Tag: Belarus

Russia may increase the number of border security checkpoints for transporting roundwood from Belarus

Moscow sees no reason not to increase the number of checkpoints equipped for roundwood export from Belarus across the Russian territory; it only requires the corresponding infrastructure. This was announced by Alexey Overchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of the...

Ponsse discontinues all operations in Russia and withdraws its profit guidance

Ponsse Plc has decided to discontinue temporarily all export operations to Russia and Belarus for both PONSSE forest machines and their spare parts. Also the Ponsse Group’s Russian subsidiary OOO Ponsse is discontinues temporarily its local spare parts...

Prices for roundwood keep declining на Belarusian commodity exchange

Prices for industrial timber continue to decline at the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) reported. “In Q4 2021, the price for roundwood in the domestic market continued to decline. For example, prices for high-quality...

Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus

The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of Ukraine introduced anti-dumping duties on particleboards (TN VED codes 4410 11 10 00, 4410 11 30 00, 4410 11 90 00) from the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. The...

New pellet production opened in Belarus

GLHU “Smorgon Experimental Forestry” opened a pellet plant with a capacity of 15,000 tons per year in the industrial park of FEZ “Grodnoinvest” in Smorgon. It is planned that all products will be exported.

Belarusian sawmill Kimabel to add new sorting line

The installation of a new timber sorting line, costing as much €3 million, is the latest step in the modernization of the woodworking enterprise LLC KimaBel in Polotsk District, Vitebsk Oblast, Belta news agency reported. The sophisticated timber...

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, on the implications of the roundwood export ban being introduced from 2022 onwards; Luzales plans to build an MDF plant worth 5 billion rubles; the Ministry of Industry and Trade may introduce a temporary ban on the export of particleboards from Russia; analysis of the current situation in the particleboard, laminated particleboard, MDF market

Russian Timber Journal 12-2020: WhatWood interviewed Mr. Andrey Konoplev, General Director of Group Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki, about the ban on the export of unprocessed timber to be introduced from 2022; Luzales agreed on the conditions for the construction of an MDF...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: how a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs and precious hardwood will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing; interview with Alexey Ryzhikov, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) CEO; EU to launch anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022, how this decision will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of...

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...

Kaamos Timber to establish a new sawmill in Belarus

The Estonian wood industry company Kaamos Timber entered into a 15 million € loan agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) whose support will be used to establish a new sawmill owned by the Estonian...

EBRD will give loans to Belarus timber industry

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development made a decision to support VMG Group’s business in Belarus. VMG Industry FLLC located in Mogilev Special Economic Zone and Swoods Export FLLC from Borisovo will receive loans. Specifically, the company from...

In 1H 2020 Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill increased shipments of bleached sulfate pulp by 85.7%

In 1H 2020 Svetlogorsk Pulp and Paper Mill (Svetlogorsk, Republic of Belarus) sold over 134.000 tons of bleached sulphate pulp for Br131.7 million ($ 54.8 million). This is 85.7% more than in 1H 2019. The mill is steadily...