The Japan Real Estate Institute recently announced the results of a survey concerning the value of timberland and the value of standing timber at the current time of the end of March.

JV Arkaim LLC, a large-scale lumber exporting company in Khabarovsk in Russia, made a presentation at Shinjuku Park Tower in Tokyo on November 25. At the presentation, General Director Alexander Lepihov and executive officers of the company, who were visiting to Japan, jointly with the staff of its Japanese contact point SHINRYOKU Co., Ltd., explained the current situation of the company to the Japanese guests of 22 companies or 34 people.

Five departments including the State Administration of Forestry, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Taxation Administration recently released their plan for the revitalization of the forest industry 2010-2012. This will serve as the foundation for an action plan to support the industry through the current global economic crisis.

The wood pellet industry in North America has grown six-fold since 2004, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review. The dramatic expansion has resulted in higher costs for sawdust and wood chips in the regions with the greatest growth, including Western US and Canada.

Research is a vital and undeniable company value. It's with this basic, perennial philosophy that Alpi continues its journey of experimentation. The company, a multinational group, has achieved a position of global leadership in wood production, expanding the boundaries of this material, and over time enriching the field with new and striking stylistic interpretations.

Australia, the world largest exporter of wood chips reduced shipments by 28% during the first half of 2009. The biggest decline was that of softwood and hardwood chips to Japan, which were down 31% and 36%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2008.

Hardwood fiber costs for the global pulp industry have surpassed the cost for softwood fiber in 2009 as demand for hardwood pulp rose, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.

Metla research institute (Finland) has published Finnish Forest Sector Economic Outlook 2009-2010

Russian leaders are optimistic about the economy's outlook, perhaps for good reason. Exports have grown steadily, rising oil prices are supporting the balance of payments, and industrial production is recovering. However, domestic consumption remains weak, casting doubt on the strength and sustainability of the recovery. While Medvedev's ambitious plans for modernization could aid the recovery, they currently lack both details and execution mechanisms.

This is not just a slogan, but the simple observation of a situation characterized by application increase and by a particular mood for the organization of the next edition of Xylexpo, the biennial international exhibition of woodworking technology and furniture industry supplies to be held next 4-8 May in the Milan Exhibition Center in Rho. The first - though very limited - signs of recovery are combined with a growing number of applications and information requests, also as to semifinished products, an industry the exhibition is welcoming with higher and higher enthusiasm.

Following the resignations of board members Grazia Finocchiaro (Scm Group) and Gianni Raggi (Cefla), the Managing Board of Acimall - the Confindustria member association representing over 90 percent of Italian woodworking technology production - was joined by Giancarlo Anselmi and Roberto de Joannon.

The pulp industry in Canada has sharply reduced production the past two years both as a result of weaker pulp and paper markets worldwide and also because of less competitive pulp manufacturing facilities. Wood costs have increased for many plants as the result of reduced availability of relatively inexpensive sawmill residuals, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.

UPM plans significant restructuring to ensure the competitiveness of its Plywood and Timber operations in Finland. The target is to remarkably improve the businesses' long-term cost competitiveness and increase value added of the production in Finland. Co-operation negotiations with employees concerning the plans will start immediately.

The Finnish government will give its consent to the Nord Stream project if Russia promises not to boost export tariffs on round timber, Russian media reports.

Head of the Republic of Karelia Sergey Katanadov has taken part in the Finnish-Russian forest summit held in St.Petersburg.

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