Tag: export

Wood pellets production will be opened in the Nizhny Novgorod region

Ros Group of Companies began construction of a plant for the production of wood pellets in May 2020, the press service of the regional government reports, citing First Deputy Governor Yevgeny Lyulin. The production capacity will be 36.000...

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...

Ilim Timber targets European markets

The three leaders exporting plywood to Europe are Ilim Timber, Zheshart Plywood Mill, and UPM-Kyummene Chudovo. The positions of the largest exporter were transferred to the supplier of softwood plywood Ilim Timber with a volume of 87,300 m3...

China’s sawn timber imports from Russia in Jan-Apr 2020 down 12.8%

In January-April 2020, Russian sawn timber exports decreased by 6% YoY to 9.96 million м3. In April 2020, exports decreased by 13.3% YoY to 2.77 million м3. The largest importer of Russian sawn timber – China, in January-April...

Should the Russian government introduce export duties on sawn timber?

The main problem of accounting for the export of unprocessed roundwood and primary processed timber is, according to the authorities, the difference in customs duties on different commodity items of timber. For example, unprocessed or roughly processed wood,...

Declining of sawn timber exports from Russia: 2008-2009 Vs 2020

In the global financial crisis the downward trend lasted for six consecutive quarters in 2008-2009 (from Q4 2007 to Q1 2009). The strongest decline was in the European direction: exports from Russia dropped by 27% (which was the...

Russian particleboard exports are growing despite the situation with coronovirus

Despite the difficult epidemiological world situation in Q1 2020, particleboard exports from Russia grew by 21% and amounted to 458,000 м3. For example, in 1Q 2019, there was a decrease particleboard exports by 5.5% YoY to 378,000 м3....

Russian Timber Journal 05-2020: how the current decline in exports of timber products caused by COVID-19 is similar to the situation of the 2008-2009 crisis; the Russian Government granted a six-month deferral to priority investment projects in the forest sector; DNS Les started producing OSB in Primorsky region

Russian Timber Journal 05-2020: comparing the 2008-2009 crisis with the current decline of forest products exports during the pandemic; in the Russian Far East was opened the first OSB production; the Russian government has granted a six-month deferment to...

Russia: logs and woodworking products exports have been declining for two quarters

Two quarters in a row there is a decrease in Russian logs and woodworking products exports. In 4Q 2019, the decline was 6% YoY, and in 1Q 2020 was -7% YoY. It’s forecasted, 2Q 2020 is also disappointing...

In January-April 2020, Russian wood pulp exports grew by 8.4%

According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in January-April 2020, the volume of wood pulp exports increased by 8.4% YoY to 767,600 tons. In value terms, exports fell by 18.2% YoY to $ 325.5 million. Over the...

In January-April 2020, Onega LDK (part of Segezha Group) increased the sawn timber export by 30%

In January-April 2020, Onega LDK increased the sawn timber production by 3.1% yoy to 79,344 m³, exports for the same period increased by almost 30% to 51,360 m³, Segezha Group reports. The plant ships sawn timber to containers...

Why Russia can not refuse to export round timber

The Russian Government has set a target indicator: by 2024 Russian forest industry exports should reach $ 17 billion ($ 12.3 billion by the end of 2019). Under these conditions, the question of the introduction of lumber duties...