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 8 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 8 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 (8), Spruce (8), Birch (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~6.1 M m3/y102 % 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.

Pulp mills: 0
Sawmills: 15
Operating: 15
Operating pulp capacity: 0
Sawn timber capacity: 2 490 000; m3/y sawn timber

Sawn timber capacity covers 11 of 15 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-15.

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Mill	Raw material	Status	Capacity
AKZ (Aizkraukle)SawmillAKZ SIA	Softwood	Operating	225 000 m3/y sawn timber
Bitus ValmieraSawmillBitus Latvia SIA	Softwood	Operating	240 000 m3/y sawn timber
BSW Latvia (Stopiņu pag.)SawmillSIA BSW Latvia	-	Operating	220 000 m3/y sawn timber
Gaujas Koks (Gulbenes novads)SawmillSIA Gaujas Koks	-	Operating	115 000 m3/y sawn timber
Gaujas Koks (Jēkabpils)SawmillGaujas Koks SIA	Softwood	Operating	200 000 m3/y sawn timber
KraussSawmillSIA Krauss	Hardwood	Operating	28 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 55 000 m3/y log intake
KurekssSawmillKurekss SIA	Softwood	Operating	250 000 m3/y sawn timber
LV TimberSawmillSIA LV Timber	Hardwood	Operating	15 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 30 000 m3/y log intake
Ošukalns KokzāģētavaSawmillSIA Ošukalns	Mixed	Operating	25 000 m3/y
PATA JēkabpilsSawmillSIA PATA Jēkabpils	-	Operating	300 000 m3/y sawn timber
PATA SaldusSawmillAS PATA Saldus	Softwood	Operating	300 000 m3/y sawn timber
Rettenmeier Baltic Timber (Inčukalns)SawmillRettenmeier Baltic Timber SIA	Softwood	Operating	500 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 1 000 000 m3/y log intake
Smiltene Impex (Launkalnes pag.)SawmillSIA Smiltene Impex	-	Operating	80 000 m3/y sawn timber
Stora Enso LaunkalneSawmillStora Enso Latvija AS	Softwood	Operating	260 000 m3/y sawn timber
Vika Wood (Talsi)SawmillVika Wood SIA	Softwood	Operating	300 000 m3/y sawn timber

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