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Pulp mills and sawmills in Estonia

WoodComp tracks 2 operating pulp mills and 10 sawmills in Estonia, with capacity, status and location as open data. Estonia holds 2.4 M ha of forest, 57 % of its land area, led by Scots pine and Silver birch, Downy birch. The fibre balance below sets their estimated wood demand against the national removals.

Wood supply

Forest area
2.4 M ha 57 % of land area
Standing volume
462 M m3 growing stock, over bark
Yearly increment
8.2 M m3/y net annual increment (FAWS), over bark
Fellings
11.6 M m3/y 141 % of yearly increment
Industrial roundwood
5.9 M m3/y production

Forest types

share of forest area
  • Primary 2.2 % · 54 030 ha
  • Other naturally regenerating 87.4 % · 2.1 M ha
  • Other planted 10.2 % · 248 690 ha
  • Plantation 0.2 % · 5 520 haone or two species, one age class

Tree species

share of growing stock
  • Scots pine 29.7 %
  • Silver birch, Downy birch 26.0 %
  • Norway spruce 22.1 %
  • European aspen 7.0 %
  • Grey alder 6.7 %
  • Other species 8.3 %
All 12 reported species
  • Scots pine29.7 %139 M m3furnish of 10 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
  • Silver birch, Downy birch26.0 %122 M m3Betula pendula, Betula pubescens
  • Norway spruce22.1 %103 M m3furnish of 9 local facilitiesPicea abies
  • European aspen7.0 %33 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPopulus tremula
  • Grey alder6.7 %32 M m3Alnus incana
  • European alder4.7 %22 M m3Alnus glutinosa
  • Willow species0.9 %4 M m3Salix species
  • European ash0.7 %3 M m3Fraxinus excelsior
  • Pedunculate oak0.6 %3 M m3Quercus robur
  • Bird cherry0.2 %1 M m3Prunus padus
  • Larch speciesintroduced0.1 %0 M m3Larix species
  • Poplar species (excl, aspen)introduced0.0 %0 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPopulus species (excl. Populus tremula)

Introduced species hold 0.1 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 98.8 % of the total.

The facilities on this page report Pine (10), Spruce (9), Aspen (2) and Alder (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 58.9 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.

Fibre balance

betaestimated industry demand vs reported removals
Estimate. The demand side covers only the facilities WoodComp has mapped, at reported capacity, converted with published factors. Removals are official statistics.

Sawlogs

Removals3.8 M m3/y2.6 coniferous, 1.2 non-coniferous
Estimated sawmill intake~2.5 M m3/y65 % of removals, from 8 of 10 operating sawmills

Pulp fibre

Pulpwood removals2.5 M m3/y1.1 coniferous, 1.4 non-coniferous
Sawmill chips, estimated1.2-1.5 M m3/y30-40 % of sawlog removals, joins the pulp fibre supply
Estimated pulp-mill wood demand0.7-0.9 M m3/y19-24 % of estimated supply, from 2 of 2 operating pulp mills

Demand is derived at render time from reported capacities and the published factor table: sawn output at 2.0 m3 of log per m3 sawn, pulp at 2.3 to 5.3 m3 per tonne depending on process and furnish. Sawmill chips are estimated at 30 to 40 percent of sawlog removals (FAO conversion factor material balances) and shown as their own supply component, never merged with the removals. Log imports and exports are not modelled, and demand above the estimated supply can mean either imports or capacity above actual production. Where coverage is low the balance measures our dataset, not the market.

Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025). Increment and fellings: Eurostat European Forest Accounts (2023), forest available for wood supply, over bark. Removals by assortment: Eurostat roundwood removals (2023), under bark. A ratio at or above 100 % means fellings matched or exceeded net growth in the reporting year, which can follow storm or insect damage.

Key figures

Pulp mills
2
Sawmills
12
Sites
24
Operating
25
Operating pulp capacity
243 500 t/y pulp
Sawn timber capacity
1 246 000 m3/y sawn timber

Capacity is the sum over 2 of 2 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 8 of 10 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-11-04.

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MillRaw materialStatusCapacity
Agripellet PaidePellet plantAgripellet-Operating12 000 t/y pellets
Ardor SõmeruPellet plantArdor OÜ-Operating90 000 t/y pellets
Barrus VõruSawmillAS BarrusSoftwoodOperating130 000 m3/y sawn timber
Combimill ReopaluSawmillCombimill Reopalu OÜSoftwoodOperating120 000 m3/y sawn timber
Combimill SakalaSawmillCombimill Sakala OÜSoftwoodOperating125 000 m3/y sawn timber
Ebavere GraanulPellet plantEbavere Graanul OÜ-Operating101 268 t/y pellets
Estonian Cell MillPulp millHeinzel GroupHardwoodOperating170 000 t/y pulp
Graanul Invest ImaverePellet plantAS Graanul Invest-Operating350 000 t/y pellets
Helme GraanulPellet plantOÜ Helme Graanul-Operating207 185 t/y pellets
Kehra MillPulp millHorizon Pulp & Paper Ltd.SoftwoodOperating73 500 t/y pulp
Nordwood AegviiduSawmillAS Aegviidu PuitSoftwoodOperating86 000 m3/y sawn timber
Nordwood ViiratsiSawmillAS Viiratsi SaeveskiSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Nordwood Viru-NigulaSawmillAS Viru-Nigula SaeveskiSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Osula Graanul pellet plantPellet plantOÜ Osula Graanul-Operating360 000 t/y pellets
Palmako Heatit pellet plantPellet plantPALMAKO AS-Operating50 000 t/y pellets
Puidukoda KarksiPellet plantPuidukoda-Operating20 000 t/y pellets
Sauga sawmill (Pärnu)SawmillLaesti ASSoftwoodClosed 202395 000 m3/y sawn timber
Stora Enso ImavereSawmillStora Enso Eesti ASSoftwoodOperating350 000 m3/y sawn timber
Stora Enso Imavere pellet plantPellet plantStora Enso Eesti AS-Operating100 000 t/y pellets
Stora Enso NäpiSawmillPuidukoda-Closed 202350 000 m3/y sawn timber
Tartu GraanulPellet plantAS Tartu Graanul-Operating42 736 t/y pellets
Toftan (Võru)SawmillAS ToftanSoftwoodOperating245 000 m3/y sawn timber
Tori Sawmill (Selja, Tori vald, Pärnumaa)SawmillTori Sawmill OÜMixedOperating70 000 m3/y sawn timber
Vara SaeveskiSawmillVara Saeveski OÜSoftwoodOperating120 000 m3/y sawn timber
Warmeston JärverePellet plantWarmeston OÜ-Operating70 000 t/y pellets
Warmeston PurilaPellet plantWarmeston OÜ-Operating100 000 t/y pellets
Warmeston Sauga pellet plantPellet plantWarmeston OÜ-Operating220 000 t/y pellets

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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Estonia. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/estonia

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