subject: "russian Pulp And Paper Industry, 2008 Annual Report" Baked - Russia, Pulp - Paper [print this page] Recently, Russia Pulp And paper industry associations submitted a "Russian pulp and paper industry, 2008 annual report" ("the Report"). "Report" summarizes the conclusion of the following 8-point.
1.2008, the Russian pulp and paper industry began to improve the ability to produce high value-added products (first of all Wrapper Boards and paper for medical and health aspects of products); and used to improve products to increase competitiveness, improve product quality and production Environmental protection Projects such as investment products.
2. The Russian Federation the new revised "Forest Law" and the July 30, 2007 issued Decree No. 413 "On the priority areas of investment in forest development projects" on the process had a positive impact. Investment in heat recovery, domestic and foreign investors are interested in forest-rich region and the local government to discuss the new pulp and Paper mill A significant increase in the number of projects. Some items have been included in the Russian Industry and Trade of the building directory.
3. Unfortunately, the international Financial Significant effect on the crisis began, the pace of project implementation.
4. Russia's pulp and paper companies in general in the fourth quarter of 2008, began to feel the international financial crisis. In the meantime, the international financial crisis from spreading further and reduce the domestic and foreign products on the pulp and paper industry of effective demand; the same time, pulp and paper prices also declined. As a result, pulp and paper companies to reduce profits significantly, closing on Dec. 1, 2008, in 2008 the profits of the first 11 months compared with the same period in 2007, a decrease of nearly 1-fold, to 8.6 billion rubles.
5. In the international financial crisis spread, the majority of pulp and paper company took the unusual cost-saving measure. December 1, 2008 and October 1 the same year comparison, pulp and paper enterprises accounts receivable decreased by 21.3%, overdue accounts payable decreased by 2.1%.
6. The Russian Federation developed countries in the international financial crisis measures to support industrial production, in fact not been implemented (mainly due to federal agencies in the implementation of the national government's bureaucracy and drag the command style of work), the results also affected the production of pulp and paper companies.
7. Pulp and paper industry products, foreign trade deficit continues to widen. The current unfavorable investment environment, to promote import substitution production of long-term investment project, the objective has not been possible. In this case, will continue to import high value-added pulp and paper products to meet the growing needs of the domestic market.
8.2008, the entire industry produced a total of 9,962,400 t (per capita was 70.2kg) marketable products (including commodity pulp, Paper And board), for the 2007 production of 99.6%. In 2008, the consumption of paper and paperboard increased in 2007 compared to 10.0% in the domestic market 53.0kg.2008 per capita paper and paperboard products in the consumption of domestic production of 71.1% (2007 73.5%).
