Tag: plywood

Sveza is planning to switch to low-waste plywood production by 2024

In 2023, the annual upgrading of the group’s plants enabled it to utilize 95% of timber residue. Next year, the company is planning to improve this performance indicator to 100%. A considerable share of bark, chips, and sawdust...

Import duty rate on plywood from unfriendly countries was increased to 50%

The Government of the Russian Federation introduced a 50% import duty rate on plywood from unfriendly countries, the press office of the Ministry of Economic Development reports. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian...

Russian plywood output increased in June 2023

The Russian plywood output volume reduced by 16.4% in H1 2023, down to 1.585 million m³, as reported by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). It should be noted, however, that in June 2023, the plywood output grew...

Luzales plans to open new plywood plant in the Omsk region

Luzales, one of the largest timber enterprises in the Komi Republic, will build a plywood plant in the Omsk region with a capacity of 60,000 m³ per year. The volume of investments is estimated at 1.5 billion rubles,...

Russian plywood production decreased in April 2023

According to Rosstat, in April 2023 the production of plywood in Russia decreased by 9% YoY (-3.4% MoM). In January-April 2023 a total of 1.019 million m³ of plywood was produced in the country, which is 24.1% less...

After three months of decline, the output of plywood in Russia grows for the second month in a row

Russian plywood mills reduced their outputs by 28.6% YoY to 738,000 m³ in Q1 2023, as follows from the published data of Rosstat. The output of plywood also declined significantly in March 2023 compared to the same period...

A serious shortage of resin for the production of plywood arose in Russia

Kommersant, a daily newspaper, reports that some Russian plywood producers may cease operations or significantly raise prices for their products. The newspaper explains that the situation was caused by the shortage of a key component for the production...

Russian plywood output rose in February

According to the data published by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the output of Russian plywood grew by 21% in February 2023 compared to the previous month, reaching 245,000 m³. This is the highest monthly output since...

Plywood production in Russia fell by 41.2% in January

In January 2023, Russian plywood production fell by 41.2% YoY to 203,000 m³, according to Rosstat. Compared to December 2022, plywood production decreased by 10.4%.

In 2022, plywood production in Russia fell to its ten-year low

According to the published data of Rosstat, in 2022 the volume of Russian plywood production decreased by 28.8% YoY to 3.241 million m³, which is the minimum indicator over the past ten years. Annual production rolled back to...

US hardwood plywood imports fall 21%

US imports of hardwood plywood declined by 21% in November, falling to their lowest level since January 2021. The 220,249 m³ imported was 22.5% less than that of November 2021., ITTO reported. Imports from Russia, which inexplicably inflated in October,...

Egypt imports Russian plywood at record-setting rates

After July 8, 2022, when supplies of almost all timber products from Russia to EU countries virtually stopped, the average monthly export of Russian plywood plummeted by a half in physical terms. In May and June 2022, just...