Untreated timber sales results at UEEX for May 2023
Forestries of 13 regions of Ukraine sold untreated timber at Ukrainian Energy Exchange. The largest volume was sold at Volyn region.
The following results were achieved at UEEX by the direction of untreated timber:
- Exhibited volume of untreated timber was 670,32 th.c.m.;
- 466,31 th.c.m. of sold untreated timber;
- Value of untreated timber sale was UAH 1 266,22 mln. (with VAT);
- State received additional income of UAH 83,55 mln. (with VAT) more relatively of exhibited to the trades initial value of the untreated timber.
Last week, untreated timber was sold in Volyn, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Rivne, Lviv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Zakarpattia regions.
Pine, hardwood and oak were the most popular species sold, with 47.7%, 10% and 6.8% of the total sales, respectively. We also sold spruce, coniferous, softwood and other species.
On the chart below you can see the structure of timber sale by the largest regions.
Maximum growth from the starting price was fixed at the level of 258%. Taking into account, that auction step is 1%, maximal number of steps were by birch – 258, alder - 154, oak - 128.
On the chart are the wood species and its maximum meaning.
Weighted average price index for timber, as of May 2023
| Species | UAH/c.m. (with VAT) |
|---|---|
| Silver birch | 5 612,33 |
| Forest beech | 3 720,32 |
| Black alder | 6 547,03 |
| Common oak | 20 595,26 |
| Common pine | 2 330,32 |
| European spruce | 3 050,87 |
| White fir | 2 975,89 |
| Common ash | 4 313,75 |
Index of weighted average prices for firewood, as of May 2023
| Assortment | UAH/c.m.(with VAT) |
|---|---|
| Industrial use | 1 316,90 |
| Non-industrial 1 group | 1 226,37 |
| Non-industrial 2 group | 798,41 |
| Non-industrial 3 group | 882,56 |