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Currently, the basic way of wood moisture content decrease control during drying process is measurement of that moisture content with resistance meters on a random selection of timber items. The results of that measurements are particularly unreliable, especially at wood moisture content below fibre saturation point and, on the other hand, they are influenced by accuracy of samples choice. Research considered the problem of monitoring of water mass flow that is removed with air in order to control the course of drying process. As a results of experiments, during drying of pinewood timber, it was stated that the monitoring of outlet air state allows for the verification of measurements of moisture content with resistance meters. The monitoring of air state at inlet and outlet of a kiln creates the possibilities of a more complex control of wood drying process.