Valuation and Timber Market in the Slovak Republic

Current situation on the global timber market is influenced mainly by the turbulent development in economic as well as political environment. The paper analyzes the evaluation of the supply structure of raw-wood assortments in the Slovak Republic for the period 2000-2013. It shows that there was a significant decrease in the supplies mainly of the first two assortment classes of lower quality. Similarly it was evaluated the balance of Slovak foreign trade with raw wood assortments of the quality I. – III. from 2008. The last part of the article evaluate the prices development for the coniferous and deciduous trees, sawlogs spruce, fir and beech for the enterprises of state and private forests in Slovakia. Assessed period from 2001 to June 2015. Cooperation among all organs concerned, transparency, effectivity, higher work productivity, suppression of corrupt and lobbying practices as well as objective critique from own ranges will be essential in order to improve the conditions in the complex of forestry and wood processing industry.