The first auction for the sale of timber was held at the Volyn Regional State Forestry Administration

The sale of forest raw materials at auction is being introduced due to the emergence of a new structure in the region — an association of employers in the woodworking industry, headed by Oleh Boiko. According to the head of the forestry department, Bohdan Kolisnyk, there arose a need for representatives of commercial firms to meet with directors of state forestry enterprises and achieve transparency in access to forest raw materials. — I want all rumors to be dispelled, — said Bohdan Kolisnyk. — In particular, regarding the fact that timber is being exported to Lviv region while commercial structures in Volyn do not have enough of it. Perhaps some of the forestry directors on the ground have felt like little princes, and this needs to be eradicated. The course toward increasing jobs set by the President of Ukraine obliges us to give new woodworking structures the opportunity to work.

And confirmation that there is enough timber is provided by the following figures: state enterprises, that is, processors of state forestry enterprises, take 220 thousand cubic meters of timber, while its resource in the region is 600 thousand cubic meters. And at auctions it should be determined who, how much, and which species buys. Naturally, on the principle of whoever pays more.

The first purchase was made by co-owner of the Lutsk firm "Tsunami," Ruslan Derechynskyi. He raised the starting price of first-grade oak sawlogs — 1,300 hryvnias per cubic meter — to 1,650 hryvnias (the starting prices were based on officially accepted prices in Ukraine).

Mr. Ruslan said in an interview with journalists that the firm he represents has already been participating for the third year in tenders introduced in certain regions of Ukraine — all forest resources in demand are sold precisely through auctions. And "Tsunami" is interested only in elite raw material...

In total, 39,880 cubic meters of forest raw materials were put up for bidding, including oak sawlogs — 4,410 cubic meters. 2,970 cubic meters were sold, including oak sawlogs — 1,100. In total, products worth over one million hryvnias were sold. For a first auction, according to foresters, that is not bad.

Incidentally, even the auction will not eliminate the problem in Volyn related to the special demand for elite timber raw material. That is, for the best oak. After all, such oaks grow in the Tsuman forests — in a protected area where a national park is planned to be created in the future.