Tag: Russia

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: interview with Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill; markets of South Korea and Japan: prospects for the development of wood pellet exports from Russia; U.S. softwood sawn timber prices unchanged from the previous week; timber exporters from Irkutsk are experiencing difficulties in shipping products to China; investments in the Russian forest industry decreased by 9.8% in 2020

Russian Timber Journal 03-2021: Oleg Fokin, Commercial Director of Sudoma Sawmill: “At the moment, Russia does not have enough own production facilities for processing low-grade timber in full”; WhatWood: Russian wood pellet exports outlook to the South Korea and...

Wood pellets export from Russia increased by 25.6% in January 2021

According to the Federal Customs Service, wood pellets export from Russia in January 2021 increased by 25.6% YoY to 178,700 tons. The main buyers of Russian pellets in January 2021 were: Denmark – 69,000 tons (+ 50.1%), South...

Russia increased its roundwood exports by 30.1% In January 2021

In January 2021, the volume of Russian roundwood exports increased by 30.1% YoY to 1.026 million m³, in value terms, exports increased by 33.7% YoY to $75 million, the Federal Customs Service of Russia reports. The volume of...

Wood pulp production decreased by 0.6% in Russia in January-February 2021

According to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-February 2021, the output of Russian wood pulp grew by 0.6% YoY to 1.5 million tons. Paper and cardboard production increased over the reporting period by...

Wood pellets production is growing in Russia in January-February 2021

In January-February 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 17.7% YoY, reaching 343,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Russia increased wood-based panels production in January-February 2021

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-February 2021, plywood production in Russia increased by 13.1% YoY to 701,000 m³. The output of fiberboard (including MDF/HDF/flooring) also increased by 2.7% YoY to 112 mln...

Russia reduced sawn timber production in January-February 2021

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), Russia reduced sawn timber production by 3.9% YoY to 4.4 million m³ in January-February 2021.

Ukraine extends the duty on the import of fiberboards from Russia

Ukraine will revise the 31.58% anti-dumping duty on the import of wet-process hard fiberboards from Russia due to the expiration of the 5-year period of its application. The duty has been extended for the revision period initiated by...

A new procedure for maintaining the state forest register established in Russia

A federal law establishes a new procedure for maintaining the state forest register and provides, among other things, for the creation of a federal forest information system. Moreover, it determines the accounting procedure for timber and wood processing...

Wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 8.7% in January 2021

In January 2021, the volume of wood pulp export from Russia decreased by 8.7% YoY, reaching 176.6 thousand tons, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation. The value of foreign supplies increased by 5.1%...

Danish JYSK to open 200 stores in Russia over the next 10–15 years

The Danish furniture retailer entered the Russian market in June 2020 when it opened its first store in Moscow. As of year-end 2020, four JYSK stores had appeared in Russia, all of them – in Moscow. This year,...

Wood pellets production is growing in Russia in January 2021

In January 2021, the volume of wood pellets output in Russia grew by 22.4% YoY, reaching 178,000 tons, as reported by Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).