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28.05.2009

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29.04.2009

International News: European Manufacturers Leading the World Market
The economic downturn has cut into orders received by European woodworking machinery manufacturers as well. But it's not a crash into the abyss, as unlike other sectors, woodworking machinery manufacturers have been preparing for tough times. They've adjusted to the fact that the machine manufacturing business is cyclic. Thus, this sector of industry has provided a foundation for a recovery after it gets through these hard times.

29.04.2009

New Minister of Agriculture Did Not Want Introduce Real Problems
Ministry of Agriculture held a meeting on 'State problems and prospects of development of forestry in the Russian Federation' under the leadership of the new Minister, Elena Skrynnik.

29.04.2009

The Largest Wood Processing Company Is Opening in Leningrad Region
Governor of Leningrad Region Valery Serdyukov launched primarily woodworking complex in the village Chudtsy (Boksitogorsk district).The volume of investment in this joint project of the Austrian Mayr-Melnhof Holz Gmbh and LSR Group amounted to 80 million euros.

29.04.2009

SCA to expand consumer products in Russia
The Russian market for personal care products is undergoing rapid growth. Since 1995 SCA's sales of baby diapers (Libero) and feminine care products (Libresse) have grown continuously, increasing the need for local production. Against this background, SCA has made a decision to open its own production facility in the Tula region south of Moscow to meet rising consumer demand.

28.04.2009

Leningrad region will produce 530 elite toilet paper rolls per minute
The Governor of Leningrad Region, Valery Serdyukov took part in the launch of a new line for production of toilet paper and paper towels De Luxe class by Syassky Pulp and Paper mill.

28.04.2009

The Government of Karelia Summed up Development of Forest Industry in 1Q/09
Today almost total amount of woodworking companies has come from the forced hibernation of crisis - while there are some problems remaining.

28.04.2009

South of Russia expands producing of paperboard
Rostov Agricultural Group 'South of Russia' is expanding its production of paperboard. On the base of its enterprise 'Donskoy Corrugated' there will be organized an issue of a flat and corrugated cardboard capacity 68 tons and 144 million sq. m. per year. Investments are 1.5 billion rubles. Experts welcomed the project, as well as the quantity of packaging produced in the Southern Federal District are far behind the needs of the food industry.

28.04.2009

The forest industry in Finland dramatically reduces its dependence on logs from Russia in 2008
Finland imported 24 percent fewer logs from Russia in the 4Q/08 as compared to the same quarter in 2007. With the uncertainty surrounding the log export taxes and timber market conditions in Russia, it is likely that the Finnish forest industry will rely less on Russian timber in the future.

27.04.2009

Stora Enso Will Leave Without Plant
The project of building new pulp and paper mill in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) has postponed for 2 years.

27.04.2009

The largest timber processors in Russia is opening in the Leningrad region
April 28, Chudtsy village (Boksitogorsk district, Leningrad Region): the launch of the first stage of the sawmilling and woodworking mill MM-Efimovsky.

27.04.2009

MEPs adopt rules to keep illegal timber off the EU market
Stricter rules on timber sold in the EU are needed to combat illegal logging. All the operators in the timber supply chain must prove the legality of their timber and illegal timber suppliers must pay penalties that reflect the degree of environmental and economic damage.

24.04.2009

Pervaya Gruzovaya Company starts a project of route traffic of timber export "Siberian Express"
Pervaya Gruzovaya Co has just started its project of route traffic of timber export called "Siberian Express"(Lesosibirsk - Novorossiisk).

21.04.2009

Krasnoyarsky Krai on the Edge of Development
Another Krasnoyarsky woodworking project is included in the list of priority investment projects in the area of forest the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

21.04.2009

Khabarovsky Krai discussed the execution of delegated powers in the area of forest
The question of the implementation of state authority in the province in the field of environmental management was considered last year as well as the performance of the powers transferred to the edge of the forest and the status of state control and supervision in taiga stated at the extended meeting of College of Forest Management governments edges in April. Overall, the exercise of this authority is estimated in the sum of 753.3 million rubles.

21.04.2009

Rosleshoz takes part in the UN Forum of Forests
20 April to 1 May 2009, New York. The 8th session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF). The President of Russian Society of Foresters Anatoly Pisarenko and the Deputy Chief of the science, education, international cooperation and information Vladimir Dmitriev will take part in the preparation of materials and the session form the Russian side.

21.04.2009

Final version of the Federal Budget: Nothing New?
The new federal budget (? 181653-5 On Amending the Federal Law On federal budget for 2009 and the planned period 2010 and 2011 years) was adopted by the State Duma in the final reading and sent to the Council of the Federation. In the future, changes in the bill are not permitted, unless it is rejected by the Federation Council or the President. Sent to the Council of the Federation new version of the budget in its "forest" part is slightly different from the one which was adopted on the first reading: the total funding for forestry is not declining at 6.4%, as expected, but at 6.2%.

