Tag: plywood

Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in January-November 2020

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-October 2020, plywood production in Russia decreased by 4.5% YoY to 3.6 million m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) decreased as well – by 7.3% YoY...

In January – October 2020, Russian plywood export increased by 4.4%

In January – October 2020, Russia increased its plywood export volume by 4.4% YoY, reaching 2.407 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. Russian plywood shipments reduced by 1.7% YoY in monetary terms over...

In January – September 2020, Sveza Tyumen reduced plywood production by 6%

Sveza Tyumen (previously Tyumen Plywood Plant, part of Sveza Group) reduced plywood production by 6% YoY in January – September 2020, down to 59,500 m³. Whereas the plant increased product sales by 2% YoY, reaching 59,800 m³ over...

Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in January-October 2020

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-October 2020, plywood production in Russia decreased by 5.1% YoY to 3.3 million m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) decreased as well – by 7.7% YoY...

Russia: production and sale of plywood for export and domestic market by sizes in 2019

In 2019 the large-format plywood production in Russia amounted to 2.88 million m³ (2.08 million m³ was sold for export). The production of the 5×5 “square” format amounted to 1.91 million m³, of which 1.37 million m³ were...

WhatWood Agency has completed an update to its annual survey Plywood market in Russia 2019-2020

In 2019 plywood production in Russia did not change significantly compared to 2018 and was at the level of 4 million m³. Softwood plywood is produced by two factories located in Siberia – Ilim Timber in Bratsk and...

“The majority of the profit is attributable to timber industry clients; this is around 75%,” WhatWood spoke with Management at Metadynea (Metafrax Group) – Russia’s largest synthetic resins producer

Today, phenol-formaldehyde resins are widely applied as a binding agent to produce wood-based panels. Metafrax Group is the largest producer of formalin and synthetic resins in Russia. What share in the revenue structure is attributable to timber industry...

There has been a steady decline in the volume of Japan’s plywood imports in 1H 2020

The volume of plywood imports dropped 28% YoY in 1H of 2020. Indonesia and Malaysia are the top shippers of plywood to Japan accounting for over 80% of all plywood imports. In June arrivals from Malaysia were down...

Japan significantly reduced imports of Russian veneer logs

The Russian government has been promoting wood processing in the Russian Far East region and log export duty has been raised step by step, which reduced supply of larch logs for plywood manufacturing in Japan. The duty was...

Russia reduced the production of wood-based panels in January-July 2020

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-July 2020, plywood production in Russia decreased by 5.9% YoY to 2.3 million m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) decreased as well – by 11.7% YoY...

Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body

Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production, interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime...

Russian plywood exports grew by 4.7% in 1H 2020

According to the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in 1H 2020, the volume of plywood exports increased by 4.7% YoY to 1.416 million m³. At the same time, in value terms, Russian plywood supplies fell by 3.2% YoY to $ 570.2...