Untreated timber: market overview at UEEX on October 17 - 21, 2022

At the Ukrainian Energy Exchange, untreated timber was sold by forestry enterprises from 9 regions of Ukraine. The largest volume was sold in the Kyiv 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 57.56 thousand cubic meters;
• 39.23 thousand cubic meters of untreated timber were sold;
• the cost of wood sales amounted to UAH 113.24 million (VAT included);
• the state received additional income for UAH 8.63 million (VAT included) more than the original value of the untreated timber put up for auction.

Realization 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, spruce and oak were the most sold, where the share of their sale in the total structure was 66%, 11% and 7%, respectively. There was also the sale of such species as beech, fir 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 194%. Given that the auction step is 1%, the maximum number of steps was for oak - 194; linden - 167; beech - 113.

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

Timber weighted average price index, for the period October 17 - October 21

Timber weighted average price index, for the period October 17 - October 21