In Primorye, to the end of February 2013 the volume of export of raw logs account for over 75 percent of the total exported in the month of timber.
According to the Primorsky Branch FGBU «All-Russian Centre for Plant Quarantine» Rosselkhoznadzor, in February 2013 the specialists of the branch was established quarantine phytosanitary state of 207600 cubic meters of timber for export.
Of this number, 39500 were sawn cubic meters, and the volume of raw logs — 156600 cubic meters, accounting for 75.4% of the total exported abroad in February timber.
As previously reported in a number of federal media, Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Industry and find it necessary to increase the export customs duties to prohibitive levels for unprocessed wood of coniferous trees (spruce, pine, fir).
At the same time, Ministry of Industry, given Russia\’s accession to the WTO, in favor of raising the rates of export customs duties on raw pine wood to prohibitive level of 80%, but not less than € 552 per 1 cu. m now on these categories to export rate of 25%, but not less than € 15 per 1 cu. m According to representatives of agencies, it also hurt exporters abused when declaring exports. But the main goal — to download the domestic wood processing facilities, which are now in demand by only 51%.