Timber stacks growing on border
Russian timber sales companies have piled up to 10 million cubic meters of timber along the border to Finland awaiting sales to the Finnish wood processing industry.
However, the Finnish industry is reluctant to buy the timber because of the economic recession and subsequent lower demands, Yle News reports. As BarentsObserver reported, Russian authorities recently decided to drop a major planned increase in round timber export tariffs. That decision made Russian exporters rush to sell their timber to Finland. However, sales are far from as smooth as earlier. The powerful Finnish timber industry until recently bought a major part of its raw materials from Russian exporters.
