Transbaikalia: a record for forest export to China is broken

In 2017, the volume of forest exported to China through Transbaikalsk broke a historical record, writes Biang.ru portal with reference to the control-output and quarantine of Manchuria.

According to the agency, about 12 million cubic meters of forest were taken out of Russia through the cargo point of the passage of Manchuria in 2017. This is 5.3% more than a year earlier. In total, last year, 157 thousand parties of the forest passed through the mentioned checkpoint.

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China today remains the largest importer of wood around the world, the demand for the forest in the domestic market of the country continues to grow. The cargo point in Manchuria, according to Chinese experts, became the largest corridor for importing wood due to a successful location-opposite the village of Transbaikalsk.

The growth of export volumes was also affected by the simplification of the procedure for the design of imported goods, introduced by Manchuria in 2017. Since then, more than 85% of the forest has been brought to China by electronic invoices without decorating any papers.