Tag: chips

Government allowed chips export to unfriendly countries

The Government of the Russian Federation made amendments in Decree No. 313 dated 09.03.22. The introduced changes allow the export of chips and wood shavings to some countries including the Republic of Korea via three sea terminals (Vladivostok,...

The RF Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to limit or prohibit the exports of particleboards, OSB, and chips

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia proposes to include particleboards, OSB, and softwood chips (both fuel and process ones) in the list of goods that are important for the Russian domestic market that may be subject...

In 2019, the capacity of the railway tracks of Ustyansky LPK increased

Last year, the full load of the train took from two to three days. At the moment it takes no more than 24 hours. ULK group of companies is one of the key clients of JSC “Russian Railways”...

In 2018, exports of forest products from Finland increased by 5%, and imports – by 34%

In 2018, the value of exports of forest products from Finland amounted to €13,20 billion, +5% yoy, according to Luke. For comparison: according to the calculations of the WhatWood agency, exports of forest products from Russia to 2018 amounted...

Russian timber industry news #18-2016

– At Segezha PPM, downtime is under way until 8 October for the modernization of the pulpmill’s fibre line, digester #4. The upgrade of the line will raise the pulp cooking capacity by 28% to 1,150 tonnes per...

Russian timber industry news #17-2015

– RusForest announces plans to develop harvesting operations in its Ust-Ilimsk forest lease areas. The company has recently been subcontracting forest lease areas in Ust-Ilimsk for harvesting by third party. While the subcontracted volumes have been successfully increased,...

Global timber market review #8-2015

– The price of wood pellets in Germany has fallen sharply in April compared to the previous month. – At the end of the heating season, the price of ENplusA1 wood pellets in Austria has also declined considerably...

Finland intends to supply chips from the Vologda region

Entrepreneurs from Finland are interested in a monthly supply of 16,000 m3 of hardwood chips from Totemsky district of the Vologda region, this was discussed at the meeting of the head of the district Sergey Selyanin with potential...

Global Trends Review, May 05-18, 2014: housing market forecasts in EU; new biofuel investments in Canada, Japan and Europe

The building permits development in 2013 remained negative and is expected to decline in 2014 in France, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands, though the latter three showed some positive developments, says Fordaq quoting the latest Arch-Vision report on...

Temporary waste wood storage opened in Komi

In the Adzherom village (Komi Republic), a site opened for temporary storage of waste wood. Total investments into the project amounted to 45 million roubles, the site capacity is 30,000 m3. The site will solve the problem of...

Global Trends Review, November 11-17, 2013: Danish pellet imports to reach 3 million t by 2020; mixed fortunes for equipment producers in Q3

The Danish government has issued a report on its domestic market for wood pellets with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. According to the report quoted by Fordaq, Denmark is the number one importer of...

Global Trends Review, October 14-20, 2013: European glulam consumption fell; Malaysia to emerge as major pellet exporter

Data from the UNECE Timber Committee indicates that European glulam consumption fell 2.6% to 2.83 million m3 in 2012, ITTO reported. Germany and Austria have traditionally been the largest markets for glulam, while Italy and France showed rapid...