Keyword: Russia

Russia plans to ban on wood exports to U.S. and EU until the end of 2022

    The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation has proposed introducing a ban on [...]

Shock in the European wood product value chain to be expected, timber trade bodies say

The European timber industry is watching with great concern Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the correlated economic and financial [...]

Finnish domestic resources could easily replace Russian wood

Although the Ukrainian war has stopped importing wood from Russia, Finland can be relatively at ease. All the wood needed [...]

UK timber industry advised to cease trading with Russia and Belarus

    With the invasion of Ukraine ongoing, Timber Development UK (TDUK) is advising all members to cease [...]

Impact of sanctions on the Russian forest industry

    Russia is home to one-fifth of the world’s forest and further exploiting this resource [...]

Supply problems for the Polish timber industry due to war in Ukraine

Cutting off supplies of wooden semi-finished products from Ukraine and Russia may be a problem for some of the [...]

UPM suspends purchasing of wood in and from Russia; ceases operations at Chudovo plywood mill

    UPM will suspend purchasing of wood in and from Russia as well as the UPM Chudovo [...]

FSC has suspended wood certification in Russia and Belarus

    The FSC International Board of Directors has agreed to suspend all trading certificates in Russia and [...]

War in Ukraine causes softwood supply pressure

    Last year, Ukraine exported more than 2.7 million m3 of sawn softwood timber, a significant [...]

120 environmental groups ask for timber imports from Russia to be stopped

Over a 120 individual environmental rights groups have joined together and are calling for a ban on the use of [...]