Tag: export

Timber products export by trucks to Mongolia and China was allowed for two more years

The Government of the Russian Federation extended by 2 years the period when exporting certain types of timber products by trucks via border crossing points located on the Russian–Chinese and Russian–Mongolian sections of the state border is allowed,...

Russian producers of wood-based panels cannot export their products by transit via Kazakhstan

The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia told Rossiyskaya Gazeta about the de-facto discontinued transit cargo traffic of panel products via Kazakhstan. The Association emphasizes that this situation “threatens subsequent operation of Russian woodworking companies” as...

Russian exporters are now obliged to sell their foreign currency revenue

The President of Russia signed Executive Order “On implementing mandatory sale of revenue in a foreign currency received by certain Russian exporters under foreign trade contracts (agreements)”. This document has not been published yet; its key provisions were...

Kazakhstan allowed the export of wood pellets

As per Order of the Ministry of Industry of Kazakhstan dated August 29, 2023 that amends Order dated June 7, 2023 “On some issues of regulating the export of certain types of timber”, wood pellets may be exported...

Export of unprocessed wood continues to decrease, according to Roslesinforg

The agency reports that in H1 2023, the volume of the Russian export of unprocessed wood reached 1.18 million m³, which is 2.1 times lower than over the same period last year. Meanwhile, the domestic roundwood consumption is...

Russian timber exporters were able to reimburse up to 80% of their costs of product transportation via sea ports in the Northwestern Federal District

The Government of the Russian Federation adopted a decree that stipulates government support for transporting timber industry products via sea ports located in the Northwestern Federal District. Under the decree, timber exporters will be able to reimburse up...

The Government of the Russian Federation extended the list of checkpoints along the land border with Kazakhstan authorised to process exports of timber products

Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, signed a decree extending the list of checkpoints along the land border between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan that are authorised to process exports of certain types...

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,...

Ilim Group supplied 1.7 million tons of products to China in 2022

Wood pulp accounted for 1.359 million tons (+10% YoY) and cardboard, for 360,000 tons (+56% YoY) out of 1.7 million tons of finished products. The total volume of Ilim’s supplies to China increased by 266,000 tons in 2022....

In 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low

The export of sawn timber is the most important source of income for the Russian timber industry. The number of countries that were buying Russian sawn timber has been consistent over the past decade: 105–110. In December 2022,...

In 2022, the rate of decline in Russian sawn timber exports significantly exceeded the dynamics of output reduction

The output of sawn timber in Russia predictably declined in 2022. If relying on the official data of Rosstat (the Federal State Statistics Service), the decrease was of 11%. Output figures began to slide down to negative values...

Sawn timber transit through Kazakhstan is banned for Russian exporters

The corresponding document amends Decree of the Government dated July 15, 2010 and sets new standards of letting dried sawn timber across the Russian border: it can now be exported only by railway, to Belarus via the Russian–Belorussian...