Export of raw timber from Russia in H1 2016
Forest is one of the main natural resources of Russia. In the foreign trade database, raw timber is represented by FEACN Code 4403. This is one of the "heavy" codes, it has near 180-200 thousand records in the annual database.
To analyze these data sets, we recommend to use analytical selection. The monthly average volume of timber export is stable - near 1.6 - 1.7 million cubic meters. It is equivalent to 110 million US dollars. As we mentioned earlier, the raw timber occupies near 22% of the cost in the goods structure of all 44th FEACN group export (details here).
Dynamics of exports in January-June 2016
| Year-month | Weight, m3 | Value, USD | Importers | Declarations |
| 2016-01 | 1 261 811 | 85 706 643 | 457 | 5 174 |
| 2016-02 | 1 588 071 | 108 688 169 | 556 | 6 864 |
| 2016-03 | 1 872 862 | 131 127 568 | 628 | 7 726 |
| 2016-04 | 1 689 145 | 113 285 621 | 613 | 7 079 |
| 2016-05 | 1 645 266 | 114 338 609 | 572 | 6 868 |
| 2016-06 | 1 697 356 | 113 144 889 | 546 | 6 806 |
| Total | 9 754 511 | 666 291 499 | 40 517 |
Regional structure of exports of forest
| HS Code and description | Weight, m3 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 | Importers | Declarations |
| Khabarovsk region | 2 253 471 | 156 788 929 | 69,58 | 63 | 3 809 |
| Irkutsk region | 2 027 672 | 179 255 364 | 88,40 | 172 | 15 399 |
| St. Petersburg | 1 073 784 | 42 115 891 | 39,22 | 50 | 1 656 |
| Krasnoyarsk region | 936 809 | 75 499 720 | 80,59 | 72 | 4 446 |
| Primorsky Krai | 900 219 | 82 898 343 | 92,09 | 51 | 4 911 |
| Vologda Region | 518 711 | 21 324 443 | 41,11 | 28 | 661 |
| Leningrad region | 491 285 | 18 906 467 | 38,48 | 33 | 721 |
| The Republic of Karelia | 364 249 | 16 473 314 | 45,23 | 53 | 1 396 |
| Amur region | 150 655 | 9 892 277 | 65,66 | 15 | 223 |
| Pskov region | 122 319 | 5 394 509 | 44,10 | 23 | 510 |
| Rest | 915 336 | 57 742 243 | 63,08 | 356 | 6 785 |
| Total | 9 754 511 | 666 291 499 | 40 517 |
Timber exports by country of destination
Two-thirds of the supply of Russian raw timber, which is 6.5 million cubic meters, fall on China. Another notable recipient is Finland with 2.6 million cubic meters of wood. Shares of other recipient countries is much lower than 1%.
| Departure country | Weight, m3 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 | Importers | Declarations |
| China | 6 545 755 | 527 560 300 | 80,60 | 618 | 32 171 |
| Finland | 2 583 586 | 99 334 732 | 38,45 | 183 | 5 319 |
| Germany | 130 524 | 6 771 164 | 51,88 | 8 | 35 |
| Sweden | 100 696 | 4 518 466 | 44,87 | 6 | 24 |
| Japan | 99 340 | 11 287 818 | 113,63 | 27 | 363 |
| Uzbekistan | 92 459 | 3 981 690 | 43,06 | 65 | 1 162 |
| Latvia | 78 892 | 4 876 438 | 61,81 | 38 | 451 |
| Romania | 31 231 | 2 025 695 | 64,86 | 4 | 127 |
| Poland | 25 477 | 1 419 549 | 55,72 | 12 | 326 |
| Turkey | 16 716 | 789 881 | 47,25 | 7 | 57 |
| Rest | 49 835 | 3 725 765 | 74,76 | 68 | 482 |
| Other | 9 754 511 | 666 291 499 | 40 517 |
Top 20 exporters of forest
The group of twenty largest timber exporters includes the companies with supply volumes of 88 thousand cubic meters. In the average, the leading twenty covered about 40% of timber export. The remaining 60% is divided by more than 800 smaller participants.
| Importer | Weight, m3 | Value, USD | Average price of USD/m3 | Importers | Declarations |
| TD RFP | 721 763 | 50 985 589 | 70,64 | 50 | 1 176 |
| Ltd. "Stora Enso Forest West" | 353 206 | 12 274 308 | 34,75 | 2 | 190 |
| JSC "Group" Ilim " | 208 356 | 21 277 917 | 102,12 | 17 | 1 052 |
| Ltd. "Rimbunan Hijau DV" | 195 242 | 12 924 710 | 66,20 | 13 | 108 |
| JSC "Terneyles" | 193 532 | 12 183 848 | 62,96 | 13 | 70 |
| LTD "Levan" | 161 205 | 13 064 712 | 81,04 | 26 | 687 |
| CJSC "Forist - Starma" | 151 268 | 9 246 335 | 61,13 | 14 | 37 |
| Ltd. "ATHENA-DV" | 138 698 | 15 677 051 | 113,03 | 125 | 1 320 |
| JSC "Primorsklesprom" | 136 167 | 9 122 157 | 66,99 | 12 | 40 |
| CJSC "GROUP" VLP " | 133 309 | 5 353 381 | 40,16 | 11 | 140 |
| Ltd. "UPM-Kymmene" | 126 985 | 3 127 948 | 24,63 | 2 | 74 |
| SP Zarechnoye Valery | 124 351 | 9 804 874 | 78,85 | 10 | 615 |
| Ltd. "THIRD TRANSPORT COMPANY" | 117 006 | 8 911 296 | 76,16 | 5 | 312 |
| JSC "Shelekhovsky KLPH" | 114 233 | 7 577 321 | 66,33 | 7 | 22 |
| Ltd. "Eksportles" | 109 353 | 10 370 750 | 94,84 | 18 | 1 020 |
| Ltd. "PrimaLes" | 108 275 | 6 458 711 | 59,65 | 7 | 456 |
| Ltd. "Metsä FOREST Podporozhe" | 96 903 | 4 660 464 | 48,09 | 1 | 62 |
| GROUP LLC "Alatau" | 96 614 | 7 398 720 | 76,58 | 12 | 365 |
| CJSC "AVSTROFOR" | 94 918 | 3 728 638 | 39,28 | 5 | 110 |
| OOO "Flora" | 88 035 | 5 494 293 | 62,41 | 9 | 152 |
| Other | 6 275 325 | 435 994 167 | 69,48 | 1 571 | 32 487 |