More than 140 forest certificates certificates for the products of Wood and Timber trade companies have been issued in Ukraine

There are three types of FSC certificates: responsible forest management certification (FSC FM, Forest Management); Chain of Custody Certification from the producer to the consumer (FSC CoC, Chain of Custody) and, in addition, FSC introduced the mixed certificates (FSC-mix) a few years ago, where at least 70% of wood comes from a "well-managed forests", and the rest - from the so-called "controlled forests" with a minimum level of illegal forest devastation. Loggers, having their own processing facilities, usually collect mixed FM/CoC certificate.

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2016/17 MY: Asian sunflower oil market prospective

The experts are unanimously sure that in the coming years Ukraine will not lose its world leadership as a producer of sunflower oil. The United States Department of Agriculture has recently improved its forecasts concerning the harvest of sunflower in Ukraine in 2016, which means an increased production of sunflower oil by Ukrainian oil-extracting factories. The American analysts forecast the increase of sales volumes of both refined and crude sunflower oil. In the previous season a serious struggle for the market outlets was developing between the exporters from Russia and Ukraine. The Ukrainian exporters won the day mostly due to the anti-Russian sanctions from the EU. As for the experts, they forecast that it is the market of the countries of Asia: China, India, Turkey and several other Asian countries that is to become the main platform of a serious struggle between Russia and Ukraine for the extension of the market potential in this sector in 2016-2017 MY.

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Wood Pellet Manufacturers Database Ukraine 2015-2016 (III)

The activity of wood pellet manufacturers for 2015-2016 (III quarter) was summed up and the database of manufacturing companies, comprising relevant data was formed. The database shows who is really producing. Quarter prices depending on the terms and packaging are presented.

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Charcoal Export Prices Matrix 2015-2016 (2)

Based on the database of charcoal European importers (receivers) the market analysts of Ukrainian Biofuel Portal have designed a matrix of export prices.

Time frame: 2015-2016 (half-year)
Export volumes 2015: 162,2 Kt (thousand tons)
Export volumes 2016: 86,6 Kt
Total entries analysed: 1832

Average, minimal, maximum price is given for the relevant period and that is more important you can trace the prices by charcoal buying companies.

Charcoal export volumes decreased by third in the first quarter of 2016

According to the experts of the Biofuel market, in the nearest future the Ukrainian charcoal manufacturing will continue to be export-oriented, though a significant part of the product is consumed by the national market. Two factors make possible the development and increase of export volumes. The first one is the increase of export volumes on the well utilized European market. In order to make it work effectively, one should be at home with European contractors as well as be familiar with relevant market prices and support a steady contact with the contractors. This requires full, true and up-to-date information as to the situation on the European biofuel market, which reflects the current state of things to the full extent and can help foresee its development in the nearest future. The given database of the European importers of Ukrainian charcoal prepared by the Ukrainian Biofuel Portal pellets-wood.com gives the Ukrainian manufacturers all the necessary information including the contacts of the companies.

 

European buyers of charcoal from Ukraine

European buyers importers of charcoal from Ukraine 2015-2016 (1Q)

 

This database was created on the basis of statistical, informational and analytical data of Ukrainian charcoal import operations in Europe for the given period. The database gives detailed and credible information on the importing companies including the countries of the companies, precise information on the addresses and locations, email addresses, web-sites, fax and telephone numbers, contact data of companies’ representatives. The Database of Ukrainian charcoal importers also includes the data on the amounts of purchases of each company in particular for the given period. The latter information allows the estimation of the importing purchasers’ opportunities and a potential cooperation prospective. The database gives the information about 187 importing companies from 27 countries, most of which are located on the European continent.
Source: http://pellets-wood.com/base-european-buyers-importers-of-charcoal-from-ukraine-21.html

The first three months of 2016 saw a 28,8% increase of Ukrainian wood pellets export

These rates show that Ukrainian manufacturers make productive efforts to expand available distribution areas as well as to find new ones. Moreover, this means that the level of wood pellet consumption is constantly increasing in the world and in Europe in particularly. Poland (11,657 tonnes), Italy (4,422 tonnes), the Czech Republic (3,603 tonnes) and the Slovak Republic (1,732 tonnes) are among the biggest importers of Ukrainian wood pellets in 2016.

Ukrainian pellet export results in the first quarter of 2016

According to Ukrainian Biofuel Portal, in the first quarter of 2015 the domestic manufacturers exported 25 679.1 metric tones (ТM) of wood pellets. This number increased up to 33 079.6 ТM in the first quarter of the current year. One can see an increase of 7400.5 ТM during this period, which accounts for 28.8 % in percentage correlation. In the first quarter of 2015, 23 countries imported Ukrainian wood pellets.

In IQ 2016 the exporting countries themselves as well as their numbers have somehow changed. Ukrainian wood pellets have already been exported to 27 countries. The structure of export has also changed to some extent. So, in the first quarter of 2015 the main wood pellet consumers from abroad were Poland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany and Great Britain (in descending order).

the amount of consumption of wood pellets and briquettes may grow one and a half times

The reason for this growth is the trend towards the conventional fuel types substitution with renewable sources of energy and the desire to diversify energy supplies, thereby to save their own market from the economic and political factors of instability.