WhatWood Biofuel Russian Timber Journal 10-2023: Interview with Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi; Russia's wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to challenging times; US housing starts unexpectedly rise to a six-month high; Russian roundwood price growth accelerated in November; A large particleboard production site is planned in the Penza Region; Russian plywood output increased in October 2023; Komi is planning to double its wood pellet consumption due to boiler houses upgrading

Russian Timber Journal 10-2023: Interview with Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi; Russia’s wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to challenging times; US housing starts unexpectedly rise to a six-month high; Russian roundwood price growth accelerated in November; A large particleboard production site is planned in the Penza Region; Russian plywood output increased in October 2023; Komi is planning to double its wood pellet consumption due to boiler houses upgrading

27 December 2023 ` 15:59

Russian Timber Journal 10-2023: Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi: “Conversion from fuel oil and coal to biofuel will have a huge synergy effect”; Russia’s wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to challenging times; US new-home construction unexpectedly surged in November to a six-month high; The WhatWood agency was regularly receiving reports about the growing pricing activity in the roundwood market throughout November; RIA-Invest-Group plans to build a plant for the production of laminated particleboard with a capacity of 500,000 m³ per year, investments estimated at 8 billion rubles; Russian plywood output grew by 7.3% in October 2023 compared to the previous month; By the next heating season, the Komi expects to have 35 operating boiler houses running on wood pellets that will consume 46,000 t of wood pellets per year.

Featured Article:

— Interview with Andrey Krivoshein, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi;

— Russia’s wood pellet industry: from a rapid growth to challenging times;

— US housing starts unexpectedly rise to a six-month high;

— Russian roundwood price growth accelerated in November;

— A large particleboard production site is planned in the Penza Region;

— Russian plywood output increased in October 2023;

— Komi is planning to double its wood pellet consumption due to boiler houses upgrading.

Global Timber Markets News:

— Industrial logging in Finland fell by 13% in October

— EU tropical log imports drop 16% in Jan-Sep 2023

— Exports of the Finnish timber industry in January-September decreased by 14%

— EU27 imports of tropical sawnwood down 14% this year

— Uniboard’s particleboard plant modernization ongoing

— Vietnam: Wood and wood product trade highlights

— U.S. hardwood lumber exports fall sharply in 2023

— U.S. imports of sawn tropical hardwood lag

— U.S. hardwood plywood imports rally

— Changes to lumber regulation in BC expected to strengthen forestry sector

— Year-end 2023 lumber prices match 2022 levels

— Andritz delivers another line to Dezhou Taiding

— Metsä Group invests in a Swedish startup that manufactures pulp-based materials

— Essity plans Vinda stake sale

— Metsa Group’s Kemi bioproduct mill ramps up to full capacity production

— Housing starts in Japan declined in September

— The German furniture industry is experiencing subdued demand

— China’s wooden furniture imports drop 15% in January-October 2023

— Pellets in Switzerland continue to become cheaper in December 2023

— Pellets continue to get cheaper in Germany despite the height of the heating season

— Wood pellets fuel new South Korea-Russia container service

— Ingka Group reports 5.4% growth in revenue

Russian News:

— Construction and operation of forest roads will be regulated by the Forest Code

— Rosleskhoz clarified the cutting and harvesting procedure in protective forests

— Rosleskhoz: functionality of the LesEGAIS mobile app has been updated

— Sveza has invested 235 million rubles in developing its plant in the Perm Region since the beginning of the year

— Production of wooden I-beams began in Komi

— OSB output in Russia grew by 15% over 10 months of 2023

— AVA Plus Two is planning to increase corrugated cardboard output by 5 times

— A new venue producing laminated cardboard was commissioned in the Arkhangelsk Region

— Karelia Pulp Group finished the navigation season

— Sukhonsky Cardboard and Paper Mill is finishing upgrades at the corrugated containers production shop

— Furniture output in Siberia increased by 13% over 9 months of 2023

— Maria furniture factory is launching Russia’s first automated line by Nanxing

— A shop preparing raw material for wood pellet production opened in Chita

— Charcoal will be produced in the Zabaykalsky Region with state support

— Over 11 months of 2023, the timber trading volume at SPIMEX exceeded 4.5 million m³

— The volume of production of timber products in January-October 2023

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Tags: Andrey Krivoshein, Andritz, AVA Plus Two, Dezhou Taiding, Essity, Ingka Group, Karelia Pulp Group, Metsa Group, Rosleskhoz, SPIMEX, Sukhonsky Cardboard and Paper Mill, Sveza, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Komi, Uniboard, Vinda

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