At the beginning of the new year, the Chinese timber industry is waiting for the market to recover, but it has begun to face new challenges for imported timber.  On January 1, 2022, Russia has officially implemented a ban on the export of unprocessed or roughly processed softwood and valuable hardwood logs. As a major region exporting timber to China, the rise in timber prices in 2021 will directly lead to a rapid rise in local timber prices in Russia, which will probably lead the Russian government to introduce corresponding policies to curb the rapid rise ...