Tag: outlook

WhatWood: Market capacity of white plywood in Moscow region in 2015 amounted to 0.5m m3

In 2015, Russia had about 65 enterprises for the production of plywood. Total production amounted to 3.6 million m3 (+1.9% compared to 2014), of which 2.1 million m3 were sold to export markets, as reported in a recent...

WhatWood: Import substitution has changed the OSB market in Russia in 2015

The situation on the Russian OSB market has changed dramatically in the second half of 2014 – 2015, as stated in the third edition of the analytical review “OSB market in Russia” published by WhatWood agency in March...

WhatWood: In 2015, competition intensified in the Russian MDF market; prices slipped

WhatWood agency has completed the study “The market of solid fibreboard and thin MDF/HDF in Russia in 2014-2015”. According to agency analysts, the output of fibreboard and MDF/HDF in the Russian market in 2014 amounted to 2.5 million...

WhatWood announces the 5th annual review Russian Forest Industry in 2015-2016

WhatWood analytic agency has started preparation of the 5th annual review Russian Forest Industry in 2015-2016. As usual, at this time of the year we summarize the results of the past year and give the overview of the...

80 ideas of Russian Wood & Timber 2014

For the third time already, WhatWood analytic agency has held twitter broadcast from Russian Wood & Timber forum. Traditionally, we have collected the most interesting thoughts expressed at the conference in a summing-up material. Boris Tarasyuk, Investlesprom, Head...

25 ideas of PAP-FOR 2013 forum

Following the results of PAP-FOR 2013 forum held on September 26 in Skolkovo, WhatWood prepared traditional summing-up material with the most interesting quotes from the conference. Alexey Grigoriev, expert of the analytic centre of the Russian Government: “Now...

Global Trends Review, September 16-22, 2013: trend to local sales in woodworking; pulp & paper equipment makers cut jobs

In 2013, the output of the eight largest European softwood lumber producers is expected to increase by about 1.8 million to 100 million m3, as reported by Holzkurier journal quoting the Association of the Austrian Wood Industry. Production...

Bumprom association: Ural region is ideal for new pulpmills

The internal market in Russia has a huge potential for development of the pulp and paper industry, as stated in an interview to “Russian Forestry News” by head of the analytic department of Bumprom association Yuri Lakhtikov. This...

WhatWood: Demand for Russian plywood on export markets will grow

Under conditions of restoring global economy, demand for Russian birch plywood will not show any signs of declining, with exports growing moderately, as said in the new study of analytic department of WhatWood News & Analytics, “Plywood market...

50 ideas of 2nd Invest in Forest conference

Following the 2nd Invest in Forest conference held in Riga on May 15-16, 2013, WhatWood News & Analytics presents a collection of thoughts expressed by the event speakers, from analytic outlooks to expert opinions and ideas for the...