Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX for August 3 – 7, 2026

Over the last week, auctions on the Ukrainian Energy Exchange for untreated timber showed the following results:

• the exhibited volume was 41.38 thousand cubic meters;
• 8.14 thousand cubic meters of wood were sold;
• the cost of selling wood was 45.2 million UAH (including VAT);
• forestry enterprises received additional income during the English auction in the amount of 2.29 million UAH (including VAT).

The sale of untreated timber was carried out by forestry enterprises from 5 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Kyiv region.

The distribution of untreated timber sales was as follows: 68% – round timber, 32% – firewood.

Round timber

During the reporting period, 5.56 thousand cubic meters of round timber were sold for a total amount of UAH 38.9 million (including VAT).

The most sold species were pine, oak and ash, where their share in the total structure was 69.66%, 19.73% and 3.42% respectively. There was also the sale of such species as birch, hornbeam, larch, spruce, red oak, aspen, alder, poplar.

Firewood

During the reporting period, the volume of sales of firewood amounted to 2.58 thousand cubic meters for the amount of 6.3 million UAH (including VAT).

The vast majority of firewood (>95%) was sold for industrial use.

Among firewood, hardwood firewood was in the greatest demand, accounting for 69.11% of the total volume.

The graph below shows the structure of sales of firewood species groups.

In the structure of sales of firewood for Non-industrial use, the first group consists exclusively of hardwoods, the second - exclusively of conifers, and the third - entirely of softwoods. All three types of species are represented in the Industrial use segment: hardwoods occupy the largest share, followed by softwoods, while conifers occupy the smallest share.

Price indices

The largest decrease in value was recorded for alder, whose price is currently 4,466.00 UAH/cubic m including VAT. On the other hand, the leader in growth among all indices was oak, its price is – 28,748.66 UAH/cubic m including VAT.

Weighted Average Timber Price Index, for August 3–7, 2026