Abstract Russia possesses the world's largest forest reserves and is one of the major exporters in the world timber market. This paper explores the role of Russian forest products on the global market, taking into account competitiveness both at national and regional levels. The competitiveness level of traded goods was measured with three indicators using the approach of revealed comparative advantages. Analysis covered 153 countries and 81 Russian regions. Compared with previous studies, highly disaggregated data were used. 84 types of forest products were aggregated in 5 main product groups divided on the wood sector and paper sector. Results show that the main specialization in trade for Russia is raw wood and semi-finished wood and paper products. However, more than half of Russian regions demonstrated an advantage in trade in finished wood products while very few regions have comparative advantages in trade in pulp and paper products of high processing degree. Also, it was revealed that regions of the Russian Siberia and the Far East with significant forest reserves tend to have a narrow trade specialization in the export of roundwood and sawnwood. The majority of Russian regions intensively trade timber commodities at the world market. However, their geographical location and resource potential are still not used in the most effective way.

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俄罗斯林产品在全球市场上的比较优势

摘要 俄罗斯拥有世界上最大的森林储备，是世界木材市场的主要出口国之一。本文探讨了俄罗斯林产品在全球市场上的作用，同时考虑了国家和地区层面的竞争力。采用显性比较优势法，用三个指标衡量贸易商品的竞争力水平。分析涵盖了 153 个国家和 81 个俄罗斯地区。与以往的研究相比，使用了高度分类的数据。84 种林产品被分为木材部门和造纸部门的 5 个主要产品组。结果表明，俄罗斯贸易的主要专业是原木和半成品木材和纸制品。然而，俄罗斯一半以上的地区在木制品贸易方面具有优势，而在高加工程度的纸浆和纸制品贸易方面具有比较优势的地区很少。此外，据透露，拥有大量森林储备的俄罗斯西伯利亚和远东地区在圆木和锯材出口方面的贸易专业化往往很窄。俄罗斯的大部分地区都在世界市场上密集地交易木材商品。然而，它们的地理位置和资源潜力仍未得到最有效的利用。据透露，拥有大量森林储备的俄罗斯西伯利亚和远东地区在圆木和锯材出口方面的贸易专业化往往很窄。俄罗斯的大部分地区都在世界市场上密集地交易木材商品。然而，它们的地理位置和资源潜力仍未得到最有效的利用。据透露，拥有大量森林储备的俄罗斯西伯利亚和远东地区在圆木和锯材出口方面的贸易专业化往往很窄。俄罗斯的大部分地区都在世界市场上密集地交易木材商品。然而，它们的地理位置和资源潜力仍未得到最有效的利用。