European countries were not among the top 10 buyers of Russian timber in 2023. At the same time, the Asian market has also increased its position, as can be seen from the collected infographics. RBC.
A year ago, the top ten leaders in terms of imports of timber from Russia included Estonia (0.51 million cubic meters) and Finland (0.39 million cubic meters). The countries ranked fifth and tenth respectively. Now they are replaced by Kyrgyzstan (0.42 million cubic meters) and Hong Kong (0.28 million cubic meters).
At the end of last year, Singapore was also left out of the rankings. In 2022, the country purchased 0.2 million cubic meters. m timber ranks eighth among the top 10 importers of this product. According to the results of 2023, South Korea ranks eighth with 0.34 million cubic meters. M.
The top 4 remained unchanged. The leader in the volume of timber purchases from Russia was again China with 13.08 million cubic meters. m. is followed by Uzbekistan (2 million cubic meters) and Kazakhstan (0.93 million cubic meters). Azerbaijan closes the top four with 0.52 million cubic meters. M.
Before reported On reducing timber exports from Russia.
Previously the largest Russian timber merchants reported losses are increasing.