Russia does not want to see a decline in its market share in timber trade with China

The decline in market share in the timber trade with China is not what Russia wants to see.

In the competition of international trade, "market profit win-win" is of course the best situation, and the second best thing is to "give profit without losing market" can also become a strategy conducive to long-term development, and "market profit win-win" means now Double loss with the future. Russia does not want to see a decline in its share of China's further growth in timber imports. The process by which China seeks new sources of logs to fill the gap is the construction of a new supply chain and the growth of a new industrial form. The new supply chain will form a set of path dependence. Russia obviously does not want to increase the demand for wood from China. The market handed over.

　　 Needless to say, Russia still hopes to more efficiently digest and transform its own slightly surplus forest resources. According to the results of the latest forest resource survey, the forest stock volume throughout Russia has reached 102.2 billion cubic meters. From a long-term perspective, Russia’s forest area and stock volume are constantly increasing, and the number of forests allowed to be logged in Russia each year is still greater than the actual logging. Therefore, under the premise of substantial profits and effective supervision, Russia is still actively pursuing a substantial increase in the scale of forestry economy.

　　 In the process of “forced” the upgrading of its domestic wood processing industry through policy levers, the decline in the share of Russian materials exported to China is obviously not Russia’s expected goal. This situation may remind the makers of Russian forestry policy that the policy of banning the export of logs is too hasty.