Tag: sawn timber

WhatWood: Positive trends of improving prospects for Russian sawn timber exporters emerge in the Chinese market

Firstly, the stock of imported sawn timber in China’s major sea ports has been continuously declining for 6 consecutive months. Secondly, industry sources in the port of Taicang report that in January 2024, the daily sales of sawn...

90% of Russian sawn timber is sold in two markets—the domestic and the Chinese

Nowadays, Russia is probably a unique case in the global market of sawn timber. Russian Sawn Timber Market, a monthly price review by WhatWood, reports that, on the one hand, the country is separated from the cash-flush European...

A sawn timber production project by Kizirlesprom worth over 3 billion rubles was recognized as a priority project

In March 2023, Yenisey Siberia Development Corporation announced the launch of a major investment project on sawn timber production in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Region. In January 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Trade included this project...

In January-October 2023, sawn timber production in Russia decreased by 5%

The volume of Russian sawn timber production in January-October 2023 decreased by 5% YoY, to 24.3 million m³, according to Rosstat. At the same time, the output of sawn timber in October 2023 increased by 6.6% compared to October...

VLP Group shipped the first batch of sawn timber to India

Four containers of sawn timber produced at VLP’s woodworking plants were shipped to India for the first time, reports the corporate press office. According to Andrey Fialkovsky, Director for Sales of Sawn Timber and Biofuel at Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki...

In January-July 2023, sawn timber production in Russia decreased by 9%

The volume of Russian sawn timber production in January-July 2023 decreased by 9% YoY to 17 million m³, Rosstat reports. In July 2023, sawn timber production decreased by 2.6% (+0.3% YoY) compared to the previous month.

In January-April 2023, Russian sawn timber production decreased by 11,2%

Production of Russian sawn timber in January-April 2023 decreased by 11.2% YoY to 9.2 million m³, according to Rosstat. Production in April 2023 also decreased: – 9,1% YoY (-5,5 MoM).

Cherepovetsles is opening a moldings production site in the Vologda Region

Cherepovetsles has launched a line of planed moldings at its Koskisilva enterprise in the Sheksninsky District, which used to belong to Koskisen. In March 2022, the Finnish company announced the termination of its operations in Russia and sold...

A woodworking enterprise worth 3 billion rubles will open in the Krasnoyarsk Region

There are plans to launch production of sawn timber, wood briquettes, and charcoal briquettes in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Region, as reported by the Yenisey Siberia Development Corporation. The investment will reach 3 billion rubles. The investor’s...

Russian Railways resumed accepting sawn timber for export shipments through Kazakhstan

As TASS reports based on the information obtained from the press office of Russian Railways, the company resumed accepting sawn timber for export transportation by rail through Kazakhstan. As the Group notes, the measures adopted by the government...

In 2022, the sawn timber export from Russia dropped to an 8-year low

The export of sawn timber is the most important source of income for the Russian timber industry. The number of countries that were buying Russian sawn timber has been consistent over the past decade: 105–110. In December 2022,...

In 2022, sawn timber production in Russia decreased by 10.3%

According to Rosstat, the volume of production of Russian sawn timber in 2022 decreased by 10.3% YoY to 29 million m³. In December 2022, production decreased by 13.2% compared to the same period last year, while compared to...