Tag: sawn timber

Stora Enso divests its sawmills and forest operations in Russia

Stora Enso has entered into an agreement to divest its two sawmills in Russia. The Company’s Nebolchi and Impilahti sawmills will be divested to local management. In addition, the divestment includes Stora Enso’s Russian forest operation which through...

Russia increased sawn timber production in January 2022

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January 2022, Russia increased sawn timber production by 2.3% YoY to 2.1 million m³.

Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation discussed the industry’s acute issues with the biggest wood-based panels producers; Ukraine introduces anti-dumping duties on import of particleboards from Russia and Belarus; U.S. homebuilding increased to a nine-month high in December 2021; Kazakh investor is planning to start producing OSB in Russia; sawn timber prices remain at a consistently high level in Russia

Russian Timber Journal 12-2021: the biggest producers of wood-based panel products from Russia discussed their industry’s acute issues and potential solutions with high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Industry and Trade; the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of...

Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 6.4% in 2021

In 2021, the volume of sawn timber exported from Russia reduced by 6.4% YoY and totaled 29.134 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The value of foreign sawn timber shipments from Russia increased...

Russia increased sawn timber production in 2021

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 4.5% YoY to 30.6 million m³.

Over 10 months of 2021, the Russian sawn timber export to Europe increased by almost 1 million m³

In January – October 2021, Russia grew its sawn timber export volumes to European countries by 26.6% YoY – up to 4.7 million m³. The key buyers of Russian sawn timber were: Estonia — 933,000 m³ (+37.4% YoY),...

VTB will provide 1.5 billion rubles for upgrading Vyshnevolotskoy Lespromkhoz (Tver Region)

Upgrading will concern the facilities where equipment for value-added wood processing will be installed. The project also involves building a new shop, warehouses and infrastructure sites at the enterprise. The company is planning to reach the design capacity...

In January-November 2021, Russia reduced its export of sawn timber by 5.5%

In January-November 2021, the volume of sawn timber exported from Russia reduced by 5.5% YoY and totaled 27.267 million m³, as reported by the Federal Customs Service of Russia. The value of foreign sawn timber shipments from Russia...

Timber cargo transport volume in Russia grew based on performance over 9 months of 2021

According to data from TransLes Analytical Center, the volume of railway transport of roundwood and sawn timber, including container traffic, grew by 4% YoY, up to 33.8 million tons, in January – September 2021. As the rail operator...

VTC Inok will increase its sawn timber and three-layer boards output by 2.3 times

The total production capacity will reach 80,000 m³ of sawn timber and 600,000 m² of boards per year. The total project budget is 42.3 million rubles, of which 23.3 million rubles can be provided by IDF as a...

Segezha Group completes acquisition of Inter Forest Rus

Segezha Group announces that it has completed the acquisition of LLC Inter Forest Rus from Bonum Capital Ltd. Inter Forest Rus, which comprises 24 forest industry assets and a substantial forest resource base in the Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk...

Russia increased sawn timber production in January-November 2021

According to data from the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) in January-November 2021, Russia increased sawn timber production by 5.9% YoY to 27.6 million m³.