Russian timber news

The arrival of logs including hardwood in 2009 was 693,100 cubic meters, less than 40% of the 1,866,800 cubic meters received in 2008.

The volume was less than 20% of the result in 2007 when the arrival of logs was 4,038,600 cubic meters. The Russian lumber industry in Japan went through a large change, and was turned upside down in just 3 years due to the announcement made by the Russian government that it would raise the export duty on logs to 80%. Domestic plywood factories are planning to further increase the use of domestic logs (mainly cedar) in future, and developing products suitable for the usage of domestic lumber.

As for the arrival of lumber products in 2009, the total volume of pine and fir that are main products was 706,900 cubic meters, slightly up from the 688,500 cubic meters received in the previous year. The increase in the number of new suppliers who export products became big news in the industry last year, and the selection of new suppliers is expected to be carried out by Japanese customers this year. The arrival of laminated structural lumber varied per month, but the demand was tightly secured in the tough market situation.

Informational resource: JLJ