Volumes stay above last year’s level, while March sawlog and pulpwood prices fall from December.
Logs
Pulpwood value jumps 17.1% while fuel wood climbs 2.6% and coniferous logs lead sawlog gains.
Industry groups seek a three-year bankruptcy moratorium as losses top 15 billion rubles.
Exports of logs from Brazil contracted 29%.
The licence will support about 445 truckloads of logs a year and supply wood for split-rail fencing made at the company’s Kootenay operation.