Untreated timber sales results at UEEX for October 2022

At the Ukrainian Energy Exchange, the sale of untreated timber by forestry enterprises from 9 regions of Ukraine took place. The largest volume was sold in the Volyn region.

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

• the exposed volume of untreated timber amounted to 229.47 thousand cubic meters;
• 157.69 thousand cubic meters of untreated timber were sold;
• the cost of wood sales amounted to UAH 406.48 million (VAT included);
• the state received additional income for UAH 38.89 million (VAT included) more than the original value of the untreated timber put up for auction.

The sale of raw wood last month took place in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Kirovograd and Chernihiv 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 60%, 9% and 6%, respectively. There was also the sale of such species as beech, alder, birch and others.

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

The maximum increase in the starting price was recorded at 277%. Given that the auction step is 1%, the maximum number of steps was for oak - 277; linden - 167; hornbeam - 124.

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

The final weighted average price indices for September were:

Index of weighted average prices for untreated timber (lumber)

Weighted average price index for untreated timber (firewood)