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Increases in Russian lumber exports
Increases in Russian lumber exports have not compensated for the decline in log exports that came as the result the implementation of higher log export tariffs by Russia in 2007, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
The Russian log export tax that was implemented in 2007 resulted in a sharp decline of log exportation with the Russian share of globally traded logs falling from 44% in 2006 to 15% in 2013. During the same period, lumber exports have increased but shipments have not compensated for the decline in income from the log exports, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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