May 28, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. “Now the logging for export will be controlled by interdepartmental commission”, it was announced by plenipotentiary representative of the president of Russian Federation in Siberian federal district Anatoliy Kvashnin at the meeting of the board of Federal customs service on May 26 in Tomsk. In 2006 lumber export from Siberia rose by 21.5% to $1.8 billion. From this amount 14.2 million cubic meters worth $986.4 million consisted of logs.