EXPORT OF RUSSIAN FORESTS: THE FIRST RESULTS OF THE NEW FOREST POLICY
The Russian Federation's forest resources constitute the fifth part of the world's wood resources. The major part of it is localized in the area of Siberian and Far-Eastern federal districts, that's 40 and 24, 9 % of the whole Russian supply. However, despite of significant resource supplies, wood and paper complexes of Siberian and Far East regions do not enjoy measurable positions in Russian wood industrial complex. Most of these territorial subjects' wood and paper industrial complexes tend to export raw materials (especially in China near-border areas) and can be characterized as low-tech woodworking enterprises. The object of this article is the analysis of the late changes, which took place in the areas of Siberian and Far East federal districts, linked to complex of measures aimed to shrinking of raw wooden material export and developing of manufacturing operations. During the research the author has found, that the rate of production of core woodworking goods in Siberian and Far East federal districts is equal about 33,5 and 10 % as for coarse wood material respectively. As for the processed woodworking materials lumber equals to 38 and 8 %, chipboard - 15,5 and 0,25 %, MDF - 19,5 and 0,0 %. Thereby from these areas it is exported about 30 % of volume (for both districts) of Russian wood materials, and about 60 % (Siberian district) and 10% (Far East district) of lateral sawed lumber. It is concluded that current trend of raw material export leads to significant degradation of reserve wood resources and don't stimulate the development of woodworking enterprises at the noted areas. Having analyzed the measures taken by the government of the Russian Federation, aimed to stimulation of woodworking enterprises development, it was concluded that these actions did not have any impact on the fundamental improvement of the situation in the timber industry complex of the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal districts