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Pulp mills and sawmills in Latvia

WoodComp tracks 15 sawmills in Latvia, with capacity, status and location as open data. Latvia holds 3.5 M ha of forest, 56 % of its land area, led by Scots pine and Silver birch ad Downy birch. The fibre balance below sets their estimated wood demand against the national removals.

Wood supply

Forest area
3.5 M ha 56 % of land area
Standing volume
655 M m3 growing stock, over bark
Yearly increment
16.1 M m3/y net annual increment (FAWS), over bark
Fellings
18.9 M m3/y 117 % of yearly increment
Industrial roundwood
11.6 M m3/y production

Forest types

share of forest area
  • Primary 0.5 % · 17 470 ha
  • Other naturally regenerating 83.2 % · 2.9 M ha
  • Other planted 15.1 % · 522 800 ha
  • Plantation 1.2 % · 40 800 haone or two species, one age class

Tree species

share of growing stock
  • Scots pine 33.7 %
  • Silver birch ad Downy birch 23.2 %
  • Norway spruce 20.7 %
  • Aspen 8.9 %
  • Common alder 6.2 %
  • Other species 7.3 %
All 8 reported species
  • Scots pine33.7 %220 M m3furnish of 9 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
  • Silver birch ad Downy birch23.2 %152 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesBetula pendula and Betula pubescens
  • Norway spruce20.7 %136 M m3furnish of 9 local facilitiesPicea abies
  • Aspen8.9 %58 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPopulus tremula
  • Common alder6.2 %40 M m3Alnus glutinosa
  • Grey alder5.1 %33 M m3Alnus incana
  • Common oak0.8 %5 M m3Quercus robur
  • European ash0.1 %1 M m3Fraxinus excelsior

The facilities on this page report Pine (9), Spruce (9), Birch (2), Alder (2), Aspen (2) and Mixed Softwood (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 86.5 % 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

Removals6 M m3/y4.8 coniferous, 1.2 non-coniferous
Estimated sawmill intake~6.5 M m3/y108 % of removals, from 15 of 15 operating sawmills

Pulp fibre

Pulpwood removals5.5 M m3/y1.6 coniferous, 3.9 non-coniferous
Sawmill chips, estimated1.8-2.4 M m3/y30-40 % of sawlog removals, joins the pulp fibre supply
Estimated pulp-mill wood demandno reported capacity figures yet (0 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
0
Sawmills
15
Sites
37
Operating
40
Operating pulp capacity
0
Sawn timber capacity
2 675 000 m3/y sawn timber

Sawn timber capacity covers 11 of 15 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-11-04.

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MillRaw materialStatusCapacity
AKZ (Aizkraukle)SawmillAKZ SIASoftwoodOperating225 000 m3/y sawn timber
AKZ Aizkraukle pellet plantPellet plantAKZ-Operating35 000 t/y pellets
Avoti SWF LizumsPellet plantAvoti SWF-Operating110 000 t/y pellets
Baltic Biogran RigaPellet plantBaltic Biogran-Operating16 000 t/y pellets
Bitus Latviai CesisPellet plantBitus Latviai-Operating20 000 t/y pellets
Bitus ValmieraSawmillBitus Latvia SIASoftwoodOperating240 000 m3/y sawn timber
BSW Latvia (Stopiņu pag.)SawmillSIA BSW Latvia-Operating220 000 m3/y sawn timber
CED Byko-Lat CesuPellet plantCED Byko-Lat-Operating28 000 t/y pellets
Gaujas Koks (Gulbenes novads)SawmillSIA Gaujas Koks-Operating150 000 m3/y sawn timber
Gaujas Koks (Jēkabpils)SawmillGaujas Koks SIASoftwoodOperating350 000 m3/y sawn timber
Gaujas Koks VangaziPellet plantGaujas Koks-Operating50 000 t/y pellets
Graanul Invest LaunkalnePellet plantSIA Graanul Invest-Operating275 251 t/y pellets
Graanul Pellets InčukalnsPellet plantSIA Graanul Pellets-Operating296 038 t/y pellets
HWI AugšlīgatnePellet plantHWI-Operating10 000 t/y pellets
KraussSawmillSIA KraussHardwoodOperating28 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 55 000 m3/y log intake
KurekssSawmillKurekss SIASoftwoodOperating250 000 m3/y sawn timber
Kurzemes granulasPellet plantSIA Kurzemes Granulas-Operating70 000 t/y pellets
Latgales Granulas Varaklanu novadsPellet plantLatgales Granulas-Operating24 000 t/y pellets
Latgran GulbenePellet plantSIA Latgran-Operating188 469 t/y pellets
Latgran JaunjelgavaPellet plantSIA Latgran-Operating90 000 t/y pellets
Latgran JēkabpilsPellet plantSIA Latgran-Operating170 000 t/y pellets
Latgran KrāslavaPellet plantSIA Latgran-Operating170 000 t/y pellets
Latgranula IncukalnsPellet plantLatgranula-Operating32 000 t/y pellets
LV TimberSawmillSIA LV TimberHardwoodOperating15 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 30 000 m3/y log intake
NewFuels RēzeknePellet plantNewFuels Rēzeknes SEZ SIA-Operating270 000 t/y pellets
Ošukalns KokzāģētavaSawmillSIA OšukalnsMixedOperating25 000 m3/y
PATA JēkabpilsSawmillSIA PATA JēkabpilsSoftwoodOperating300 000 m3/y sawn timber
PATA SaldusSawmillAS PATA SaldusSoftwoodOperating300 000 m3/y sawn timber
Rettenmeier Baltic Timber (Ikea Industry Latvia) Inčukalns pellet plantPellet plantRettenmeier Baltic Timber (Ikea Industry Latvia)-Operating16 000 t/y pellets
Rettenmeier Baltic Timber (Inčukalns)SawmillRettenmeier Baltic Timber SIASoftwoodOperating500 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 1 000 000 m3/y log intake
Scandbio TalsiPellet plantSIA Scandbio Latvia-Operating80 000 t/y pellets
Smiltene Impex (Launkalnes pag.)SawmillSIA Smiltene Impex-Operating80 000 m3/y sawn timber
Staļi CesisPellet plantStaļi-Operating10 000 t/y pellets
Stora Enso Latvija Launkalne pellet plantPellet plantStora Enso Latvija-Operating50 000 t/y pellets
Stora Enso LaunkalneSawmillStora Enso Latvija ASSoftwoodOperating260 000 m3/y sawn timber
Värpas 1Pellet plantVärpas-Operating15 000 t/y pellets
Vecborne BioenergyPellet plantVecborne Bioenergy-Operating150 000 t/y pellets
Vika Wood (Talsi)SawmillVika Wood SIASoftwoodOperating300 000 m3/y sawn timber
VPV LenciPellet plantVPV-Operating18 000 t/y pellets
Warmeston BrocēniPellet plantWarmeston SIA-Operating160 000 t/y pellets

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