Current state, trends and prospects for pulp and paper industry development in Russian Federation

The issues of the current state, trends and prospects for the development of the pulp and paper industry as one of the priority and promising areas of the Russian timber complex are considered. The study was conducted in the following main areas: the production sector, analysis of sales markets, taking into account the influence of the internal and external environment, export and import, since enterprises are export-oriented. The presented analysis was performed not only for the main types of pulp and paper production, but also in terms of its territorial location, which allows us to evaluate the performance of the federal districts, outline the prospects and development strategy.