Tag: export

Over 9 months of 2024, roundwood and sawn timber transportation by railway reduced by 3%

According to TransLes Analytics Center, the total volume of roundwood and sawn timber transportation by railway in Russia (including container transport) reduced by 3% YoY in January–September 2024, down to 21.9 million t. Over the reporting period, domestic...

Luzales will start supplying wood pellets to China

Luzales-Tikhvin signed a contract with Chinese partners for supplying wood pellets, as reported by Luzales’s press office. This deal is supposed to help load the facilities of the enterprise’s wood pellet production site by 100%, increase the company’s...

More than 3 million m³ of sawn timber has been exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region since the beginning of 2024

As of October 4, 2024, the Krasnoyarsk Region has exported 3.1 million m³ of sawn timber since the beginning of the year, according to the regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor. Over the reporting period, the key buyer was China...

Birch plywood export from the Kirov Region to China increased by 5 times

From January 1 through September 25, 2024, the Kirov Region exported to China 64,400 m³ of birch plywood, which is 5.2 times more than over the same period of 2023 (12,300 m³), as reported by the Administration of...

In H1 2024, 636,000 m³ of timber was exported from the Vologda Region

In H1 2024, Vologda enterprises exported 636,000 m³ of timber, as reported by the Northwestern Inter-Regional Administration of Rosselkhoznadzor. According to WhatWood, sawn timber accounts for most of the shipped product. The greatest amount (426,000 m³) was supplied...

Segezha Group: the Chinese market remains one of the company’s priority sales destinations

Most of the company’s products are represented in the Chinese market, as shared by Segezha Group’s press office in the corporate Telegram channel. This is primarily sawn timber, for which China is in fact the key market, accounting...

More than 1.9 million m³ of sawn timber was exported from the Krasnoyarsk Region in H1 2024

In H1 2024, 3.3 million m³ of timber (roundwood and sawn timber) was hauled from the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Region under supervision of the regional Administration of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision (Rosselkhoznadzor). The...

China is ready to import wood pellets from Russia on condition that supplies of Russian roundwood resume

Russian authorities continue their attempts to reach an agreement with China over removing the barriers to wood pellet export from Russia, but the leadership of the PRC is making a condition for such supplies that the timber export...

Ilim Group is planning to increase its product supplies to Chinese and Russian markets to 3.7 million t in 2024

According to Ilim Group’s estimates, the global consumption of wood pulp and paper products will rise by 11.6 million t per year by 2029, and China will account for almost a half of it—5.4 million t, primarily of...

In Q1 2024, the roundwood export from Russia grew by 14.6%

According to Roslesinforg, the volume of roundwood export from Russia surged by 14.6% YoY in Q1 2024, up to 673,000 m³ (in Q1 2023, it was 587,000 m³). China accounted for the greatest share of export (85.5%): it...

A shortage of high-quality raw material for plywood may emerge in the Russian market because of the risk of increased birch logs and veneer export to China

Over the past years, Russian export of birch veneer (semi-finished goods used for plywood production and furniture board facing; essentially a low value-added product) has increased significantly. Just like with birch roundwood, the biggest buyer is China. For...

In 2024, Ilim Group is planning to increase its product shipments to China to 2.4 million t

By the end of 2024, Ilim Group intends to supply up to 550,000 t of premium cardboard (wood-free kraftliner) to the PRC market, as reported by TASS referencing Alexey Lomko, the Group’s CEO. In 2023, Ilim Group’s export...