Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back global and RUSSIAN market development trends of production and consumption of wood N.A. Mezina This article provides an overview of global and Russian market development trends of production and consumption of wood for the 2009 - 2012 years. Analyzes the production and consumption of wood by continent, price performance, transport costs, compared to the volume of imports and exports to various countries, used production capacity and the volume of investment in wood processing and production of it. Key words: global forest sector; the production and consumption of wood; timber imports; exports of timber; the timber industry. Contacts: E-mail: dsuhonosenko@mail.ru Pp. 45-53.