Improving the Competitiveness of the Forest Products: New Lessons from the Trade Analysis
R. V. Gordeev
Siberian Federal University
Keywords: лесопромышленный комплекс, конкурентоспособность, экономика природных ресурсов, региональная экономика, внешняя торговля, Forest industry, timber products, environmental and resource economics, competitiveness, regional economy
Abstract
This article is devoted to a problem of the timber products’ competitivenessin Russian regions. The greatest differences among regions are revealed in trade products with high value added.Nevertheless, several common features in foreigntrade for low, medium and high-processed timber commodities are also found among four groups of Russian regions. The main trends of the development of the forest sector are described. It is shown that benefits for exporters caused by fluctuations in currency exchange rates do not contribute to the development of productionwith high value added. Following problems restrict the development of Russianforest industry: a shortage of infrastructure and staff, difficult situation in a lot of companies, deforestation, disregard to global trends in the timber industry. Finally, measures of the state support for the timber sector with respect to revealed regional differences are proposed. In addition, five general principles of the state policy of competitiveness management are defined.
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