Russian Wood Resources Price Bulletin 04-2020 has published

Uncertainty in the timber harvest market is increasing. Interviewed WhatWood industry participants continue to maintain a moderate-downbeat mood. In February-March, mills actively bought the necessary raw materials from the market, saturating its stock exchanges.

Russian particleboard, MDF, plywood mills permits a decrease in production volumes and do not rule out the shutdown of their production assets. Some factories have already suspended the production of particleboard and MDF / HDF, simultaneously conducting scheduled preventive reparing works.

In the pulp and paper industry in the spruce logs segment, there was a multidirectional price dynamics: some mills located in the Leningrad Region raised prices by 200-300 rubles / m3, while others, after increasing in March, rolled back prices by 400-500 rubles / m3.

In April, traders noted a decline in prices in the coniferous sawlog segment. Some Leningrad’s region sawmills have reduced purchase prices for spruce and pine logs.

Independent analytical comments on the current situation in the logs markets, purchusing and selling prices, forecasts, key events – read more at http://whatwood.ru/english/tovary/russian-wood-resources-report/