Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX on October 03 - 07, 2022

Untreated timber was sold by forestry companies from 7 regions of Ukraine at Ukrainian Energy Exchange. The largest volume was sold at Volyn region.

The following results were achieved during the week at UEEX auctions by the direction of untreated timber:

• Exhibited volume of untreated timber amounted to 70,33 thousand cubic meters;
• 59,98 thousand cubic meters of sold untreated timber;
• Sales value of untreated timber amounted UAH 116,8 mln. (with VAT);
• State received additional income for UAH 12,29 mln. (with VAT) more than the initial value of untreated timber put up for auction.

Untreaed timber was sold in Volyn, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernivtsi, Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk regions last week.

The chart below shows the regions for the sale of untreated timber.

Pines, alders and spruces were sold the most, where the share of their sales in the overall structure was 61%, 7% and 6%, respectively. There was also realization of such species as aspen, birch, oak and others.

The chart below shows the structure of timber sales in the 5 largest regions.

The maximum increase from the starting price was recorded at the level of 277%. Taking into account that the auction step is 1%, the maximum number of steps was 277 per oak tree; ash - 99; hornbeam - 65.

The chart shows timber species and their maximum values.

Index of weighted average prices for timber, for the period from October 3 - 7

Index of weighted average prices for firewood, for the period from October 3 - 7