20.04.2009

The Fifth Element?
"Investing bioenergy we are creating the fifth element of world energy, which, with the oil, gas, coal and nuclear power plants will ensure global energy security in the long run ", said the chairman of the Duma Committee on Environment and Ecology Natalia Komarova.

20.04.2009

Tyumen and Finland authorities and business people will meet in June
The head of the regional projects in Russia Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Eugene Korobkin visited Tyumen 13-15 April 2009. His arrival was due to the preparation of the visit of the delegation of Finnish companies in the Tyumen region during the Russian-Finnish business forum, 8-11 June 2009.

20.04.2009

Eduard Rossel told on the outcomes of the Finnish-Russian business forum
During 20-21 April there is the official Russian delegation working in Finland, headed by the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.

17.04.2009

Stora Enso Oyj choose the site for the construction of pulp and paper mill in Nizhny Novgorod till 1 July 2009
Stora Enso Oyj may choose a site for construction of a large pulp and paper mill (PPM) in the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region until 1 July this year, said on Tuesday, April 7, the Minister of Industry and Innovation of the region, Nikolai Sataev at a meeting of the Nizhny Novgorod economic 'speech club'.

17.04.2009

Krasnoyarsk forestry enterprises received more than 58 million rubles
16 April, 2009. Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry Complex Andrei Gnezdilov had a meeting on the questions of the forest industry in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The main topic of discussion was the state support to the forestry of the Krai, reported the press service of the Government.

17.04.2009

Wood Fiber Costs Fell in the US South and the US Northwest in the 1Q/09 as Pulpmills Were Taking Extensive Downtime
Wood fiber costs have diminished in all regions of the US this year as the decline in fiber demand by the pulp industry has been greater than the reduction of residual chips supply from the sawmilling sector. The past six months, pulpwood costs have fallen about 10% in the US South and 20% in the US Northwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

17.04.2009

The Yugra Government approved the implementation of Strategy - 2020 in the district
The Yugra Government reviewed the implementation of last year's strategy for socio-economic development of the Khanty-Mansi autonomous district until 2020.

17.04.2009

"Pskov model forest" Shares Its Experience
WWF project "Pskov model forest" in conjunction with the Institute of the regional press in the conclusion of the second phase of the project, which lasted from 2005 to 2008, conducted for the St. Petersburg media press conference on the theme "The economic model of sustainable forest management for the development of the forestry sector of Russia".

16.04.2009

Reducing the price of round wood in Russia by 2% in average in March
Comparing the average February and March figures of the Russian round wood market shows a small reducingaccording to the Lesprom Network.

16.04.2009

Japan is changing Russian timber for the American
Japan could increase the volume of purchases of wood in the United States, Canada and New Zealand, after supplies from Russia declined by 55% due to increased taxes on exports.

3.04.2009

A press conference by the head of the Department of Forestry Kirov area, Vladimir Kononov
Today, the Government of Kirov region. The head of the Department of Forestry Vladimir Kononov held a press conference. He told about the measures taken by regional authorities to support the region's lumber industry during the downturn.

3.04.2009

6-9 April, Russia will play hosts to the Italian economic mission
The list of regional significance, as approved by the government commission to improve the sustainability of Russia's economy, includes 17 organizations of Irkutsk region. The statement was made by Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Labor, Science and Higher School of Irkutsk region Alexander Anchugin at a press briefing on Friday.

3.04.2009

Irkutsk Region: LDK Igirma and Ust-Ilimsk LDZ can count on support from the federal budget
6-9 April 2009. A major Italian economic mission headed by the Minister of Economic Development of Italy Claudio Skayola will be in Russia. Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi is expected to take part in a number of activities of mission in Moscow. The mission is organized by the Institute of Foreign Trade of Italy (ICHE), the Association of Italian Banks (ABI) and the General Confederation of Italian Industry (Confindustria). The Italian delegation will include representatives from 470 companies.

3.04.2009

March 31, 2009 The Russian government has made to the State Duma a draft federal law "On Amending the Federal Law on federal budget for 2009 and the planned period 2010 and 2011 years'
As the Forest Forum of Greenpeace Russia says, in accordance with the project the total expenditure on forestry is going to be reduced at 6.4% (1.7 billion rubles), without changing either the total amount of subventions subjects of the Russian Federation on the implementation of the forest authority transferred to them, nor the distribution of these grants. The cost of timber excluding grants ( the cost of the work itself Rosleskhoz) reduced by 19%.

3.04.2009

Minister of Economic Development of Finland Mauri Pekkarinen: The scope of the common interests of the Urals and Finland are forest and construction sectors
According to the press service of the Administration of Yekaterinburg, the meeting of heads of the city of Arcadia Chernetsky and Minister for Economic Development of Finland Mauri Pekkarinena took place in the administration of Ekaterinburg.

3.04.2009

Collect a forest under one roof
Federal Rosleskhoz invited the Government to create a state forest corporation. Participants and analysts believe that this could lead to another "forest wars".