Logging in the Far East will increase, as the «northern» forest is always competitive — stated this chapter Minvostokrazvitiya — Ambassador in Far Eastern Federal District Viktor Ishayev — by assessing the state of the forest industry in the region. Today the timber industry of the Far East are 1065 enterprises engaged in logging, wood processing, logistics and timber trade. The industry employs nearly 40000 people. Tax receipts from companies lespopromyshlennogo complex DVFO all budgets in 2012 amounted to 2 million rubles mlrd.536. Subject to the successful implementation of investment projects in 2016 tax revenues will increase by 1 mlrd.592 million and $ 4 million mlrd.128. Envoy added that the situation in the timber market of the Asia-Pacific region will increase interest in the Russian timber. «We need to understand the specifics — we have a forest of north. It is used for external purposes, for housing. Unlike ours, southern forest does not tolerate ambient temperatures and humidity. He goes to the interior trim. Our forest does not replace them. It is necessary to understand and work in this direction. We must strive not to much, and if the same number to get more revenue «- summed Viktor Ishayev. According to estimates of the Plenipotentiary Representative of RF President in the Far Eastern Federal District and Minvostokrazvitiya Russia, in 2016 the volume of wood timber industry complex of the Far East is expected to grow by 45% to reach 17 million cubic meters mln.264. «Today, a small logging. Far Eastern Federal District — is 11-12 million cubic meters per year. Once upon a time these volumes were procured only in one Khabarovsk region. According to our calculations to 2016 the volume will increase to 17-18 million per year «, — said Viktor Ishayev. According to him, the amount of wood processing will also increase by about 128%. In 2012 the Far East reworked mln.860 4 million cubic meters of wood. It is planned that in 2016 will reach 11 processing mln.88 thousand cubic meters. Viktor Ishayev believes that to increase recycling everything possible. «Today is sometimes considered to be processing that sawed wood on board, left the garbage here and lumber sold. Gradually, however, there is a number of projects for the production of parquet, veneer, MDF boards. These projects should be supported by the state, then there will be a significant boost to the development of the forest industry. Of course, you have to change the customs regulation in the framework of the WTO requirements. If the profitability of unprocessed timber is higher than the processed, then, anyway, to develop wood processing will not work. The economy itself has come to make deep processing «, — said the plenipotentiary.
Yegor Ivanov, RIA «VladNews»