Authors:
A. V. MEKHRENTSEV, candidate of technical sciences, professor, acting rector,
E. N. STARIKOV, candidate of economic sciences, associate professor,
Ural State Forestry Engineering University (36 Sibirskiy tract Str., 620100, Ekaterinburg)
E. S. MEZENTSEVA, candidate of economic sciences, head of the sector,
Institute of Economics, The Ural Branch of RAS (29 Moskovskaya Str., 620014, Ekaterinburg)
Abstract. The article considers the situation on the market of wood-based panels in the Russian Federation. It proposes to carry out a study of the timber industry complex development on the basis of an analysis of the industry markets. The subject of the study is industrial markets for timber products, namely, the markets for wood-based panels produced in the Russian Federation. The purpose of this study was to analyze and identify trends and risks of the industrial markets development by the example of a wood-based panels market in the Russian Federation. The analysis of the dynamics of the main indicators characterizing the timber industry complex development for 2013–2015 is given. The production of wood boards belongs to the woodworking sector, which during the period under the study shows a dynamic growth. The place of certain types of boards – chipboards, wood fiber boards (MDF / HDF and OSB) and plywood – In the market under the study is shown. The analysis in the dynamics of the main indicators of the wood chipboard industry markets development in the Russian Federation is carried out, including: the volume of investments, sales proceeds, the volume of production, the volume of exports and imports, price indices. The chipboards take about 60 % in the structure of the Russian market of wood boards. The main type of wood boards exported from the Russian Federation is plywood. Domestic consumption of plywood and chipboards falls, while the share of MDF/HDF and OSB is growing. The advantages and disadvantages of different types of wood boards have been substantiated, the main tendencies and risks of the development of industrial markets for timber products have been revealed. Production opportunities, export potential have been determined, and promising directions have been proposed to improve the management of enterprises producing wood boards, in order to operate successfully in domestic and foreign markets.
Keywords: sectoral market, timber industry complex, wood-based panels, export, import, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood
