- District of Sheksna
- District of Cherepovets
- District of Chagoda
- District of Kharovsk
- District of Ustyuzhna
- District of Ust'-Kubinskoye
- District of Tot'ma
- District of Tarnoga
- District of Syamzha
- District of Sokol
- District of Nyuksenitsa
- District of Nikolsk
- District of Mezhdurech'ye
- District of Kichmengsky Gorodok
- District of Kirillov
- District of Kadui
- District of Gryazovets
- Vologda
- Cherepovets
- District of Vytegra
- District of Vologda
- District of Vozhega
- District of Verkhovazh'ye
- District of Veliky Ustyug
- District of Vashki
- District of Belozersk
- District of Babushkino
- District of Babaevo
Timber Industry
The Vologda Oblast is a vast wooded area with some 81% of its total land covered with forests. Wood is the most precious treasure of the region. 11,7 mln cu meters of the area are covered by forest vegetation.
The planned annual wood-cutting area makes up 30,1 mln cu m, including 10,7 million cu m of coniferous wood. Every year, more than 16 million cubic meters of wood are harvested in the region and 75 % of this volume is processed within the region.
There is a positive dynamics concerning production of main types of timber products in the timber industry complex of the region. The index of physical volume for wood processing and production of woodwork made up 119,6 %, timber harvesting - 102,0 %. The index of physical volume for for pulp and paper production makes up 107,4 %.
The Vologda Region is a leader in timber processing among the regions of Russia. The region produces every 12th cubic meter of glued plywood, every 14th cubic meter of chipboard and every 15th cubic meters of lumber.
Forestry being one of the key businesses in the Vologda area comprises logging, wood-processing, pulp and paper industries. There are over 110 large and medium-sized forestry enterprises in the oblast. The wood-processing industry is highly-developed in the districts of Sokol, Gryazovets, Sheksna, Kharovsk, Cherepovets and Veliky Ustyug. Wood harvesting enterprises have good road accessibility to rail and water transportation systems.
Timber industry potential of the region:
- 50 large logging companies;
- 30 large lumber companies;
- 8 plywood and chipboard production plants;
- 22 enterprises for the production of biofuels;
- 2 pulp and paper mills.
The authorities of the Vologda Oblast seek to expand foreign trade and encourage technological innovation of the timber industry, supplying the sector with state-of-the-art and efficient equipment.
Alongside with logging, wood-processing, pulp and paper industries, much attention is paid to the wood pellet fuels (bio-fuels) industry which is experiencing its greatest growth period. Wood pellets, a by-product of the lumber industry, are made from compressed sawdust. They contain no additives. Under high pressure the natural lignin in wood acts as a glue to bind it together and form a tight pellet. The wood pellets are small, dense and one of the most manageable and pleasant forms of fuels available.
Several enterprises of the Vologda Oblast operate in wood fuel market, total production capacities being 200.000 tons of wood pellets. The available diameters are 4-10mm, fraction length from 20-50mm. Good knowledge of the production technologies and experienced employees give an opportunity to offer high quality bio fuel products and service for very competitive prices to clients in the European and Scandinavian countries.
Export of timber from Vologda Region
Timber products from the Vologda Region are shipped to more than 50 countries around the world. The main consumers of forest products are China, Finland, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Italy, and Kazakhstan. The Vologda Region mainly imports paper and cardboard products.
Investment projects
The forestry complex is one of the most promising and attractive investment sectors.
The Department of Timber Complex of the region is actively working with investors. At present, 24 investment projects are indicated as investment priorities in the field of forest development of the region. The total volume of investments is 17.1 billion rubles.
Logging enterprises of the Vologda Oblast regularly upgrade car-fleet and apply state-of-the-art technologies in timber industry in order to increase production volume and performance.
The fair and exhibition activity is one of the most important instruments of export development. Every year the city of Vologda becomes home to the International Fair and Exhibition "Russian Wood". It has been boasting an excellent international representation year after year. Foreign companies from Sweden, Finland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, the USA, Italy, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Belarus, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are involved in exhibition activities as well as hundreds of Russian enterprises.
This exhibition traditionally becomes an important event in the business calendar of Vologda and the whole Russia. It brings together leading forestry experts, environmentalists, representatives of major domestic and international woodworking enterprises.
The participants demonstrate innovation technologies to be applied in the timber industry, in production of technological equipment for forestry and manufacture of wood and wood-working articles. The subject-matter of the exhibition organized in Vologda has been stable in recent years: round timber, sawnwood, chipboards, fibreboards and plywood.
Close partnership ties of the Vologda Oblast Government with the RF trade delegates abroad, embassies and consulates of foreign states enhance the prestige of the exhibition-fair and strengthen the interest of the nations in each other's production.