In the 1st half of 2013, Russia increased logs supply to Finland and Sweden by 67.2% and 56.4% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
However, logs supply to China decreased (by 10.7%), as well as to South Korea (by 26%) and to Japan (by 5.6%).
In June 2013, logs supply from Russia to Finland was almost equal to the volume of exports to China year-on-year.
For the first six months of 2013, the share of the largest 15 exporters from Russia increased up to 43%.
According to the report, Russian timber continues to fall in price: with growth of 8.7% the value of exports fell by 7.6%.
In the first half of the year, the highest average price of log export was observed in supplies to Japan, the lowest - to Finland.
Russian wood export reporting is included in the 29 page quarterly publication ‘’Wood export from Russia’’. The report, established in 2010, tracks the latest trends in Russian wood export, export prices and supplies volume.
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