This Forest and Forest Products Country Profile contains information on the forestry sector of Ukraine (one of the largest eastern European countries with a population of 50 million people). This country profile shows that despite a rather low percentage of total forest cover, Ukrainian forests are a very valuable natural resource for their ecological and social functions, and as a source of wood and non-wood forest products. Over the past decade, the legal and operational base of the national forest management system has been gradually replaced with a new system for forest planting and utilization. The newly developed Forest Code of Ukraine provides opportunities for partial privatization of state forests and equality of different ownership types on forest land. This country profile also contains interesting data on the forest industry of the country, production, trade and consumption of forest products, and provides analysis of the evolution of the forestry sector.