the Japanese Sawmill Industry Using Russian Logs

Although in Russia, forest resources are abundant and Russian wood have large market potential, North American wood has been replaced Russian forest products in the Japanese market. Fundamental problems of the Japanese-Russian logs trade are supply instability, and failure to sort by species and grading. The use of Russian lumber in construction is now quite limited and most logs are sawed into small sectional lumber and are used for non-structural components. Sawmills processing Russian Logs have taken measures to expand market of Russian wood products, such as producing value added lumber, direct dealing with consumers and establishing joint venture companies in Russia. To enlarge the use of Russian wood in Japan, improving the condition of exporting logs from Russia and the processing techniques of Russian logs is needed