Tag: Roslesinforg

In 2023, the revenue from forest use for timber harvesting dropped by 16%

According to Roslesinforg, the revenue from use of forests (across all types) grew by 3% YoY in 2023, reaching 74.4 billion rubles. The largest source of fiscal revenue is using forests for harvesting wood. In 2023, the revenue...

A survey by Roslesinforg shows that 35% of harvesting enterprises are ready to purchase forestry machinery made in Russia

In June 2023, Roslesinforg conducted a survey about harvesting machinery use among Russian timber enterprises.  Over 1,500 industry representatives completed the questionnaire. The timber machinery fleet of Russian harvesting enterprises is still mostly comprised of equipment made abroad....

Export of unprocessed wood continues to decrease, according to Roslesinforg

The agency reports that in H1 2023, the volume of the Russian export of unprocessed wood reached 1.18 million m³, which is 2.1 times lower than over the same period last year. Meanwhile, the domestic roundwood consumption is...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: interview with Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza; in 2022, Russian timber harvesting volumes dropped to the lowest level in the last 9 years; Russian timber exporters were able to reimburse up to 80% of their costs of product transportation via sea ports in the Northwestern Federal District; Federation Council suggested introducing prohibitive duties on furniture and paper from unfriendly countries; Essity has exited the Russian market; Luzales plans to open new plywood plant in the Omsk region; Russian plywood output increased in June 2023

Russian Timber Journal 06-2023: Vitaly Demidenko, Sales Director at Sveza: “The period when the demand for birch plywood surpassed the supply in the available markets is over. The approach to sales changed too.”; According to the Rosleskhoz, in 2022, the...

Ilim Group became the largest timber harvesteing enterprise in Russia in 2022

According to data of Roslesinforg, the amount of timber harvested in Russia decreased by 13.5% YoY to 194.6 million m³ in 2022, of which 37.1% (72.1 million m³) was accounted for by the twenty largest harvesting enterprises (the...

Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: interview with Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group; state support measures for the Russian timber industry affected by the sanctions pressure; China reduced log imports from all the main suppliers in 2022; Vladimir Putin proposed to grant enterprises a deferment on forest area lease payments for unharvested timber; the Government of the Russian Federation increased the maximum amount of compensation for the expenses of timber enterprises for the transportation of their products; in 2022, Russia reduced the volume of logging by 13.5% to 194.6 million m³, according to Roslesinforg; Russian Railways resumed accepting sawn timber for export shipments through Kazakhstan; International Paper reaches agreement to sell ownership interest in Ilim joint venture; Segezha Group may reorient the Segezha West project to new products; the volume of furniture export from Russia dropped by 39% YoY in 2022, down to 29.5 billion rubles; Luzales and Slotex acquire Russian assets of IKEA

Russian Timber Journal 02-2023: Yuri Strezhen, CEO at Praktika Group: “This is a good time to improve the efficiency of both production and administrative processes of enterprises”; support measures mentioned by the business, relevant agencies, regions, the Government...

Roslesinforg: timber harvest in Russia decreased by 12.7% based on the results of the 10 months of 2022

According to Roslesinforg, the total amount of timber harvested in Russia in January-October 2022 decreased by 12.7% YoY and totaled 149.1 million m³. It declined the most in the regions of the Northwestern and Siberian Federal Districts: by...

Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 12.7% in 10 months of 2022

According to Roslesinforg, in January-October 2022, the total volume of Russian timber harvesting decreased by 12.7% YoY to 149.1 million m³. Volumes decreased the most in the regions of the North-Western and Siberian Federal Districts — by about...

Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 4.5% in 1H 2022

According to Roslesinforg, the volume of timber harvesting in Russia following the results of the 1H 2022 decreased by 4.5% YoY to 100.3 million m³. Positive dynamics was recorded only in the Central and Ural federal districts —...

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...

Segezha Group and Roslesinforg signed a cooperation agreement

Under the agreement, Roslesinforg Federal Forestry Agency will assist Segezha Group in elaborating strategies for the creation and development of forest raw material supply areas for its new and existing enterprises. The document also provides for joint calculation...

Digitization of forests was completed in the Zabaykalsky Region

Peuru Rus and Roslesinforg completed the analysis of 2 million ha of forests in the region’s central and south-western areas. Today, this program is being tested at Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) until November 10. By the end of...