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 9 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
Silver birch, Downy birch26.0 %122 M m3Betula pendula, Betula pubescens
Norway spruce22.1 %103 M m3furnish of 8 local facilitiesPicea abies
European aspen7.0 %33 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPopulus 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 1 local facilityPopulus 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 (9), Spruce (8) and Aspen (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 demand0.8-1 M m3/y20-27 % 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.

Pulp mills: 2
Sawmills: 12
Operating: 12
Operating pulp capacity: 273 500; 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 2026-09-14.

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Mill	Raw material	Status	Capacity
Barrus VõruSawmillAS Barrus	Softwood	Operating	130 000 m3/y sawn timber
Combimill ReopaluSawmillCombimill Reopalu OÜ	Softwood	Operating	120 000 m3/y sawn timber
Combimill SakalaSawmillCombimill Sakala OÜ	Softwood	Operating	125 000 m3/y sawn timber
Estonian Cell MillPulp millHeinzel Group	Hardwood	Operating	200 000 t/y pulp
Kehra MillPulp millHorizon Pulp & Paper Ltd.	Softwood	Operating	73 500 t/y pulp
Nordwood AegviiduSawmillAS Aegviidu Puit	Softwood	Operating	86 000 m3/y sawn timber
Nordwood ViiratsiSawmillAS Viiratsi Saeveski	Softwood	Operating	No data yet
Nordwood Viru-NigulaSawmillAS Viru-Nigula Saeveski	Softwood	Operating	No data yet
Sauga sawmill (Pärnu)SawmillLaesti AS	Softwood	Closed 2023	95 000 m3/y sawn timber
Stora Enso ImavereSawmillStora Enso Eesti AS	Softwood	Operating	350 000 m3/y sawn timber
Stora Enso NäpiSawmillStora Enso Eesti AS	-	Closed 2023	50 000 m3/y sawn timber
Toftan (Võru)SawmillAS Toftan	Softwood	Operating	245 000 m3/y sawn timber
Tori Sawmill (Selja, Tori vald, Pärnumaa)SawmillTori Sawmill OÜ	-	Operating	70 000 m3/y sawn timber
Vara SaeveskiSawmillVara Saeveski OÜ	Softwood	Operating	120 000 m3/y sawn timber

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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Estonia. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-09. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/estonia