Exports of wood and forest products from Russia in the 1st half of 2016
Forest and wood are significant items of the Russian export. In the FEACN classifier this product is represented in 44th group. In the customs database this group occupies a decent amount: about 50 thousand records on a monthly basis. Trying to unload this data volume from popular online databases, a consumer will face the problem of limit exceeding. Meanwhile, the use of the "Talisman-Inform" analytical sampling of the company ensures accurate analysis as soon as possible. Thus, consider the export of the 44th group of FEACN.
Dynamics of exports in January-June 2016
The average monthly export volume of wood and forest products is $ 500 millions in the first half of 2016. The most impactive months are March and April, there was a small decline in deliveries in the summer.
| Year-month | Volume, m3 | Value, USD | Exporters | Declarations |
| 2016-01 | 7 372 147 | 350 482 733 | 1 796 | 22 739 |
| 2016-02 | 9 881 457 | 452 588 902 | 2 184 | 30 642 |
| 2016-03 | 12 912 419 | 571 493 620 | 2 515 | 38 515 |
| 2016-04 | 12 882 593 | 572 562 884 | 2 640 | 39 645 |
| 2016-05 | 12 127 416 | 545 921 147 | 2 411 | 37 723 |
| 2016-06 | 11 813 804 | 549 585 419 | 2 473 | 37 164 |
| Total | 66 989 836 | 3 042 634 706 | 206 428 |
Merchandise exports of wood
According to customs database, the 44th group of FEACN includes more than 20 of four-digit codes. The most popular in the world market are the following products of forest and woodworking industries:
- sawnwood (code 4407) - almost exactly half of the value exports for the 44th group
- raw wood (code 4403) - about 22% of the cost
- plywood (code 4412) - around 15% of the cost.
Note. For sheet materials (plywood, boards, sheets) the natural volume is given in square meters, for wood and sawn wood - in cubic meters.
| HS Code and description | Volume, m3 / m2 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 |
Exporters | Declarations |
| 4411 - wood-fiber plates | 41 824 995 | 61 556 510 | 1,47 | 128 | 4 248 |
| 4407 - Lumber | 13 101 233 | 1 525 148 665 | 116,41 | 2 443 | 108 563 |
| 4403 - Wood in the rough | 9 754 511 | 666 291 499 | 68,31 | 913 | 40 517 |
| 4412 - Plywood | 1 257 071 | 470 894 309 | 374,60 | 158 | 29 565 |
| 4410 - Plate chipboard | 413 704 | 43 764 424 | 105,79 | 95 | 5 580 |
| 4408 - Veneer sheets for plywood | 247 173 | 54 988 687 | 222,47 | 87 | 1 663 |
| 4418 - Joinery and carpentry | 175 408 | 70 700 624 | 403,06 | 308 | 3 447 |
| 4409 - Lumber continuously shaped | 165 314 | 22 960 891 | 138,89 | 274 | 2 058 |
| 4406 - Wood sleepers for railway or tramway | 44 321 | 1 872 747 | 42,25 | 32 | 104 |
| 4421 - Other wooden products | 5 817 | 15 344 197 | 2 637,82 | 216 | 1 507 |
| Other | 288 | 109 112 153 | 379 375,38 | 771 | 10 626 |
| Total | 66 989 836 | 3 042 634 706 | 207 878 |
Timber exports by country of destination
The main buyers of Russian forest and wood are China and Uzbekistan.
There are about 2,500 companies involved in the average monthly export of goods of the 44th group, it is more than 10% of Russia's list of exporters. The group of twenty leaders are listed below.
| Departure country | Volume, m3 / m2 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 |
Exporters | Declarations |
| Uzbekistan | 15 675 211 | 118 896 229 | 7,58 | 449 | 11 584 |
| China | 13 875 782 | 1 262 660 574 | 91,00 | 1 238 | 85 688 |
| Romania | 5 052 632 | 18 158 944 | 3,59 | 40 | 700 |
| Poland | 3 637 895 | 38 638 424 | 10,62 | 213 | 5 365 |
| Estonia | 3 282 502 | 65 217 235 | 19,87 | 412 | 9 353 |
| Finland | 3 169 549 | 196 257 805 | 61,92 | 392 | 13 562 |
| Tajikistan | 2 898 134 | 19 506 877 | 6,73 | 201 | 1 844 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 543 342 | 46 704 158 | 18,36 | 288 | 3 460 |
| Ukraine | 1 901 438 | 16 142 591 | 8,49 | 220 | 2 746 |
| Germany | 1 786 417 | 128 242 599 | 71,79 | 408 | 8 819 |
| Other | 13 166 933 | 1 132 209 268 | 85,99 | 2 154 | 63 307 |
| Total | 66 989 836 | 3 042 634 706 | 206 428 |
Top 20 exporters of wood
| Importer | Volume, m3 / m2 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 |
Exporters | Declarations |
| OOO "Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry" | 7 480 071 | 21 828 708 | 2,92 | 20 | 380 |
| Ltd. "Kronostar" | 4 391 923 | 9 706 389 | 2,21 | 47 | 974 |
| OOO "Kronospan" | 4 361 099 | 20 513 615 | 4,70 | 114 | 1 161 |
| Ltd. "Demyanovskaya manufactory" | 3 769 778 | 1 847 285 | 0,49 | 65 | 258 |
| JSC "Lesosibirsk LDK | 1" | 3 425 743 | 37 290 112 | 10,89 | 66 | 697 |
| TD FORMAT " | 3 312 724 | 1 976 094 | 0,60 | 16 | 437 |
| Ltd. "UFA plywood-MDF MILL" | 2 431 678 | 3 808 095 | 1,57 | 42 | 230 |
| TD Knyazhpogostsky PLANT fiberboard | 2 000 750 | 1 080 190 | 0,54 | 10 | 276 |
| Ltd. "PLITPROM" | 1 690 567 | 695 186 | 0,41 | 18 | 54 |
| OOO "MDF WORLD" | 1 278 621 | 527 875 | 0,41 | 8 | 52 |
| JSC "LPK" Partner-Tomsk " | 989 156 | 1 632 667 | 1,65 | 14 | 44 |
| TD RFP | 892 409 | 64 907 970 | 72,73 | 57 | 1 745 |
| LLC "Egger Drevprodukt Gagarin" | 848 265 | 6 393 490 | 7,54 | 68 | 1 199 |
| Ltd. "Northern Forest" | 757 198 | 477 044 | 0,63 | 19 | 89 |
| Ltd. "SHKDP" | 588 836 | 1 450 232 | 2,46 | 15 | 60 |
| ZAOr "TORINO pulp and paper mill" | 543 121 | 211 077 | 0,39 | 7 | 21 |
| CJSC "Novoyeniseysk wood chemical COMPLEX" | 527 756 | 18 528 395 | 35,11 | 37 | 243 |
| SA woodworking complex "Apsheron" | 465 076 | 1 275 673 | 2,74 | 11 | 41 |
| OJSC "LPI" | 405 493 | 7 520 501 | 18,55 | 45 | 948 |
| JSC "Terneyles" | 382 304 | 49 776 767 | 130,20 | 21 | 286 |
| Total | 26 414 982 | 2 789 454 271 | 105,60 | 12 433 | 196 610 |