Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX on August 29 - September 2, 2022

At the Ukrainian Energy Exchange, untreated timber was sold by forestry enterprises from 8 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Volyn region.

During the week at the UEEX auction in the direction of untreated timber, the following results were achieved:

• the exposed volume of untreated timber amounted to 149.56 thousand cubic meters;
• 92.26 thousand cubic meters of untreated timber were sold;
• the cost of timber sales amounted to UAH 231.53 million (VAT included);
• the state received additional income for UAH 28.49 million (VAT included) more than the original value of the untreated timber put up for auction.

Realization of untreated timber last week took place in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Volyn and Kirovograd regions. The graph below shows the areas for the sale of untreated timber.

Pine, hardwood and alder were the most sold, where the share of their sale in the total structure was 45%, 21% and 6%, respectively. There was also the sale of such species as common oak, common beech, common ash and others.

The graph below shows the structure of timber sales by 5 largest regions.

The maximum increase from the starting price was recorded at 279%. Given that the auction step is 1%, the maximum number of steps was for oak - 279; red oak - 208; common oak - 142.

The graph shows the types of wood and their maximum values.

Index of weighted average prices for untreated timber, for the period August 29-September 2