Roundwood transportations will be normalized at Finnish-Russian borders
The situation caused by the new requirement to sort imported wood according to diameter at the Finnish-Russian borders has been solved. Russian Customs authorities specified directions of the export customs decree last week. According to the latest Russian directions, imported wood does not need to be sorted at borders. Implementation of the directions takes some time, and the situation at the border stations is expected to be normalized gradually. In March, the Russian government issued a decree that increased export duties on softwood at the end of May. At the same time a new requirement