The ultimate goal of the activities of the woodworking company is receiving income from the use of forest resources. To achieve a normal level of profitability is not enough of one evaluation of the taxonomic indicators the forest area. This article describes the methodology of assessing the economic availability of forest resources based on analysis of all the key factors such as: cost of logging, transport accessibility, the cost of creating the necessary infrastructure. A study of the process of logging one of the largest woodworking enterprises of the domestic timber industry for availability of forest resources. It is concluded that the different forest areas of the plant are characterized by different initial conditions. Accordingly, this guidance on tactical and strategic planning in the field of improvement of economic availability of forest resources, it is noted that the plots with higher level of affordability should be developed at an accelerated pace, and the areas with less favourable economic performance should only fill in missing volumes.
Keywords: affordability, forest resources, harvesting technology, the cost of harvesting, efficiency, logging company