Tag: LesEGAIS

Rosleskhoz: the volume of transported timber grew by 12.9% in 2023

In 2023, the total volume of timber transported in Russia increased by 12.9% YoY, reaching 355.7 million m³, as reported by the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz). Over 7.6 million electronic accompanying documents for timber transportation were created in...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: interview with Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group; regional authorities ask to support the Russian timber enterprises due to the persisting tense situation in the industry; the Government of the Russian Federation extended the list of checkpoints along the land border with Kazakhstan authorised to process exports of timber products; Ilim Group became the largest timber harvesting enterprise in Russia in 2022; VLP Group to invest 2.6 billion rubles in Hasslacherles’ former enterprise; Segezha Group sold its European paper packaging enterprises for €100 million; L-PACK to invest over 10 billion rubles to build a corrugated cardboard plant in the Moscow region

Russian Timber Journal 05-2023: Andrey Yudin, Logistics Director of Segezha Group: “We are witnessing a serious imbalance between the freight traffic flows and the availability of transport means”; the Arkhangelsk Regional Assembly of Deputies (AOSD) held an expanded meeting of...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2022: interview with Alexander Shangin, CEO, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group; roaring demand in 2021 caused a consumption/supply imbalance in the Russian MDF/HDF market; Rosleskhoz urges for reduced liability of forest users operating LesEGAIS; plywood production continues to decline in Russia; Valmet’s withdrawal from Russia is progressing; Rehau to withdraw business in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 05-2022: Alexander Shangin, CEO, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki Group: “Substantial assistance to systemically important federal-level enterprises is currently non-existent”; roaring demand in 2021 caused a consumption/supply imbalance in the Russian MDF/HDF market; Rosleskhoz urges for reduced liability of forest users...

Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) urges for reduced liability of forest users operating LesEGAIS

The Agency submitted a proposal to amend the Code of Administrative Offences to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources. The draft amendment exempts users of LesEGAIS system from liability for failure to procure an accompanying document in case...

Rosleskhoz: more than 2.5 million electronic accompanying documents for transportation of over 108 million m³ of timber were created in Q1 2022

According to the press office of Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz), in Q1 2022, more than 2.5 million electronic accompanying documents were created in the updated LesEGAIS system for transportation of timber whose total volume exceeded 108 million m³....

Russian Forest Federal Agancy: the ban on exporting unprocessed logs may affect the activity of 4,000 organizations

As of January 1, 2022, unprocessed and roughly processed softwood and precious hardwood logs may no longer be exported from the Russian territory. This ban will affect the activity of around 4,000 organizations that were involved in timber...

Segezha Group to take part in LesEGAIS experiment

According to the agreement with Roslesinforg, Segezha Group will participate in the modernization and testing of LesEGAIS (Unified State Automated Information System for Timber Accounting and Transactions Therewith) in Vologda. When the experiment is finished, it is expected...

The Duma passed the bill on LesEGAIS in the first reading

The bill proposes to create LesEGAIS (Unified State Automated Information System for Timber Accounting and Transactions Therewith) and determines a list of data to be contained in it and the procedure for their provision. The initiative stipulates that...

Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East to create лесвосток.рф, an online services platform

The new platform provides for the comprehensive integration of existing federal information systems into a single digital platform on the forest sector. It will incorporate the state forest register, LesEGAIS, Forests of Russia Map, etc. The new web...

Representatives of Rosleskhoz and the Federal customs service discussed issues of information exchange in the framework of strengthening control over the turnover of wood

The interdepartmental meeting was held on February 22, 2019. It discussed the issues of information exchange between the Federal Forestry Agency and the Federal customs service of the Russian Federation in terms of monitoring the legality of the...

The number of users on the system LesEGAIS increased by 40 %

According to the press service of the Federal Forestry Agency reports,as of 31.12.2018 in the accounting system of transactions with timber Lesegais registered 126.2 thousand users, including 7.8 thousand employees of regulatory and law enforcement agencies (at the...

The state automated information system of wood accounting forest LesEGAIS will be extended to all transactions with wood and forest products, and its use will be mandatory for all market participants

After completion,  LesEGAIS system should monitor the entire chain of forest management – from harvesting to delivery of forest to consumers. The government will introduce personal responsibility for controlling logging officials, and will also provide for administrative responsibility...