Illegal logging

Roundwood (4403)

Sawn wood (4407)

Pulp, paper (47-49)

270 348 Roundwood (4403) Sawn wood (4407) Pulp, paper (47-49) 356

CHINA

117

356

0

270 348

1.115 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 Value, billion USD 0.936 0.762

-42

-33

24.7

18

0.782

9.3

3

0.714

0

-29.3

1.203

1.101

SOUTH KOREA CHINA -2.7

1.095

1.272

-249

2012

2013

Pulp, paper 2014

Source: Russian customs data. Roundwood

Sawn wood

2

4403 and 4407

0

Graph by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.

117

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Figure 10: Russian exports of wood-based products to China, 2012–2014

FINLAND

Roundwood

-276

113

89%

China

0

SWEDEN

22.6

11.2

3.2

0

7.8%

-0.23 -0.5 -42 -33

Other countries

0.4%

2.8% Japan

Million USD

Million kg

South Korea

Source: Customs services.

Graph by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.

Figure 8: Balance of Russian exports of wood products to four major trade partners

Sawn wood

9.3 18 24.7 Other countries 17%

87.3% China

Mozambique

Myanmar

3

2%

Solomon Islands 4% Ukraine

2%

3%

0

New Zeland 22%

Australia 5%

Canada 6%

Russian Federation

8%

7%

USA 11%

Papua New Guinea

21%

Other countries

-29.3

2.5% 2.2%

South Korea

Japan

Source: Russian customs data.

Graph by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.

Source: Chinese customs data.

Graph by Manana Kurtubadze, GRID-Arendal, 2015.

Figure 9: Major roundwood exporting countries to China in 2014 Figure 11: Importers of forest products from the Russian Far East in 2014

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