry
– Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body
– Russian Government resumes exporter cost subsidization program
– Ministry of Industry and Trade included wood pellets in the list of products eligible for the state aid program
– Information on the origin of goods to be reflected in customs declarations in a new way from January 1, 2021
– Common downtrend in sawn timber prices persists
– Board production resumed at the premises of an MDF plant in Yugra
– Novy Sever LPK LLC to invest 366 million rubles in the construction of a timber enterprise in the Perm region
– Segezha Group announced its investment projects in the Arkhangelsk region
– Russian plywood exports grew by 6.9% in January-May 2020
– Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in H1 2020
– Onega Sawmills to increase shipments of finished products by faster container trains
– Schattdecor to invest over 1 billion rubles in textured paper production in the Moscow region
– New scarfing line launched in Sokol
– A wood pellet plant to open in the Nizhny Novgorod region
– Kastamonu to start producing top-quality laminate flooring
– Udmurtles to start producing wood-based panels
– IDF to provide 47 million rubles to Eastern Trading Company for the implementation of an investment project in the field of wood processing
– Wood processing enterprises to pay tens of millions of rubles for the damage to the soils of the Krasnoyarsk region
– Vostochny wood processing plant put into operation in the Amur region
– Ilim Group’s project in the Arkhangelsk region was included in the federal list of investment projects
– Kama PPM started producing base paper for wallpaper production
– A new woodroom has been placed in service at the Bratsk Mill of Ilim Group
– Arkhbum JSC has started the active phase of the investment project for the construction of the Ulyanovsk site
– Mondi started up new crude tall oil plant at its Syktyvkar mill in Russia
– Wood pulp production increased by 6.9% in Russia in H1 2020
– Segezhsky PPM to start producing white micro-crepe sack paper in Q1 2021
– GS Group announced its plans to invest up to half a billion rubles in the production of packaging from cast paper pulp at First Cardboard Factory
– Novoyeniseiskiy LHK went into bankruptcy
– Russia: exports of value-added wood processing products begin to prevail over those of raw materials
– Yug OJSC is put up for bidding at the initial price of 352 million rubles
– Wood pellet production with the output of 70,000 tons per year to be launched in the Krasnoyarsk region
– Region-Les started the construction of a wood pellet workshop, the next step is the construction of a sawmill
– The Government hopes to reduce wood waste by exporting wood pellets
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