Events

Conference: Timber and Processed Wood Market — 2025

Date: October 23–24, 2025

We invite you and your colleagues to the 10th International Conference «Timber and Processed Wood Market — 2025».

The Conference will be held on the 23rd–24th of October, 2025, at the Continental Hotel, Tverskaya str., 22, Moscow.

Key topics:

ROUND TIMBER MARKET:
— Live issues of forest legislation: new developments and how they may affect the industry
— Logging trends and prospects. Balance of Production and Distribution
— Providing enterprises with timber. The needs of processors (PPM, manufacturers of lumber, plywood, and slabs)
— Pricing in the timber market: variations and pricing factors. Logging cost evaluation
— LesEGAIS (Russian tracking system of wood and its sales), ERA-GLONASS (Russian automated emergency response system): their impact on procurement, sawn wood production costs, and sales

EXPORT OF RUSSIAN LUMBER:
— Sawn wood production projections for 2026. Sawn wood price indices. How sawn wood exports impact on Russian domestic prices
— How the US-China trade war is affecting the industry
— The current situation and development prospects of lumber consumption markets in Central Asian countries
— Market potential in India, and the Middle East
— State support measures for exporters

FORECAST OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LUMBER MARKETS IN RUSSIA
— Trends in the development of the wooden housing construction market
— Development prospects of the CLT panels and glued laminated timber market
— LVL timber in the construction of public areas
— Dynamics and forecast of demand for sawn wood in DIY retail trade
— The current situation on the market of wood used in transport packaging

CONSUMPTION OF PLYWOOD AND WOOD BOARDS IN RUSSIA AND IN EXPORT MARKETS
— Construction industry development outlook for 2026
— Plywood consumption trends in the transport segment
— Furniture manufacturing. Expectations and forecast for 2026
— The prospects of using plywood in the interior of public spaces
— Analysis and development potential of the wooden door market
— Evaluating the export potential of plywood and wood boards

LOGISTICS OF TIMBER MATERIALS AND FINISHED PRODUCTS
— Export logistics: challenges and opportunities
— Ways to ensure predictability and uniformity of quota approval for the shipment of a large — capacity containers to the eastern polygon
— Indexation of railway fares
— Trends in domestic transportation of timber goods by rail
— Logistics optimization options

The event annually gathers more than 150 top-managers of logging and woodworking companies, producers of wood slabs and plywood, companies of a wooden housing construction, representatives of the cellulose and paper mills, DIY chains, as well as transport companies providing services for export and domestic transportation of raw materials and finished products.