Pulp mills and sawmills in Bangladesh
WoodComp tracks 1 operating pulp mill in Bangladesh, with capacity, status and location as open data. Bangladesh holds 1.9 M ha of forest, 14 % of its land area, led by Sal and Keora.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 1.9 M ha
- 14 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 125 M m3
- growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 1.8 M m3/y
- production
Forest types
share of forest area- Naturally regenerating 82.4 % · 1.5 M ha
- Plantation 17.6 % · 330 350 haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Sal 6.0 %
- Keora 5.0 %
- Mango 3.7 %
- Jackfruit 3.4 %introduced
- Mahogani 3.1 %introduced
- Other species 78.8 %
All 15 reported species
- Sal6.0 %12 M m3Shorea robusta
- Keora5.0 %10 M m3Sonneratia apetala
- Mango3.7 %7 M m3Mangifera indica
- Jackfruitintroduced3.4 %7 M m3Artocarpus heterophyllus
- Mahoganiintroduced3.1 %6 M m3Swietenia mahagoni
- Sundri1.8 %3 M m3Heritiera fomes
- Gewa1.4 %3 M m3Excoecaria agallocha
- Akashmoniintroduced1.4 %3 M m3Acacia auriculiformis
- Rain treeintroduced1.3 %3 M m3Samanea saman
- Betelnut palmintroduced1.2 %2 M m3Areca catechu
- Gamar1.0 %2 M m3Gmelina arborea
- Shil Koroi0.4 %1 M m3Gmelina arborea
- Koroi0.3 %1 M m3Albizia procera
- Sonneratia caseolaris0.2 %0 M m3
- Baen0.2 %0 M m3Avicennia officinalis
Introduced species hold 10.4 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 30.4 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Bamboo (1) as furnish.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
- Pulp mills
- 1
- Sawmills
- 0
- Operating
- 1
- Operating pulp capacity
- 0
- Sawn timber capacity
- -
Capacity is the sum over 0 of 1 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Data last updated 2026-08-25.
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| Mill | Raw material | Status | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karnaphuli Paper MillsPulp millBCIC (Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation) | - | Operating | No data yet |
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