Tag: Kazakhstan

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...

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...

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...

Russian Railways resumed accepting sawn timber for export shipments through Kazakhstan

As TASS reports based on the information obtained from the press office of Russian Railways, the company resumed accepting sawn timber for export transportation by rail through Kazakhstan. As the Group notes, the measures adopted by the government...

Segezha Group obtained a Kazakhstan certificate for its CLT panels

The certificate confirms compliance with the safety requirements of the republic. Margarita Lee, Vice President of Segezha Group, notes that obtaining such certificates in Kazakhstan will facilitate the implementation of large projects with the participation of government agencies...

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...

Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia

Mega Smart, a producer of furniture from particleboard and MDF from Kazakhstan, intends to build an OSB production plant in Bashkortostan, Rustam Muratov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Bashkiria Government, declared. According to him, the new enterprise’s...

In the East Kazakhstan region it will increase the export of wood

In the East Kazakhstan region, it is planned to increase the export of wood products. The forest covers 3.5 million hectares in the region. However, 95% of the plantings are more than 40 years old. It is due...

Russian timber industry news #21-2015

– RusForest announced preliminary Q3 2015 production and sales results. Sales to the Japanese market grew, and prices increased slightly, however, overall sales volumes of both sawnwood and sawlogs decreased due to sustained unfavorable market conditions in the...

Kagazy Recycling launched the first bleached board mill in Kazakhstan

Kagazy Recycling experts announced the start of commercial production of mottled bleached board of BT-1 brand, which serves as a raw material for the production of corrugated products. Previously imported from Russia, mottled bleached board will now be...