Russian Pulp and Paper industry seems to be getting out from decline

Author: Anton Chernoberezhsky

Russia keeps the first place in the world wood reserves (25% of the total volume of woods). Woods are covering about 40% of its territory - 722 mln. hectares. But if we look at the Russian pulp and paper industrial ranking in the world we will find (data PPI) that Russia is producing only 3% of worlds pulp and paper products - 8 times less than USA, 6 times less than China, 2,5 times less Japan. Total 2008 PPI production in Russia according to recent report of RAO Bumprom (Russian Association of Pulp and Paper industry) totaled 9 962,4 thousand tons. But at the same time the economic crises impact on Russian PPI was much less than in European Pulp and Paper industry, as practically all the players on European market according to EUWID Pulp and Paper reported losses in 2009 Jan.- June net profits.

On September 15 the Russian Federal Statistics Service published the report on industrial production Jan. 2009 - August 2009). According to published data the situation in Russian Pulp and Paper industry is improving. 8 month production figures show that market pulp production was 1,3 mln.t - 81% compared to respective period of 2008, board-2,2 mln.t- 88,8%, paper- 2,6 mln.t- 93,5%. First four months 2009 production figures were 74,1, 84,2 and 90,5% respectively.

But the situation is not equal at every plant. According to RAO Bumprom factories located in Arkhangelsk region in Jan. - July 2009 reduced pulp and market pulp production by 19,2 and 31,4% respectively, paper production was down by 22,9%.

At the same time many Russian Pulp and Paper factories managed to maintain 2008 level of production. Good results were shown by Svetogorsk plant (International Paper), Siktivkar Complex (Mondi paper), Ust-Ilimsk and Bratsk plants (Ilim group) et ali.

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