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Pulp mills and sawmills in Argentina

WoodComp tracks 4 operating pulp mills and 2 sawmills in Argentina, with capacity, status and location as open data. Argentina holds 46.6 M ha of forest, 17 % of its land area, led by Lenga and Coihue.

Wood supply

Forest area
46.6 M ha
17 % of land area
Standing volume
3.2 bn m3
growing stock, over bark
Industrial roundwood
14.8 M m3/y
production

Forest types

share of forest area
  • Naturally regenerating 97.0 % · 45.2 M ha
  • Plantation 3.0 % · 1.4 M haone or two species, one age class

Tree species

share of growing stock
  • Lenga 20.5 %
  • Coihue 14.3 %
  • Quebracho blanco 9.8 %
  • Quebracho colorado santiagueño 5.4 %
  • Pino ellioti 4.5 %introduced
  • Other species 45.5 %
All 15 reported species
  • Lenga20.5 %706 M m3Nothofagus pumilio
  • Coihue14.3 %491 M m3Nothofagus dombeyi
  • Quebracho blanco9.8 %337 M m3Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco
  • Quebracho colorado santiagueño5.4 %184 M m3Schinopsis lorentzii
  • Pino elliotiintroduced4.5 %155 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesPinus elliottii
  • Mistol3.6 %123 M m3Ziziphus mistol
  • Pino taedaintroduced3.0 %103 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesPinus taeda
  • Caldén2.7 %92 M m3Prosopis caldenia
  • Eucaliptointroduced2.0 %69 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityEucalyptus sp
  • Palo santo1.8 %61 M m3Gonopterodendron sarmientoi
  • Algarrobo negro1.8 %61 M m3Prosopis nigra
  • Yuchán1.8 %61 M m3Ceiba chodatii
  • Laurel del cerro1.8 %61 M m3Ocotea porphyria
  • Alamointroduced0.3 %11 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPopulus sp
  • Sauceintroduced0.1 %5 M m3furnish of 1 local facilitySalix sp

Introduced species hold 10.0 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 73.3 % of the total.

The facilities on this page report Pine (4), Eucalyptus (1), Mixed Softwood (1), Poplar (1) and Willow (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 10.0 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.

Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).

Pulp mills
4
Sawmills
2
Operating
6
Operating pulp capacity
620 000
t/y pulp
Sawn timber capacity
320 000
m3/y sawn timber

Capacity is the sum over 3 of 4 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 1 of 2 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-13.

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MillRaw materialStatusCapacity
Acon Timber Gobernador VirasoroSawmillAcon TimberSoftwoodOperating325 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 650 000 m3/y log intake
Alto Paraná MillPulp millArauco Argentina S.A.SoftwoodOperating350 000 t/y pulp
Arauco Argentina Puerto PiraySawmillArauco Argentina S.A.SoftwoodOperating320 000 m3/y sawn timber
Capitán Bermúdez MillPulp millCelulosa Argentina S.A.HardwoodOperatingNo data yet
Papel Misionero MillPulp millGrupo Arcor S.A.SoftwoodOperating100 000 t/y pulp
Papel Prensa MillPulp millGrupo Clarín (48.7%) / Diario La Nación (22.5%) / Argentine State (28.8%)MixedOperating170 000 t/y pulp

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