For the first eight months of 2015 total volume of wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 12.9%, to 1.35 million tons year-over-year. The volume of Russian exports of newsprint for the reporting period amounted to 735.5 thousand tons, 6.7% lower than a year earlier.

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Wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 12.9% in January-August 2015

Oct 12, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. For the first eight months of 2015 total volume of wood pulp exports from Russia increased by 12.9%, to 1.35 million tons year-over-year, 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 735.5 thousand tons, 6.7% lower than a year earlier.

Exports of wood pulp from Russia increased by 6.8% in value and amounted to $716.2 million; exports of newsprint decreased by 29.4% to $300.7 million.

1.305 million tons of wood pulp (+13.5%) worth $690.1 million (+7.4%) were shipped to other countries in January- August 2015; to CIS countries – 47.4 thousand tons (+5.6%) worth $26.1 million (-6.1%).

667.3 thousand tons of newsprint (-4.8%) worth $271.6 million (-27.7%) were shipped to other countries in January- August 2015; to CIS countries – 68.2 thousand tons (-21.9%) worth $29.2 million (-42.2%).