Tag: China

Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; analytical study of WhatWood on the market of raw timber in Russia; decline in prices and volumes of trade in sawn timber on world markets; another record of China’s imports of round timber

Russian Timber Journal №04-2019: Russian Timber Journal 04-2019: In 2018, the world sawn timber trade fell for the first time in five years; WhatWood’s interview with CEO of RFP Group Dmitry Valtfogel; disbalance between the demand and supply...

Russian customs officers stopped the illegal sale of valuable timber to China in the amount of more than $11.5 million

Employees of law enforcement units of the Federal customs service of Russia, together with the Federal security service of Russia and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia exposed a group of people who organized in the Primorsky...

In the Khabarovsk territory it will be a new enterprise for processing low-grade wood

The project involves the use of more than 3 million m3 of low-grade wood and wood waste with further export of finished products to China. Junling (China Forestry Group Corporation), which is one of the largest corporations in...

Belarusian woodworking enterprises increased supplies to China to $12.1 million

Enterprises of the concern “Bellesbumprom” significantly increased exports to China, according to the corporate press service. In Q1 2019, the concern’s enterprises shipped products to the Chinese market for $12.1 million, which significantly exceeds the level of exports...

China launches like an octopus its tentacles in the world of the forest, but most of all plagued Russia

In China, the volume of wood processing increases annually. Sharply limiting logging in its own forests, China turned to imports, including from the rich forest power of Russia. The increased demand for forest in China is responsible for...

Exports of birch veneer logs to China continued to grow in 2018

Exports of birch veneer logs to China showed the highest dynamics of growth among all types of assortments of round wood. Sales of all assortments were generally reducing. Thus, exports of pine sawlogs in 2018 decreased by 20.2% (YoY) to 2.96 million m3,...

Russian Timber Journal 03-2019: volume of timber in Russia has exceeded in 2018 its historical peak; the WhatWood analytical review of the market pellet in Russia; China increased its imports of birch veneer logs; export OSB from Canada doubled; negative outlook Moody’s for the global timber industry complex in 2019-2020

Russian Timber Journal No. 03-2019: the volume of logging in Russia exceeded its historical maximum in 2018; WhatWood Agency conducted a study on the pellet market in Russia; the downward trend in the export of unprocessed round timber...

WhatWood:”The downward trend of the export of unprocessed round timber from Russia is saved”

According to the information and analytical agency WhatWood, the reasons for the decline in exports are the high demand for sawn raw materials within the country, especially in Siberia and the Far East after the introduction of new...

China reduces VAT on sawn timber and round timber from 1 April 2019

VAT on some commodities and services has been reduced in order to stimulate the economy and the development of processing in the country. VAT on round timber is reduced from 10% to 9% sawn timber from 16% to...

Ilim Group develops customer network in the South-West of China

Last Thursday, February 28, 2019, in China (Sichuan province, Chengdu) was held a joint conference of the top management Of the group “Ilim” with the largest producers of packaging and paper products of the South-Western provinces of China-Sichuan,...

By 2025, the gross output of the forest industry in China will increase by 50 %

This is stated in the Directive issued recently by the state forestry and steppe management of China. According to the Chinese state news Agency “Xinhua”, by 2025 the volume of production of industrial forest products will reach 250...

The timber holding Segezha Group and the Russian branch of the Chinese Bank Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) signed an agreement on the opening of a revolving credit line for two years with a limit of 2 billion rubles

This was reported on the official website of Segezha Group. The company needs the money to Finance the current activities of Segezha Group and is attracted in rubles. “We consider the opening of a credit line in a...