Keyword: Russia

Ban on timber exports to China useless, says Russian forestry group executive

    Mikhail Shamorin, president of the Segezha Group, one of Russia's largest forestry industrial enterprises, said [...]
September 20, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia

UPM completes plywood expansion in Russia

    The expansion of UPM Chudovo plywood mill, started in the autumn of 2017, was inaugurated. The [...]

The Russian Minister of Industry and Trade claims ban on Russian timber exports to China is inappropriate

A complete ban on the sale of Russian timber exports to China looks inappropriate, since illegal logging is an internal [...]
September 11, 2019 Latest Trends / Market Analysis / ...Forestry / Sawmilling / China / Russia

Russia and New Zealand compete over timber exports to China

Russia is currently China's largest timber source. In 2018, Russian exports to China reached 15.65 million cubic meters [...]

Russia threatens to ban timber exports to China due to illegal logging issues

Russia could ban timber exports to China unless Beijing takes action to help mitigate the effects of illegal logging, a [...]

Russia: Wood pellet suppliers and foreign buyers in H1/2019

Exports of wood pellets from Russia are growing at the highest rate in recent years. In H1/2019, exports grew [...]

Russia might stop duties of exports of birch logs

    Recently, the Russian Federal Government's Committee on Foreign Trade and Tariff Policy Protection Measures has [...]
August 13, 2019 Latest Trends / Forestry / ...Sawmilling / Russia

Sharp growth in Russian sawn timber exports

    Russian sawn timber and wood processing products exports are growing rapidly, with an average annual growth [...]

China sharply reduces imports of Russian logs and boosts imports of lumber

    In January-May, log imports to China from Russia declined 26.2% y-o-y to [...]

Russian pine gains market share in the Chinese market

    In recent years, the central and western regions have become a hot spot for China's [...]