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The main driver of the current growth of the demand for boards in Russia is a rapid development of housing construction in Russia. In fact, the demand for boards in the domestic market has been steadily
growing since June 2020. According to our data in the second half of 2020 and the first half of 2021, the demand significantly exceeded the pre-pandemic figures
Currently we still have some free premises and areas in the territory of our plant, which may provide us an opportunity for a further expansion of production already in the short-term.” According to the company, the new production facility uses by-products of its own production, operating on the basis of the concept of resource conservation. The company is also hopeful that the provision of new forest lands will create conditions for a further expansion of its production. Currently, CJSC Murom already operates significant forest areas in the Vladimir region. These forest areas are primarily located in the Aleksandrovsky and Kirzhachsky districts of the region. Implementation of the project is supported by the Russian federal government and the authorities of the Kostroma region. Overall, the development of the board
industry has become one of the priorities for the Russian federal government in recent years. This is also confirmed by a recent visit of
Russia’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov – a state official responsible for the development of the boards industry – to the Komi Republic, where a new MDF plant is currently being built by LLC Luzales, which is one of the largest sawmills in Russia with the volume of harvested timber more than 1 million m3
in 2020. Building of the plant became part of an
investment agreement, signed between the company and the Komi authorities this summer at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
The new MDF plant will be built in the
Syktyvdinsky region of the Komi Republic within the territory of the special economic zone of “Sever”, while the volume of investments will reach an almost record RUB32bn (US$449m). The plant will have a capacity of 1 million
m3
of finished products per year and create more than 1,200 jobs. “The construction of a new MDF plant is an important strategic step for our company,” said Ruslan Semenyuk, chairman of LLC Luzales.
“We are systematically working to select areas for further investment development. Luzales is committed to the development and implementation of waste-free production technologies,” added Mr Semenyuk. “The construction of the plant will allow
us to process low-grade wood and ensure the production of competitive high-quality products.”
In the meantime, Timur Irtuganov from the
Association of Furniture and Woodworking Enterprises of Russia said other investment projects are also planned for implementation in Russia in the coming years. “Over the next year and 2023, a number of large-scale projects for the production of all types of boards including OSB, particleboard and MDF will be launched in different parts of Russia,” said Mr Irtuganov.
“In 2022-23, we are expecting the launch of a particleboard production project by Kastamonu in Tatarstan Republic, a centre of Russian petrochemical production and the project of Uvadrev-Holding, another leading Russian producer in the Uva district of Udmurtia Republic.” According to local analysts, in general the Russian board market has become quite chaotic due to the pandemic, which means that most local producers are not able to predict the level of their localisation within the next several months. In addition, the market is highly dependent on imported components – primarily chemical components for resins.
This year the Russian boards market faced a sharp increase in prices, which became part of a general trend of major growth of prices for construction materials in the local market. According to various estimates, the
growth of prices was equivalent to 300%, compared to the previous year, which forced the Russian anti-trust regulator, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), to initiate proceedings against some leading local producers.
Last month the Russian RBC business paper reported the opening of proceedings against Kronospan Group, one of the leading players in the Russian market.
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