Russian Forest Based Industries after 2022

For more than 20 years, Lesprom Network has been providing subscribers with an annual review of the state of the forest based industry in Russia. In 2023, Lesprom Network to release a special 21st review of Russian forest based industries based on the results of 2022. The review contains a detailed analysis of the impact of sanctions on key segments of the industry, including production, exports, imports and prices. The review provides an analysis of the main events of the year that affected the industry in Russia, and it includes forecasts for 2023.

The review also provides the following insights:

• How the Russian economy has changed and how these changes have affected the industry (exchange rate, inflation, structure of exports and imports, reorientation to Asia and the Middle East).
  

• What was the timeline of the sanctions in 2022, how did they affect certain segments of the industry (limitation of sales markets, termination of supplies of equipment and components, logistics issues).
  

• How has the ownership structure in the Russian forest based industries changed (which Western companies left, who are the new owners of assets, how transactions were structured, what were the losses of the companies).
  

• What restrictions in the domestic market affected manufacturers.
  

• What were the most important changes in the state regulation of the industry.
  

• The review details how the production and export volumes of logs, lumber, plywood, wood pellets have changed.
  

• How the change in exports from Russia affected the markets of Europe, the U.S., Asia and the Middle East in 2022.
  

• The review presents trends in the international markets for wood products, changes in prices and directions of supply in 2022.
  

• The review contains information on the volumes of production and export of lumber, chipboard, MDF, fiberboard, OSB, plywood, wood pellets, pulp, paper, cardboard and paper sacks.
  

• The review is complemented by the tables “Timeline of the sanctions”, “List of investment projects in the Russian forest based industries at the end of 2022”, "Foreign companies that left the Russian forest based industry".
  

• The review contains a forecast for the development of the Russian forest based industry for 2023. 
  
  

The review contains over 200 pages of market data.

Separately available is a Zoom/Teams consultation with the authors of the report “The Russian Forest Based Industries after 2022”. Presentation and Q&A session. Duration 60 - 90 minutes.

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