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Issue date: 
December 3rd, 2010

EU - Russia deal could end log export tariffs

Reuters reported this week that Russia and the European Union struck a deal on Wednesday to phase out Russian export tariffs on raw materials.This is designed to smooth the way for Moscow’s entry into the WTO.

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December 1, 2010

Finland overhauls timber price information data

More detailed price information, including data broken down by felling type, is to be published by Finland’s forest industry in a bid to help timber sales.

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November 25, 2010

Reduction of Russian timber duties after negotiations with WTO

Russia will reduce its wood tariffs probably within a year. Russia has given this promise to reduce timber dutis in negatiations to the European Commission in exchange for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) according to the Finnish TV Yle.

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November 25, 2010

Electricity prices in Sweden and Norway has increased sharply over the past week

One of the major cost in forestry, pulp and basic industries are high electricity prices.

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Nov 22, 2010

Cameroon Timber Tax Shows Problems Distributing REDD Payments To Locals

A new study finds a lack of transparency and corruption are reducing the impact of an initiative in Cameroon that channels a portion of national timber levies to rural forest communities. The study highlights the challenges of using a climate change pact to do something similar in forested regions around the world.

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November 20, 2010

Timber shortage in Kenya forces merchants to import commodity

A chronic timber shortage has hit Kenya forcing the country to turn to expensive imports from neighboring countries.

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15 November 2010

Forestry industry fears for jobs if 100m trees are not planted

SCOTLAND'S forests are in deep decline, threatening jobs and carbon-cutting targets, despite a Scottish Government pledge to plant 100 million new trees by 2015, industry experts have warned.
Issue date: 
November 12, 2010

Lower prices for timber products in Sweden

The recent positive trend in prices on wood products has turned.

Issue date: 
November 12, 2010

Production halt in forestry group Södra

The advantage for Swedish sawmills has disappeared with the appreciation of the Swedish Crown.

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November 11th, 2010

Ruukki Group to pull out of pulp mill and sawmill project in Russia

Ruukki Group, a Finland-based company that focuses on wood-based industrial business operations, has scrapped its plans to build a large pulp mill and sawmill in the Kostroma Oblast in Russia. reports Helsingin Sanomat..The company did not accept the contract changes requested by the Kostroma authorities and decided to pull out of the project. 
Ruukki is accusing the Kostroma local administration of contract violations and plans to seek damages in a local court of first instance.
     

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