In 2015, total volume of wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 10% year-over-year, to 2.068 million tons in 2014. The volume of Russian exports of newsprint for the reporting period amounted to 1.106 million tons, 6.3% lower than in 2014.

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Wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 10% in 2015

Feb 29, 2016. /Lesprom Network/. In 2015, total volume of wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 10% year-over-year, to 2.068 million tons in 2014, as Federal Customs Service of Russia said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The volume of Russian exports of newsprint for the reporting period amounted to 1.106 million tons, 6.3% lower than in 2014.

Exports of wood pulp from Russia increased by 0.8% in value and amounted to $1.048 billion; exports of newsprint decreased by 28.8% to $443.5 million.

1.998 million tons of wood pulp (+11%) worth $1.01 billion (+1%) were shipped to other countries in 2015; to CIS countries – 70.6 thousand tons (-4.2%) worth $37.6 million (-13.2%).

997 thousand tons of newsprint (-4.6%) worth $397.9 million (-27.4%) were shipped to other countries in 2015; to CIS countries – 108.6 thousand tons (-18.2%) worth $45.6 million (-38.6%).