In January 2018 , Brazilian exports of wood products ( except pulp and paper ) increased 28.8 % in value compared to January 2017 , from $ 183.7 million to $ 236.6 million , ITTO reported .
The value of pine sawnwood exports increased 23 % between January 2017 ($ 33.6 million ) and January 2018 ($ 41.2 million ). In terms of volume , exports increased 18 % over the same period , from
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168,300 cubic metres to 198,900 cubic metres .
In contrast tropical sawnwood exports fell around 12 % in volume , from 32,800 cubic metres in January 2017 to 29,000 cubic metres in January 2018 . But unit prices were higher such that export values fell less than 1 % over the same period .
Pine plywood export values increased a startling 55 % in
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January 2018 in comparison with a year earlier from $ 34.8 million to $ 54 million . The volume of plywood exports increased but by only 27 % over the same period , from 133,000 cubic metres to 169,400 cubic metres .
As for tropical plywood , exports increased in both volume and value , from 10,600 cubic metres ($ 3.9 million ) in January 2017 to 12,300 cubic metres ($ 5.1 million )
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in January 2018 .
The good news on exports continued with for wooden furniture where export values rose from $ 26.6 million in January 2017 to $ 32 million in January 2018 , a 20 % rise .
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The consolidated turnover of Latvijas Finieris Group in 2017 reached Euro 229 million , which is 7 % more than in 2016 . With a steady demand , Latvijas Finieris exported a total of Euro 185 million worth of products in 2017 , mainly to partners in the European continent ( 83 %) and Asia . |
The total amount of taxes paid by Latvijas Finieris Group in Latvia last year was Euro 18.7 million . Consequently , over the last ten years , the total amount of taxes paid to the Latvian budget has reached Euro 130 million .
In addition , as of 2011 , Latvijas Finieris Group has been charged
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a total of Euro 12.4 million as the Compulsory Energy Component to support renewable energy and security of the power supply in Latvia . Taking into account the changes in the calculation of this component , this year the planned amount is Euro 1.6 million ( at the same level of economic activity in |
Latvia ).
Latvijas Finieris is one of the largest birch plywood producing companies in the world with production in all Baltic countries and in Finland .
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Russian sawmills exported approximately 84 thousands m3 of softwood lumber to Egypt in January , analysis company Woodstat reported . This represents |
an increase of 42 % compared to January 2017 . Deliveries from Sweden decreased by 7 % during the month and Finland increased the export by 3 %. |
The Russian export to Egypt increased by 63 % during the fourth quarter of 2017 compared to same quarter previous year . With increased deliveries from |
the Russian sawmills they are increasing their market share again in the Egyptian market after a significant loss during the first half of 2017 . |