Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024; Timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4 million m³; More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024; Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times
Russian Timber Journal 07-2024: Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER; Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade; Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024; Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed; Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024; Timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4 million m³; More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024; Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times.
Featured Article:
— Interview with Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER;
— Slow economic revival in the Russian timber industry is beginning to fade;
— Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024;
— Legal liquidation of Baykalsky PPM is completed;
— Retail furniture sales in Russia grew by 10% in H1 2024;
— Timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4 million m³;
— More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024;
— Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times.
Global Timber Markets News:
— China’s log imports drop 6.2% in January-July 2024
— Stora Enso plans to sell its forests in Sweden
— Finland’s roundwood harvests decrease in August
— U.S. adjusts antidumping rates for some Canadian softwood lumber companies
— Doman Building Materials to acquire CM Tucker Lumber
— German woodworking machinery production expected to drop 15% this year
— China’s fibreboard trade on upward trend
— China: Rise in particleboard trade in H1 2024
— Sharp rise in Vietnam’s wood product exports
— Brazil’s wood product exports drop 10.8% in August 2024
— EU imports of tropical sawnwood down 20% in H1 2024
— Changing macroeconomic conditions dominate the lumber market in North America
— Canadian lumber productions and shipments fall in July 2024
— Western Forest Products announces significant reduction in lumber production
— Mercer announces downtime at its Peace River Mill
— Georgia-Pacific opens new $425 million plant in Jackson, Tennessee
— Valmet to supply pulp mill to Arauco in Brazil
— US housing starts up by 9.6% in August
— In August, housing starts in Japan decreased by 5.1%
— Rise in China’s wooden furniture exports
— Drax plans to invest up to $12.5 billion in US biomass power plants
— Pellets in Germany slightly cheaper in September 2024
— Ikea reports 5% fall in sales
Russian News:
— Rosleskhoz: information on traffic of Belarus log trucks across Russia will be transmitted via ERA-GLONASS
— Tomsk Region is planning to start producing moldings
— Sveza is upgrading its production in Kostroma
— Krasny Oktyabr started producing veneer
— Segezha Group will install Russian equipment at sorting lines at Lesosibirsky LDK No.1
— In January – September 2024, Kama PPM increased paper and cardboard production
— Segezha Group is replacing parts for maintenance of European equipment at Segezhsky PPM
— Zharkovsky Woodworking Plant is planning to increase its furniture production by 15–20%
— SPIMEX started trading in charcoal
— Sveza delivered its products to China in three weeks via the Northern Sea Route
— Segezha Group shipped the first batch of sawn timber to China via the Northern Sea Route in 2024
— Timber export from Karelia increased by 25% in January–September 2024
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