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Global trends of price increase of conventional energy sources, compatibility with the trends for environment protection, as well as the need for the diversification of energy sources resulted in general growth of interest in ecological fuels. Forestry entrepreneurs, bearing in mind high profitability of pelleting by-products of the forest-products manufacturing process, as well as the current situation on the European pellet market, more and more often decide to undertake pellet production. Having an adequate, fully sufficient amount of raw material they become independent from the outer suppliers eliminating the cost of purchase and transport of sawdust, chips and pieces of wood. At the same time they possess competitive advantage over the remaining producers of fuels based on the by-products of the forest-products manufacturing process. However expansion and holding both European and ever more demanding domestic markets requires guaranteeing not only attractive price but also adequate product quality.