Tag: The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia

Timur Irtuganov, Director General, AFWIER: “The Russian furniture industry has all of a sudden turned “from a Cinderella into a princess” of the timber industry over the past 10 years”

The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia (AFWIER) is a voluntary professional & civil society non-profit organization established in 1997 to consolidate the efforts of overcoming crisis phenomena in the furniture and woodworking industry and creating...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: Russian furniture producers replaced IKEA products over the year

Russian furniture producers were able to fully take over IKEA’s share in the Russian market, as reported by Izvestia referencing studies of the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia. According to the Association, in 2021, the...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: In H1 2023, the Russian furniture output increased

Based on the H1 2023 performance, the furniture output in physical terms grew by 8.6% YoY, up to 28.8 million units, as reported by Kommersant referencing data from the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia. Particularly...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia suggests banning veneer logs export and imposing duties on birch veneer

The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia suggested imposing safeguard duties on birch veneer export and banning veneer logs export. One of the reasons for such a decision was the recent resolution of the European Commission...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: the share of counterfeit furniture is growing in Russia

According to the estimates of the Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia, the share of illegal Russian furniture increased in 2020 and reached almost 20% of the total market, or about 40 billion rubles. According to...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: a significant drop in sales of Russian furniture is expected for 2020

According to the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade, the decline in furniture output in January–October 2020, despite the feverish demand in the summer months, totaled 2.5% YoY. An even more significant decline in sales of Russian furniture...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: over 10,000 furniture shops may close in Russia in the nearest future

A ban was imposed on locating furniture shops in residential apartment blocks. This regulation came into force on August 14, 2020 and, according to estimates by Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia, it will cause every...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: how a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs and precious hardwood will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing; interview with Alexey Ryzhikov, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) CEO; EU to launch anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022, how this decision will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of...

Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia: Russian furniture enterprises may lose 10 billion rubles in 2020

The Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia asks the Government to reintroduce the ban on purchasing foreign furniture for public use and to renew Decree No. 1072 which earlier prohibited public and municipal institutions from buying...