Tag: Russia

Polish furniture exports to Russia to exceed €200 million in 2013

The Polish furniture exports to Russia are expected to exceed €200 million in 2013, as Fordaq reported quoting Polish media. In 2009, Poland delivered to Russia furniture worth €90 million, while in 2012 this value reached €166 million....

WhatWood: Russia’s forest industry Top 100 profit margin declined to 1.38% in 2012

In 2012, joint net sales of the 100 largest Russian forest industry companies that participated in the WhatWood rating declined by 0.87% to RUR 279.68 billion. Joint net profit of 94 companies of the rating who disclosed this...

25 ideas of PAP-FOR 2013 forum

Following the results of PAP-FOR 2013 forum held on September 26 in Skolkovo, WhatWood prepared traditional summing-up material with the most interesting quotes from the conference. Alexey Grigoriev, expert of the analytic centre of the Russian Government: “Now...

Russian government approved Forestry Policy

The final draft of the “Fundamentals of State Policy in the field of use, protection and reproduction of forests” was adopted by the Russian government at the session of September 23, as the Minister of natural resources and...

WhatWood: Reduction of roundwood customs duties increased hardwood exports from Russia

Following the results of the first half-year of 2013, the volume of roundwood export from Russia increased by 3.3% compared to the first half of 2012 up to 8.4 million m3 (excluding the countries of Customs Union, e.g....

Global Trends Review, September 09-15, 2013: bio-CHP industry spreading over Europe; bank experts predict merger of UPM & Stora Enso

Fortum company opened a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Latvian city of Jelgava. The new power plant uses biomass as fuel and will provide district heating to the residents and businesses in Jelgava as...

WhatWood: Demand for Russian plywood on export markets will grow

Under conditions of restoring global economy, demand for Russian birch plywood will not show any signs of declining, with exports growing moderately, as said in the new study of analytic department of WhatWood News & Analytics, “Plywood market...

The programme of European timber market conference published

The preliminary program of “European timber market” conference has been published recently. The event is to be held on September 26-27 at the Hilton Strand hotel in Helsinki. Session 1. “Factors affecting forest industry in Europe” “The new...

Helsinki to host European Timber Market conference in late September

International conference “European Timber Market” will be held in Hilton Strand hotel, Helsinki on September 26-27, 2013. The conference hosted in Finland’s capital is devoted to the situation on the timber and wood products market in Europe and...

Global Trends Review, July 29 – August 04, 2013: Energy demand for biomass grows; modified timber market developing

Pellet imports from the US to Europe are still on an upward trend. According to statistics provided by Eurostat, in the first four months of 2013, import volume grew by 51% year-on-year to 756,789 tons. In value terms,...

WhatWood analysts: Lumber exports from Russia in the first half-year of 2013 grew 6%

Lumber export from Russia in the first half-year of 2013 amounted to 9.93 million m3, which is 6% higher year-on-year. Export value increased by 4% to reach $1.71 billion, as analysts of WhatWood News & Analytics reported. China...

Wooden housing construction in Russia in 2012

For the second year in a row, WhatWood has made infographics based on the Wood Housing Association report on the housing market in Russia. More details are published in the recent WhatWood Weekly issue. Among Russian regions, wooden...