The most important basic industry of the Republic of Karelia.
Activities:
- logging,
- woodworking,
- pulp and paper production.
32,1%
share of forestry enterprises in the total volume of shipped industrial goods in monetary terms at the end of 2020
4 large enterprises of the pulp and paper industry
- Segezha PPM JSC
- Kondopoga PPM JSC
- RK-Grand LLC
- Segezha Packaging LLC
More than 10 enterprises
produce a wide range of woodworking products (lumber, oriented strand board, fuel pellets, chipboard and other types of products)
Industry indicators for 2020
7.8 million m³
untreated wood
1 135.0 thousand m³
longitudinally sawn timber
335.3 thousand m³
particle boards
1,036.5 thousand tons
paper
448.1 million units
bags and paper bags
1,133.6 thousand tons
wood pulp and cellulose from other fibrous materials
The total volume of investments in 2020 by forestry enterprises amounted to 4.8 billion rubles or 89.2% by 2019, including:
3.3 billion rubles
pulp and paper industry
1.2 billion rubles
woodworking
0.3 billion rubles
logging
Investment projects
- Projects of the Segezha Group of Companies, including the modernization of Segezha PPM JSC, construction of a new sawmill
- Project of RK-Grand LLC for the modernization of a pulp mill in Pitkyaranta
- Construction of LLC DOK «Kalevala» of the second stage of the plant for the production of OSB boards
- Implementation of projects for the development of woodworking capacities at Solomensky Sawmill LLC, KLEZ-Astar LLC, Russian Forest Alliance LLC, Sortavalsky Sawmill LLC
State support at the federal level
- Law of the Republic of Karelia № 1687-ZRK dated March 05, 2013 «On State support of Investment activity in the Republic of Karelia$raquo;
- Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Karelia dated August 28, 2017 № 295-P «On approval of the Procedure for making a decision on the compliance of an investment project with the criteria for selecting investment projects to provide state support for Investment Activities in the Republic of Karelia and making a decision on recognizing an investment project as a priority investment project of the Republic of Karelia»
- Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Karelia dated August 27, 2018 № 318-P «On approval of the Procedure for Granting Subsidies from the Budget of the Republic of Karelia to Legal Entities (with the exception of subsidies to state (municipal) institutions), individual entrepreneurs, as well as individuals — producers of goods, works, services to compensate for part of the expenses of organizations to pay interest on loans received to finance investment projects»
- Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Karelia dated November 02, 2018 № 392-P «On approval of the Procedure for Granting Subsidies from the Budget of the Republic of Karelia to legal Entities (with the exception of subsidies to state (municipal) institutions), individual entrepreneurs, as well as individuals — producers of goods, works, services for partial reimbursement of costs for the purchase of machinery and equipment for the implementation of investment projects»
