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Last year, European countries and the US have imposed export trade restrictions on Russian timber and other industries, and Central Asian countries have become the main markets for Russian timber merchants.\u00a0However, routes from Russia to Central Asian countries are restricted, leading to a significant increase in transport costs for Russian timber traders.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum, the Interregional Association of the Siberian Agreement presented a long-term plan for the development of international and foreign economic relations in the Siberian region, eliminating infrastructure constraints in the ever-changing commodity logistics, through targeted support measures to increase the competitiveness of producers and remove unnecessary trade barriers are priorities for Siberia and the entire Russian Federation.<\/p>\n
Vasily Potomkin, deputy governor of the Tomsk region in charge of investment policy and property relations, said that further measures are needed to encourage the export of deep woodworking products to Central Asian countries.<\/p>\n
Russian timber companies are deeply troubled by the sanctions imposed by European and American countries.\u00a0Pavel Chashchin, director of Russia's forest management agency Roslesinforg, suggested that wood processing companies in the north-west Russia should consider relocating to Siberia and the Far East in order to recover exports that had fallen due to sanctions.<\/p>\n
However, this is not an easy task for lumber traders in the Northwest, which requires transportation of production equipment, investigation and assessment of environmental conditions, and re-selection of sites, etc., which are difficult for lumber producers who have experienced serious difficulties.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the removal of timber export barriers proposed by Siberian timber merchants will greatly facilitate the transportation of timber in various regions of the Russian Federation, further reducing the time and cost of timber transportation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last year, European countries and the US have imposed export trade restrictions on Russian timber and other industries, and Central Asian countries have become the main markets for Russian timber merchants.\u00a0However, routes from Russia to Central Asian countries are restricted, … Continue reading