1Q/2009 Siberian Customs Exported 2.9 Million Tonnes of Timber

Siberian Customs has exported around 2.9 million tons of wood (processed and unprocessed) of $ 538.1 million (according to the FCS press service). It amounted to 8.6% of the total value of exports in Siberian Customs. Compared to the 1Q/2008 the volume of timber shipments fell by 33%, the value – by 23.5%.

Sawn timber has 4.9% of the total value of exports of Siberia. Compared to the 1Q/2008 the volume of shipments declined by 6.5%, in value – by 4.5% (to 1.1 million tones for $ 305.4 million). The supply of raw timber in the 1Q/2009 amounted to some 2.5 million cubic meters for $ 232.7 million (3.7% of the total value of exports of the region) and compared with the same period last year, declined in volume to 38.5%, in value – by 39.3%.

Foreign countries accounted of 82.7% of export value of wood (processed and unprocessed), first of all – China (56.5%), Japan (12.3%), Egypt (4.9%), Afghanistan (1.8%) and Germany (1.5%). Among the CIS countries there were Uzbekistan (10%), Tajikistan (2.5%), Azerbaijan (2.4%) and Kazakhstan (1.1%). Compared to the 1Q/2008, exports of wood products in foreign countries decreased by 27.3%, while the CIS countries – increased by 2% and amounted to $ 444.9 million and $ 93.1 million respectively.

The greatest value of sawn timber processed in Irkutsk, Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk, Altai, Chita and Buryat Region (96.3% of the total value of exports of timber). Compared to the 1Q/2008 the value of exports of goods decreased in all Customs regions, except Bratsk (an increase of 3.7%) and Omsk (an increase of 2.7%) Customs.

Informational resource:
Wood.Ru