Pulp mills and sawmills in Spain
WoodComp tracks 8 operating pulp mills and 26 sawmills in Spain, with capacity, status and location as open data. Spain holds 19.1 M ha of forest, 38 % of its land area, led by Pino silvestre o albar and Pino resinero. The fibre balance below sets their estimated wood demand against the national removals.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 19.1 M ha 38 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 1.3 bn m3 growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 15.1 M m3/y production
Forest types
share of forest area- Naturally regenerating 85.3 % · 16.3 M ha
- Other planted 9.3 % · 1.8 M ha
- Plantation 5.5 % · 1.0 M haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Pino silvestre o albar 16.9 %
- Pino resinero 13.6 %
- Pino laricio, salgareño o negral 9.0 %
- Pino carrasco 8.2 %
- Haya 6.4 %
- Other species 45.9 %
All 15 reported species
- Pino silvestre o albar16.9 %225 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
- Pino resinero13.6 %182 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus pinaster
- Pino laricio, salgareño o negral9.0 %120 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus nigra
- Pino carrasco8.2 %110 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus halepensis
- Haya6.4 %86 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityFagus sylvatica
- Encina6.1 %81 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesQuercus ilex
- Melojo rebollo y roble pubescente5.6 %75 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesQuercus pyrenaica y Quercus pubescens
- Eucalipto globulusintroduced5.4 %72 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesEucalyptus globulus
- Pino radiata, insigne ointroduced4.9 %65 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus radiata
- Roble2.5 %33 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesQuercus robur y Quercus petraea
- Castaño2.3 %31 M m3Castanea sativa
- Pino piñonero2.3 %30 M m3furnish of 21 local facilitiesPinus pinea
- Chopo híbridointroduced1.0 %13 M m3Populus x canadensis
- Eucalipto rostrataintroduced0.4 %5 M m3furnish of 4 local facilitiesEucalyptus camaldulensis
- Pseudotsugaintroduced0.2 %2 M m3Pseudotsuga menziesii
Introduced species hold 11.9 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 84.7 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Pine (21), Eucalyptus (4), Oak (2), Jute (1), Other non-wood fibre (1) and Mixed Softwood (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 81.2 % 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
Sawlogs
Pulp fibre
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). Removals by assortment: Eurostat roundwood removals (2023), under bark.
Key figures
- Pulp mills
- 9
- Sawmills
- 27
- Sites
- 81
- Operating
- 77
- Operating pulp capacity
- 2 026 000 t/y pulp
- Sawn timber capacity
- 420 000 m3/y sawn timber
Capacity is the sum over 8 of 8 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 6 of 26 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-11-04.
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