Tag: timber harvesting

Russia: timber harvesting down 1.9% YoY in January–April 2025

According to Rosstat, timber harvesting volumes in Russia totaled 45.015 million solid m³ in January–April 2025, down 1.9% YoY. Coniferous roundwood accounted for 29.391 million solid m³, showing a 2.1% decrease YoY, while deciduous roundwood volumes dropped by...

Timber harvest in Russia increased by 4.9% YoY in 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian timber harvest grew by 4.9% YoY in 2024, up to 121.063 million m³ of dense timber. Softwood timber accounted for 78.452 million m³ out of the total volume...

Timber harvest in Russia increased by 4.3% YoY in January—November 2024

According to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), the Russian timber harvest grew by 4.3% YoY in January—November 2024, up to 107.242 million m³ of dense timber. Softwood accounted for 69.879 million m³ of dense timber from the...

Rates of timber harvest decline relative to 2022 are decelerating

After 9 months of 2023, the difference was -6% (-5% for softwood and -7% for hardwood harvesting), but after 10 months of 2023, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) has recorded a difference of -4% (-4% for softwood...

In 2022, Russian timber harvesting volumes dropped to the lowest level in the last 9 years

The Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) published the final data on harvesting volumes in 2022. According to the Agency, in 2022, the Russian timber harvest dropped by 13% YoY, down to 194.6 million m³ — the lowest since 2014....

Roslesinforg: timber harvest in Russia decreased by 12.7% based on the results of the 10 months of 2022

According to Roslesinforg, the total amount of timber harvested in Russia in January-October 2022 decreased by 12.7% YoY and totaled 149.1 million m³. It declined the most in the regions of the Northwestern and Siberian Federal Districts: by...

VLP Group: timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022

The timber harvesting volume in the Vologda Region reduced by exactly one third in Q2 and Q3 2022 compared to the same period last year, as reported by Alexander Churkin, Chairman of the Board, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki (VLP) Group,...

Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 12.7% in 10 months of 2022

According to Roslesinforg, in January-October 2022, the total volume of Russian timber harvesting decreased by 12.7% YoY to 149.1 million m³. Volumes decreased the most in the regions of the North-Western and Siberian Federal Districts — by about...

VLP Group: timber harvest in the Vologda Region dropped by a third in Q2 – Q3 2022

The timber harvesting volume in the Vologda Region reduced by exactly one third in Q2 and Q3 2022 compared to the same period last year, as reported by Alexander Churkin, Chairman of the Board, Vologodskiye Lesopromyshlenniki (VLP) Group,...

Roslesinforg: timber harvesting in Russia decreased by 4.5% in 1H 2022

According to Roslesinforg, the volume of timber harvesting in Russia following the results of the 1H 2022 decreased by 4.5% YoY to 100.3 million m³. Positive dynamics was recorded only in the Central and Ural federal districts —...

Russian timber harvest increased by 3.7% in 2021

Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) published timber harvesting data for all regions of the Russian Federation for 2021. At year-end, timber harvested in Russia increased by 3.7% YoY and totaled 225 million m³. The Kostroma region has been remaining...

Timber harvesting in Russia increased by 3.7% in 2021

According to Rosleskhoz, in 2021, timber harvesting in Russia increased by 3.7% YoY to 225 million m³. Almost a third of all harvested timber in 2021 came from the Siberian Federal District.