Forestry in Russia

The timber industry is a significant contributor to the economy of Russia, worth around 20 billion dollars per year.

Russia has more than a fifth of the world's forests, which makes it the largest forest country in the world.[1][2] However, according to a 2012 study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Government of the Russian Federation,[3][4] the considerable potential of Russian forests is underutilized and Russia's share of the global trade in forest products is less than four percent.[5][6]

Russian forest-based industries financials

taiga in Kamchatka Krai

Profitability ratio of Russian forest industry companies decreased harshly in 2008, as indicated in the annual Top 50 Russian Forest Industry rating published by Lesnaya Industriya Russian magazine.

Following the results of 2008, joint revenue of companies listed in the Lesnaya Industriya’s Top 50 amounted to 216.34 billion roubles ($7.19 billion). Ten largest companies had over 70% of the total Top 50 joint revenue. Joint net benefit of 50 companies made up 6.26 billion roubles ($208.1 million). Share of woodworking companies that do not deal in pulp and paper business was slightly over 27% of the total revenue and 26.8% of the total net benefit.

Average profitability ratio of Top 50 companies decreased to 0.7%, compared to 9.0% in the previous year. Woodworking companies’ profitability was slightly higher than that of pulp and paper companies (5.7% and 4.9% respectively). Only four of the Top 50 companies managed to reach a double-digit profitability ratio.

Zelenodolskiy plywood plant had the highest profitability ratio (17%) in 2008. The fastest-growing forest industry company in Russia was United Panel Group, which revenue boosted by 89.5% up to 3.04 billion roubles. Among pulp and paper companies, the fastest-growing was Obyedinyonnye bumazhnye fabriki (United paper mills, +49.6% up to 1.76 billion roubles).

Ilim Group gained the largest net benefit un 2008 (1.67 billion roubles) and was also listed in the Top 50 forest industry companies as having the largest revenue (37.92 billion roubles).

The Top 50 Russian Forest Industry rating is prepared and published by Lesnaya Industriya magazine on the base of companies’ accounting reporting and data provided by th companies. [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ FAO. 2010. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. Main Report. FAO Forestry Working Paper 163, Rome, Italy
  2. ↑ FAO. 2010. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. Main Report. FAO Forestry Working Paper 163, Rome, Italy (Russian)
  3. ↑ Innovations and investments urged to modernize Russian forest sector www.fao.org
  4. ↑ Russian Federation Forest Sector Outlook Study to 2030 www.fao.org/forestry
  5. ↑ FAO. 2012. Russian Federation Forest Sector Outlook Study to 2030. Rome, Italy
  6. ↑ FAO. 2012. Russian Federation Forest Sector Outlook Study to 2030. Rome, Italy (Russian)
  7. ↑ Bogatyrev, Alexei; Fateeva, Veronika; Fedotkina, Yana (October 6, 2009), "Profitability ratio of Russian forest industry companies decreased harshly", Lesnaya Industriya
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