There is a potential to harvest 19 million cu m of timber annually, including 7 million cu m of onifers. Investing in the wood industry of the Vologda is highly effective and guaranteed by the Vologda Oblast Administration. The products are up to the European standards and the implementation of the project will bring big profit. The conception of the development of the oblast's wood industry till 2005 has been elaborated, which is to become a set of numerous oblast's wood industry development programmes. Within the framework of these programmes it is envisaged to implement investment projects aimed at remodelling operating productions and constructing new industrial premises and infrastructures.
Serious attention is paid to the training of wood business specialists.
At the Vologda Dairy Academy a faculty has been set up where students can obtain a higher education in different specialities relating to the wood industry. 571 107.4 Chipboard thousand sq. Door blocks thousand sq. 176.2 101.3 Window blocks thousand sq. Wood Harvesting Section, tel.