Tag: WhatWood

WhatWood: the tremendous increase in the volume of wood in 2018 led to the imbalance of supply and demand of timber on the domestic market of Russia

The consultant of WhatWood agency Marina Zotova made a report on «Forest balance of Russia» in the conference «Timber & sawn wood market», organized by MaxConference on the 25th of April  in Moscow. The volume of timber harvesting in...

Finland was dynamically increasing supplies of birch veneer logs in 2018

After a heavy 12% decline in round wood exports in 2017 (mainly in the segment softwood logs and pulpwood), sales to Finland in 2018 were at the level of the previous year. However, the product structure of sales has changed. In 2018,...

Exports of birch veneer logs to China continued to grow in 2018

Exports of birch veneer logs to China showed the highest dynamics of growth among all types of assortments of round wood. Sales of all assortments were generally reducing. Thus, exports of pine sawlogs in 2018 decreased by 20.2% (YoY) to 2.96 million m3,...

WhatWood:”The downward trend of the export of unprocessed round timber from Russia is saved”

According to the information and analytical agency WhatWood, the reasons for the decline in exports are the high demand for sawn raw materials within the country, especially in Siberia and the Far East after the introduction of new...

The WhatWood study: idle raw material resources allow Russia to produce 9-10 million tons of wood pellets annually

On March 19, 2019, St. Petersburg hosted the annual Bioenergy Congress, where the industry participants discussed the current situation in the Russian and international markets. At the congress, Marina Zotova, Consultant of  WhatWood Timber Industry Analytics Agency, presented a report...

The IV international conference “Timber & sawn wood market” will be held in Moscow on April 25, 2019

The event will be the main information platform for business communication of timber industry specialists and will be held in InterContinental Moscow Tverskaya (Tverskaya st., 22). The speakers of the conference will be representatives of the Ministry of...

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: the eight-year work of the existing head of Rosleskhoz was assessed as unsatisfactory; WhatWood summarizes the preliminary results of the LPK for 2018; the company “Solikamskbumprom” took a loan of 27 million euros; Segezha Group completed the design of a new pulp and paper mill in the Krasnoyarsk region; prices and volumes of production of LPK in Russia for 4Q 2017-2018

Russian Timber Journal №01-2019: summed up the first results of the LPK for 2018; basic prices for round wood and lumber; prices for the products of LPK in Russia for 2017-2018; exchange rates to the US dollar from...

The team of the timber industry analytics agency WhatWood congratulates its colleagues, partners and customers on the upcoming New Year holidays

The exclusive interview with the General Director of the Association of furniture and woodworking industry Timur Irtuganov

The interview with the General Director of the Association of furniture and woodworking industry Timur Irtuganov As part of the St. Petersburg international woodworking forum, we asked Timur R. Irtuganov, General Director of the Association of furniture and...

Lumber Report No.5 (21): The Russian government strengthens requirements to sawnwood manufactures; in Japan, consumption of Russian sawnwood decreases; China sets records on demand

Read in the latest issue of the monthly review of the Russian sawmilling industry WhatWood Russian Monthly Lumber Report No.5 (21) – May 2017: Laws On May 12, 2017, the Russian government expanded the list of forest products, which are...

For the first time in its history, Russia began shipping OSB to North America

OSB import to Russia in the 1st quarter of 2017 increased by 76% (YoY) to 68,000 m3. This is the highest level during the last 3 years: 1st quarter of 2014, Russia imported 102,000 m3. 90% of deliveries...

WhatWood chief editor Kirill Baranov gave a report at the Ligna trade fair in Hanover

On May 24, 2017, a presentation of Russian producers of biofuel and sawnwood took place within the framework of the Ligna trade fair in Hanover, Germany. WhatWood chief editor Kirill Baranov presented an analytical report on the “Russian...