UEEX became a participant in the round table "Export potential of the woodworking industry of Ukraine"

On September 20, a meeting of the round table "Export potential of the woodworking industry of Ukraine" was held in Kyiv on the initiative of the Public Organization "AWEU" and the SE "GDIP".

The event brought together representatives of woodworking enterprises, public associations of the industry, state organizations, trade representatives of diplomatic missions of foreign countries - Lithuania, Pakistan, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Slovakia, Norway, Indonesia, Poland, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, and delegates of the EU Representation in Ukraine and the EBRD.

Kostiantyn Shevchuk, deputy CEO of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange, also took part in the meeting.

The following were also present at the event: Pavlo Vasiliev, Head of the General Administrative Office of "AWEU", Arsen Ilyin, a member of the NSSMC, Ihor Lytsur, Executive Director of "Forests of Ukraine", Deputy Director of the "Exchange and Electronic Platforms" Association, Oleksii Petrashko, and others.

The round table included several panels - "State policy in the field of forestry" and "Evolution of the trading system on the timber market. Modern instrumets". A panel discussion "The state of development and export potential of the woodworking industry" was also held.

The participants of the meeting discussed directions of wood processing in Ukraine, challenges faced by business in war conditions, issues of personnel and resource potential of the industry. Those present paid special attention to the issue of foreign sales markets and export of firewood.

Kostiantyn Shevchuk noted that foreign partners are currently showing great interest in the Ukrainian wood market. Therefore, UEEX has developed a number of measures to present the domestic system of exchange trading in this resource.

"Export of products of domestic woodworkers, expansion of foreign sales markets is very important today. After all, this is not only the inflow of foreign exchange revenue to Ukraine, but also the development of the industry as a whole. Therefore, the Ukrainian Energy Exchange contributes to this issue in every possible way. Today’s meeting with the participation of industry professionals and trade representatives of foreign diplomatic missions is a great opportunity to share experience, exchange opinions, and determine further development paths, especially those related to the export of products of Ukrainian woodworking enterprises," emphasized Kostiantyn Shevchuk, Deputy CEO of UEEX LLC.