Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX for September 14 – 18, 2026

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

• the exhibited volume was 15.7 thousand cubic meters;
• 7.95 thousand cubic meters of wood were sold;
• the cost of selling wood was UAH 46.63 million (including VAT);
• forestry enterprises received additional income during the English auction in the amount of UAH 2.97 million (including VAT).

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

The distribution of untreated timber sales was as follows: 93% round timber, 7% firewood.

Round timber

During the reporting period, 7.4 thousand cubic meters of round timber were sold for a total amount of UAH 44.87 million (including VAT).

The most sold species were pine, spruce and oak, where their share in the total structure was 69.23%, 13.50% and 8.48% respectively. There was also the sale of such species as ash, birch, fir, alder, hornbeam.

On average, the price increase from the starting price at auctions was 3%. Given that the bidding increment is 1%, the highest average increases were recorded for beech (37%), hornbeam (34%), spruce (15%), alder (15%), fir (8%), oak (7%), and ash (2%).

Firewood

During the reporting period, the volume of firewood sales amounted to 544.6 cubic meters, totaling UAH 1.76 million (including VAT).

The vast majority of the firewood (>83%) was sold for industrial use.

Among firewood, hardwood species were in highest demand, accounting for 67.41% of the total volume.

The chart below shows the sales structure by wood species group for firewood.

In the structure of firewood sales by the enterprise, the first group consists primarily of hardwood species with a minor share of softwood species, whereas the third group consists entirely of softwood species. All three types of species are represented in the pulpwood segment: hardwoods predominate, followed by conifers, while softwoods account for the smallest share.

Price indices

The sharpest price drop was recorded for pine, currently priced at UAH 4,579.42 per cubic meter (including VAT). Conversely, alder led the price increases across all indices, with a price of UAH 6,149.26 per cubic meter (including VAT).

Weighted average timber price index, for September 14–18, 2026

The price index for industrial-use firewood increased, reaching the level of UAH 3,301.68 per cubic meter (including VAT).

Among all types of firewood for non-industrial use, the price of Group 3 wood saw the largest increase, now standing at UAH 2,089.8 per cubic meter (including VAT).