By 2011 there will be a unified information system in operation in
Russia for controlling timber circulation that may help the government
combat illegal logging, according to a report in "Russian Forestry
Review" magazine.
The new system was announced by Valery Roshchupkin, head of
the...
The vast forests of Eastern Siberia, known as the Taiga, are a
goldmine for Chinese wood traders, who send raw logs over the border to
serve their home country's booming economy. But much of the wood trade
is illegal.With its barbed wire fences, smashed windows and crumbling...
Global economics and the housing bust are throwing a relentless string
of problems at the mom-and-pop sawmills and logging companies that make
up much of the nation's hardwood lumber industry.
Large furniture makers have abandoned the United States, and changing
consumer tastes and...
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei
Ivanov held a meeting with the head of Delovaya Rossia, the
entrepreneurs' alliance. It was during this event that Sergei Ivanov
announced that a cluster of wood-working companies needed to be set up
in the Russian Far East. According to the First Deputy...
The credit quality of European-based
paper and forest product companies is likely to continue to decline as
they contend with higher input costs, a strengthened euro and declining
demand, according to Moody's Investors Service. In a new Industry
Outlook report examining the main credit...
Canada must prepare for the impact of global warming on its forests,
such as increased fires in the west and ice storms in the east, the
country's forest ministers said.
Canada's lumber and paper industry must also address its declining
competitiveness and use trees for non...
From 1 January 2009 Russia increases timber export tariffs to 75 USD
per cubic meter in a bid to boost domestic forestry processing. The
five-fold tariff increase in less that a year now triggers major
problems among the foreign timber importers.
Russia has about thirty percent...
The
Finnish forest industry is facing difficulties with high wood costs and
the prospect of sharply reduced log supply from Russia in the coming
years. The industry has already started to alter their log procurement
strategy by increased imports from other countries and...
European Union officials urged Russia on Tuesday to reconsider an
increase in duties on raw timber exported to EU nations, warning the
decision will hurt Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Russian authorities said Tuesday the country was raising its tax on
exports to 25...
