Russia

Current trends in Russia’s birch plywood market

Global plywood production has reached a level of about 160 million m3 in the recent years. China accounts for over [...]

Global trade of softwood lumber reaches the second highest level in history

    Global trade of softwood lumber reached 120 million m3 in 2018, the second highest level on [...]

Investments and business outlook of the Russian sawmilling industry

    The Russian sawmilling industry is characterized by fragmentation, a division between large export-oriented companies and [...]

Current trends in the Russian wood product industry

    The Russian wood product industry is one of the world’s most dynamic ones thanks to [...]

Global sawlog prices on a downward trend in Q1/2019

The global flow of softwood logs from countries with a surplus of wood raw material to regions with tight, or [...]

Overview of the Russian wood-based panel market

    Russian wood-based panels consumption raised to historic records of 12.9 million m3 (12% year [...]

Kronospan to build a plant in Far East Russia

Kronospan plans to produce wood boards on the the territory of advanced development of Primorye, located in Far East Russia [...]

China: Boom in timber delivered via railway

    How will the competition between railway transported timber and port timber affect the market structure in [...]

Main Russian timber companies want to boost exports to North America

Leading Russian timber companies plan to significantly increase exports of their unprocessed timber and pulp to Canada and the U [...]

Russia: RFP Group annouces plans for building second wood pellet plant

RFP Group plans to build a second pellet plant with a capacity of about 70 thousand tons per year.  [...]