Pulp mills and sawmills in South Korea
WoodComp tracks 2 operating pulp mills in South Korea, with capacity, status and location as open data. South Korea holds 6.3 M ha of forest, 64 % of its land area, led by Red pine and Oak.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 6.3 M ha 64 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 1.1 bn m3 growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 3.5 M m3/y production
Forest types
share of forest area- Naturally regenerating 64.0 % · 4.0 M ha
- Plantation 36.0 % · 2.3 M haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Red pine 27.3 %
- Oak 15.3 %
- Japanese larch 5.4 %introduced
- Pitch pine 4.5 %introduced
- Black pine 4.3 %
- Other species 43.1 %
All 7 reported species
- Red pine27.3 %284 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus densiflora
- Oak15.3 %159 M m3Quercus sp
- Japanese larchintroduced5.4 %57 M m3Larix kaempferi
- Pitch pineintroduced4.5 %47 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus rigida
- Black pine4.3 %45 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus thunbergii
- Korean pine2.6 %27 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityPinus koraiensis
- Japanese cypressintroduced0.6 %6 M m3Chamaecyparis obtusa
Introduced species hold 10.5 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 60.1 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Mixed Softwood (1), Pine (1), Recycled Fiber (1) and Mixed Hardwood (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 38.7 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
Key figures
- Pulp mills
- 2
- Sawmills
- 0
- Operating
- 17
- Operating pulp capacity
- 494 000 t/y pulp
- Sawn timber capacity
- -
Capacity is the sum over 2 of 2 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Data last updated 2026-10-22.
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