Tag: Rosstat

Russian Timber Journal 06–2025: Interview with Vladimir Kerchensky, head of sales at the Housing Construction Development Directorate, Novotorzhsky LPK JSC; Federal Forestry Agency releases final 2024 regional timber harvesting figures; Rosstat: Timber harvesting down in first five months of 2025; Russian plywood production falls 3.2% in May; Bumprom urges Ministry of Industry and Trade to convene meeting amid industry crisis; Arkhbum Liner to build recycled containerboard plant in Moscow Region; Russian pulp, paper, and board output declines in May; Ministry of Industry and Trade to reimburse up to 50% of sea freight costs for new export routes; Segezha Group reports Q1 2025 operational and financial results

Russian Timber Journal 06–2025: Interview with Vladimir Kerchensky, head of sales at the Housing Construction Development Directorate, Novotorzhsky LPK JSC; Federal Forestry Agency releases final 2024 regional timber harvesting figures; Rosstat: Timber harvesting down in first five months...

Russia: timber harvesting down 1.9% YoY in January–April 2025

According to Rosstat, timber harvesting volumes in Russia totaled 45.015 million solid m³ in January–April 2025, down 1.9% YoY. Coniferous roundwood accounted for 29.391 million solid m³, showing a 2.1% decrease YoY, while deciduous roundwood volumes dropped by...

Rosstat: plywood production in Russia reaches highest level since February 2022

According to Rosstat, plywood production in Russia reached 357,000 m³ in April 2025, up 20.8% YoY and 14.5% higher than in March 2025. This marks the highest monthly output since February 2022. Over January–April 2025, total plywood production...

Plywood production in Russia grew by 1.9% in Q1 2025

According to Rosstat, the volume of Russian plywood production increased by 1.9% YoY in Q1 2025, up to 856,000 m³. 312,000 m³ of plywood was made in March (+1.1% YoY, +12.2% MoM).

Timber harvest in Russia increased by 5.2% YoY in January 2025

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), in January 2025, the Russian timber harvest grew by 5.2% YoY, up to 12.053 million m³ of dense timber. Softwood timber accounted for 7.740 million m³ out of the total...

Timber harvest in Russia increased by 4.9% YoY in 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian timber harvest grew by 4.9% YoY in 2024, up to 121.063 million m³ of dense timber. Softwood timber accounted for 78.452 million m³ out of the total volume...

Timber harvest in Russia increased by 4.3% YoY in January—November 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian timber harvest grew by 4.3% YoY in January—November 2024, up to 107.242 million m³ of dense timber. Softwood accounted for 69.879 million m³ of dense timber from the...

Russian plywood production grew by 3.9% over 8 months of 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the plywood production volume in Russia increased by 3.9% YoY in January–August 2024, up to 2.248 million m³. In August 2024, Russian mills produced 286,000 m³ of plywood, thus increasing...

Russian producers of wood-based biofuel are shifting their focus to wood briquettes

According to a quick-look estimate by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), wood pellet production in Russia dropped by 16.4% YoY in H1 2024, down to 549,200 t. The greatest amount was produced in the Far Eastern Federal...

After a two-month growth, the plywood production in Russia dropped by 6.2% MoM in April

According to a quick-look estimate by the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian plywood production reached 303,000 m³ in April 2024 (+7.3% YoY, -6.2% MoM). In January–April 2024, the plywood production in Russia grew by 14.5% YoY,...

Russian plywood production increased by one-fourth in January 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian plywood production surged by 25% YoY in January 2024, up to 254,000 m³. Such a high growth rate was caused by extremely poor performance in January 2023 (203,000...

Russian Timber Journal 01-2024: Interview with Russ Taylor, President of the international consulting company Russ Taylor Global; Sawmilling market in Russia in 2023: reducing production volumes for the second consecutive year; Suez Canal traffic down 60%; The volume of transported timber grew by 12.9% in 2023; VLP Group may purchase Metsä’s timber assets in Russia; Ufa Plywood Mill is listed for sale for 1 billion rubles; In 2023, timber transportation by the Russian Railways network reduced by 9.1%, down to 37.1 million t; As of January 1, 2024, the VAT rate for children’s furniture is reduced from 20% to 10%; Saint Petersburg R&D Institute levied 1.3 billion rubles from IKEA after it refused to build the Mega Shopping Mall

Russian Timber Journal 01-2024: Interview with Russ Taylor, President of the international consulting company Russ Taylor Global; Sawmilling market in Russia in 2023: reducing production volumes for the second consecutive year; Suez Canal traffic down 60%; The volume of transported...