Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX on October 10 - 14, 2022

At the Ukrainian Energy Exchange, untreated timber sold by forestry enterprises from 9 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Khmelnytsky 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 68.54 thousand cubic meters;
• were sold 38 thousand cubic meters of untreated timber;
• the cost of wood sales amounted to UAH 110.91 million (VAT included);
• the state received additional income for UAH 13.21 million. (VAT included) more than the original value of the untreated timber put up for auction.

Sales of untreated timber took place in Volyn, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernivtsi, Kirovohrad, Ivano-Frankivsk and other regions.

The graph below shows the areas for the sale of untreated timber.

Pine, oak and spruce were the most sold, where the share of their sale in the total structure was 55%, 8% and 8%, respectively. There was also the sale of such species as aspen, birch and others.

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

The maximum increase from the starting price was recorded at 191%. Given that the auction step is 1%, the maximum number of steps was for oak - 191; hornbeam - 124; ash - 89.

The graph shows the tree species and their maximum values.

Timber weighted average price index, for the period October 10 - October 14

Timber weighted average price index, for the period October 10 - October 14