Tag: Russian Government

Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%

The duty rates for softwood and oak timber will be 10% but not less than €13 and €15 per 1 m³ respectively. Earlier, there were no duties for these categories. The export duty rates on beech and ash...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Interview with Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson; The European Commission introduces temporary anti-dumping measures against the import of birch plywood from Russia; Russian Government introduces duties on the export of timber with a moisture content of over 22%; Smurfit Kappa to invest over 1 billion rubles to expand its production in the Leningrad region; Segezha Group and the Republic of Karelia confirm intention to construct a pulp and paper industrial complex

Russian Timber Journal 05-2021: Vadim Vodolazko, General Director of Schmidt & Olofson: “According to our estimates, 10-15% of harvested timber is lost en route from the forest log depot to the mill log yard”; information on preliminary anti-dumping duties...

Russian government introduced a de facto ban on the export of unprocessed softwood logs from January 1, 2022

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 396 dated March 18, 2021, introduced a de facto ban on the export of unprocessed softwood logs from January 1, 2022, as well as certain additional procedural restrictions related...

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...

The RF government to create a state-owned company endowed with the exclusive right to export roundwood

That was announced by Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister, in this interview with Izvestia Newspaper. “We are currently considering the possibility of founding a state-owned company endowed with the exclusive right to export roundwood, i.e. we will leave...

The Russian government considered a bill banning incomplete and periodic timber customs declarations

As a ministerial decree (No. 724), this ban was introduced earlier – on May 21, 2020. The so-called “temporary periodic customs declaration of goods” of this group, i.e. submission of first a temporary customs declaration with fragmentary data,...

Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry

Following the results of the business trip of Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister, to Ustyansky district of the Arkhangelsk region, a number of instructions for the development of the timber industry were given. 1. To consider the different...

Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body

Russian Timber Journal 07-2020: small enterprises are mastering OSB production, interview with the head of Rozas LLC, an OSB production newcomer; Russian Government gave new instructions for the development of the timber industry; Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime...

Should the Russian government introduce export duties on sawn timber?

The main problem of accounting for the export of unprocessed roundwood and primary processed timber is, according to the authorities, the difference in customs duties on different commodity items of timber. For example, unprocessed or roughly processed wood,...

Russian Timber Journal 05-2020: how the current decline in exports of timber products caused by COVID-19 is similar to the situation of the 2008-2009 crisis; the Russian Government granted a six-month deferral to priority investment projects in the forest sector; DNS Les started producing OSB in Primorsky region

Russian Timber Journal 05-2020: comparing the 2008-2009 crisis with the current decline of forest products exports during the pandemic; in the Russian Far East was opened the first OSB production; the Russian government has granted a six-month deferment to...

Russian Timber Journal 04-2020: Opinion poll of Russian timber companies on the impacts of the coronavirus on outputs and sales; the Government of the Russian Federation approved a list of systemic timber enterprises and measures to support them; how the spread of COVID-19 affects operations of world timber companies (update)

Russian Timber Journal 04-2020: in mid-May 2020, WhatWood agency conducted an express survey of the largest timber industry players about how the coronavirus epidemic affected their production activities and the sales situation; the Government of the Russian Federation approved...

The Russian government is considering the creation of a forestry state corporation

The structure can be created in the form of a public law company based on the Decree of the President. The main functions that can be assigned to the new structure: implementation of forestry activities; implementation of measures...