Russia (Russian Federation)

The capacity of the rolled metal market in the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2023 decreased by 3% compared to the first quarter of 2022, but showed a brisk growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2022 (+6%).

Turkey has increased the fee for the passage of ships through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits by 8.3% and will now revise it annually, at the end of June. In October last year, fees have already been raised five times.

According to the results of last year, the export of Russian timber decreased by 70%, to 3.8 million m3. Such a sharp drop is due to the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 396 dated 03/18/2021 on restrictions on the export of softwood and hardwood timber

Recently, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Dmitry Patrushev announced the possibility of exporting over 55 million tons of grain in the 2022-2023 agricultural year (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023), including 45 million tons of wheat.

The year 2022 was a record year for Russia in terms of the volume of housing commissioned: out of 102.7 million m2, more than half is private housing construction. This means that 57.2 million m2 of housing was built in the low-rise construction segment in 2022.

Financial indicators of timber companies in Russia reached their peaks in 2021, which was due to the recovery of consumer demand after the covid 2021, extraordinary prices for lumber and the growth of housing construction.

The Russian fruit and berry sector is showing steady growth against the background of an increase in the area under fruit and berry plantations, an increase in gross yields and an expansion of state support.

Until recently, the production of base polymers in the Russian Federation was developing at a faster pace. Often these materials went past domestic processors abroad. By supplying basic polymers for export, our country provided foreign countries with cheap raw materials

The share of clothing and footwear in the children's goods market is approximately 43%. The first trend that needs to be mentioned is a decrease in the birth rate. This is evidenced by a large number of experts and at the state level

Restrictions on the supply of Russian synthetic rubbers were included in the tenth package of EU sanctions. On the one hand, their production in Russia is export-oriented. On the other hand. Russia began to lose the European market in 2022.