Tag: Russia

Global timber market review #22-2015

– The consensus at the International Softwood Conference was that the industry is still dealing with the consequences of global recession in many areas. The international speaker line-up at the recent Amsterdam event highlighted different countries emerging from...

Global timber market review #21-2015

– Södra Wood is going to open sales offices and subsidiaries in the US and China. The Chinese office will be headquartered in Shanghai, the American one – in the southeastern part of the country. – Swedish family-run...

Exports of Russian sawn timber in January-September 2015 increased 3% to 16.7 million m3

In the first three quarters of 2015, the volume of exports of softwood lumber from Russia to markets abroad amounted to 16.7 million m3, which is 3% higher than in the same period in 2014. Export value fell...

WhatWood: Softwood lumber exports from Russia to Japan fell 12% in August

Softwood lumber exports from Russia to Japan in August 2015 amounted to 54,300 m3, which is 12% lower than in the previous month and 2% lower than in August 2014. This is the lowest rate in the last...

Russian softwood lumber prices continue to fall on global markets

During January-April 2015, the price of Russian softwood lumber fell by 23% (yoy) to an average of $134 per cubic metre (average price on the Russian border). The volume of exports increased by 4% (yoy) to 7.3 million...

Global timber market review #10-2015

– Total EU imports of Russian birch plywood increased 10% to 785,000 m3 in 2014, reports Fordaq. The market is widely distributed across the continent. In 2014, there was a particularly sharp increase in imports to Germany, which...

WhatWood: in 2014, Russian softwood lumber prices declined at almost all sales markets

In 2014, Russia increased its exports of sawn softwood by 5.1% to 21.4 million m3 (+1.7% to $3.5 billion in value terms), but prices during the year has been decreasing at almost all sales markets, despite the export-friendly...

Global timber market review #3-2015

– On the background of oil prices being misbalanced, Canadian forestry is flourishing. – In 2014, British Columbia’s softwood lumber exports to China have fallen for the first time in nearly a decade. – The forest business in...

WhatWood started preparation of the 4th annual review Russian Forest Industry 2014

The timber industry analytics agency WhatWood started preparation of the 4th annual analytical review “Russian Forest Industry in 2014”. As usual, at this time of the year we summarize the results of the past year. The market conditions...

Global timber market review #1-2015

Dear colleagues, since 2015, the review of global timber trends will be published on the website in short only. Please consider subscription for the journal in order to get regular updates on the key events of the Russian...

In 2014, lumber output in Arkhangelsk region remained at 1.5m m3

The expected volume of wood harvesting in the Arkhangelsk region, according to the preliminary results of 2014, will be 11.5 million m3, which is slightly more than last year, said the head of the regional forestry at the...

New amendments to the legislation will facilitate collection of wastepaper

The State Duma adopted amendments to the federal law “On wastes of production and consumption”, which will greatly facilitate the collection of raw materials for the production of recycled cardboard, according to the League of wastepaper processors (part...