Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX for October 19 – 23, 2026

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

• the exhibited volume was 31.70 thousand cubic meters;
• 8.46 thousand cubic meters of wood were sold;
• the cost of selling wood was 48.07 million UAH (including VAT);
• sellers received additional income during the English auction in the amount of 6.09 million UAH (including VAT).

Untreated timber was sold by forestry enterprises from 6 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Khmelnytskyi region.

The breakdown of untreated timber sales was as follows: 73.65% round timber, 26.35% firewood.

Round timber

During the reporting period, 6.23 thousand cubic meters of round timber were sold for a total amount of UAH 42.31 million (including VAT).

Pine, spruce, and alder accounted for the largest share of sales, representing 46.67%, 20.85%, and 13.86% of the total, respectively. There was also the sale of species such as oak, fir, red oak, birch, beech, ash, and aspen.

Firewood

During the reporting period, the volume of sales of firewood amounted to 2.23 thousand cubic meters for the amount of 5.76 million UAH (including VAT).

The vast majority of firewood (>96%) was sold for industrial use.

Among firewood, coniferous wood was in highest demand, accounting for 63.05% of the total volume.

The chart below shows the sales structure for groups of firewood timber species.

In the structure of firewood sales for non-industrial use, the first group consists primarily of hard broadleaved species with a minor share of soft broadleaved species, while the third group consists mainly of conifers with a smaller share of soft broadleaved species. In the industrial use segment, all three types of tree species are represented: conifers predominate, followed by soft hardwoods, while hard hardwoods account for the smallest share.

Price indices

Birch led the growth among all indices, with a price of 8,295.28 UAH/cu. m (including VAT).

Index of weighted average timber prices, for October 19–23, 2026

The price index for industrial firewood decreased, reaching a level of 2,628.02 UAH/cu m (including VAT).

Among all types of firewood for non-industrial use, the price for wood in the third group has increased, now standing at 1,010.35 UAH/cu. m (including VAT).