Monday, September 6, 2021
Russia announces significant increase in production of pellets and plywood in the first half of 2021. It has been also recorded that the Russian manufacturers increased production of wood-fuel pellets by 16.5%.
The volume of production of plywood was also significant between January and June 2020 and 2021 which show an increase of production by 15,4% to 2,3 million m³. Positive dynamics was recorded in the production of fiberboard – + 25,7% to 355 million m³ and chipboard – + 30,6% to 5,5 million m³.
As for the sawn timber market, in the reporting period, production increased by 2,7%, reaching 14,8 million m³. At the same time, the production of wooden windows and window frames increased by 10,2% and amounted to 204 thousand m², wooden doors and door frames and thresholds increased by 30,6% and amounted to 7,8 million m².
Pulp production by Russian industrialists, according to Rosstat, in the first six months of 2021 remained at the level of the same period last year, having lost only 0,1%. The total production volume was 4,4 million tons. The production of paper and cardboard, on the contrary, increased by 5,9% and amounted to 2021 million tons in January-June 5. The production of corrugated packaging increased by 20,9% and amounted to 3,4 billion m².
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