Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation discussed the industry’s acute issues with the biggest wood-based panels producers; Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus; U.S. homebuilding increased to a nine-month high in December 2021; Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia; sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia
Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the biggest producers of wood-based panel products from Russia discussed their industry’s acute issues and potential solutions with high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade; the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of Ukraine introduced anti-dumping duties on particleboards from Belarus and Russia; U.S. housing starts rose 1.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.702 million units in December 2021, the highest level since March 2021; Mega Smart, a producer of furniture from particleboard and MDF from Kazakhstan, intends to build an OSB production plant in Bashkortostan; sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia
Featured Article:
– The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation discussed the industry’s acute issues with the biggest wood-based panels producers
– Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus
– U.S. homebuilding increased to a nine-month high in December 2021
– Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia
– Sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia
Global Timber Markets News:
– Prices for roundwood keep declining on the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange
– Prices for roundwood in Finland rose slightly in December 2021
– Dieffenbacher delivers OSB plant to the UAE
– US lumber prices continue to rise in mid-January 2022
– In January 2022, wood pellets price in Austria increased by 29.8%
– In January 2022, the price of wood pellets in Germany increased by 54%
– In December 2021, wooden housing construction slightly increased in Japan
– Japanese bedroom furniture imports down 28% in October 2021
– Toscotec asset increased its turnover by 25% within 10 years
– US paper and paperboard mills reached record containerboard production in 2021
– Sonoco announces price change for uncoated recycled paperboard
– Valmet to supply a board machine rebuild to increase production capacity at Stora Enso’s Skoghall mill in Sweden
Russian News:
– Over 10 days of 2022, forest users created more than 100,000 electronic accompanying documents by the new standard
– Sverdlovsk Region is going to launch production of thermally modified wood that cost 18 million rubles
– Sistema completes sale of minority stake in Segezha Group
– A new plywood plant opened in the Vologda Region
– Segezha Group confirms the quality of its CLT panels by obtaining the Conformité Européenne (CE) certificate
– PLPK LLC is going to upgrade the equipment at Gremyachinsky DOK
– Sylvamo Corporation is planning to invest $230 million in Svetlogorsky Pulp and Paper Mill
– A facility producing disposable tableware was commissioned in Vladivostok
– According to the results of 2021 Arkhbum JSC increased the production of corrugated products by 16.1%
– Hayat Kimya started producing paper tissue products in the Kaluga Region
– In January-November 2021, Russia increased the export of pellets by 8.6%
– TransLes and Sveza extended cooperation on ensuring raw material supplies to plywood mills for a three-year period
– In 2021, Segezha Group increased volumes of shipments by domestic water transport
– Segezha Group is planning to commission two more CLT plants
– Logs market players report a shortage of rolling stock for roundwood shipments
– In January-November 2021, wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 10.3%
– In January-November 2021, Russian plywood export increased by 5.4%
– In January-November 2021, Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 5.5%
– According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 4.5% YoY to 30.6 million m³
– In 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 17.8% YoY, reaching 2.379 million tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat)
– Balakhninskaya Cardboard Factory completed the first phase of OBF-6 paper-making machine reconstruction
– Arkhbum Tissue Group confirmed compliance with international ISO standards
– In 2021, Ilim Group plant in Koryazhma (Arkhangelsk Region) produced 1.37 million t of wood pulp, paper and cardboard
– Sea Port Saint Petersburg reports that the wood pellets transshipment volume grew by 15% YoY in 2021, reaching 777,000 t
– A paper plant owned by High Level LLC (Buryatia) reached the planned production capacity of 100,000 rolls per month
– MF VVK invested 14.6 million rubles in organizing furniture production in the Primorsky Region
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