Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Carbon Regulation as a Tool of Public Policy to Stimulate Deep Processing of Forest Raw Materials in Russia

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (6)
Authors
Pyzhev, Anton I.; Gordeev, Roman V.; Zander, Evgeniya V.; Pyzheva, Yulia I.
Contact information
Pyzhev, Anton I. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; ; Gordeev, Roman V.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering SB RAS Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Zander, Evgeniya V. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Pyzheva, Yulia I. : Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
forest economics; Russia; degree of processing; forest products; export of forest products; carbon price; state regulation of foreign economic activity
Abstract

We analyze the effects of sanctions on imports of Russian timber products to the European Union countries and the introduction of prohibitive duties by the Russian Government on exports of the main types of unprocessed timber. Despite the reduction of the corresponding foreign trade flows, the problem of low degree of timber processing inside the country remains, primarily at the expense of sawn timber. It is shown that the lost benefits from the current method of exploitation of tens of millions of cubic meters of Russian timber may be several times higher than the actual income received. We discuss the introduction of an additional customs duty on the export of sawn timber from Russia, the rate of which can be linked to the value of carbon deposited in the harvested timber, and dynamically increase over the years to ensure the gradual abandonment of exports of this type of product while ensuring the maximum possible income. At the expense of fees from such an additional payment it is possible to form investment funds for the realization of public forest climate projects. The scaling up of such initiatives will allow not only to solve the problem of post-gradual abandonment of the export model of low-value forest products, but also to make a significant contribution to the reproduction of national forest resources and low- carbon development of Russia

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1183–1191
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/152983

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