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Mežabirža is Latvia's electronic auction venue for cirsma (standing-timber sale). Marketing claims +15–50% over the reserve, but our read of public 2024–2025 data points to an average uplift closer to 10–20%. In liquid segments it is even lower. Here is where the platform genuinely works and where you simply pay to participate.
About seven months are left before December 30, 2026. By that date every Latvian timber seller into the EU supply chain will need GPS coordinates of the felling site and a completed due diligence statement. What that means for a private owner.
After the largest forest-land deal in Latvian history, IKEA-linked Ingka Investments now holds about 230,000 ha of Latvian forest. Separately, Inter IKEA bought roughly 24,000 ha in the Baltics. Here is what happened and what it actually changes for buyers and sellers.
The familiar narrative of a roughly even state-versus-private split does not match the VMD data. Measured by forest compartments, private ownership outweighs the state by a factor of 2.17. Within the private sector, concentration is extreme: the top 1% of owners hold 44% of the area. We break down ownership across 276,011 cadastres.
The calculator shows €100,000 standing, the buyer offers €58,000, and both are right. The gap between a theoretical valuation and a real transaction price is five concrete discounts. We break down each one with real numbers from a VMD sample.
Latio Q4 2024 and early 2025/2026 transaction data puts per-hectare prices between €3,800 in Latgale and €6,911 in Zemgale. The regional gap is driven by logistics, not just by what is growing on the land.
On the Latvian private forest market, every second unprepared buyer falls into at least one pitfall: overpays, inherits someone else's obligations, loses access. Ten concrete categories of risk with instructions on where to find them before signing.
Latvian state TV ran a simple test: the same 10 ha parcel in Vidzeme drew offers from €30,000 to €80,000. The 2.7× gap is the price an owner pays for entering negotiations without numbers.
Textbooks say plant pine. Real VMD data on 117,000 mature private stands tells a different story: black alder on a 50-year rotation delivers the best NPV thanks to its short cycle, and pine only pays off in central Latvia and Kurzeme. A species-by-species breakdown of return per hectare.
In a single year coniferous pulpwood rose by almost half while birch veneer logs dropped 18%. The 'price of timber' is not one number — it is a basket of assortments. Here is what is rising in 2026, what is falling, and how to tell whether it is a good moment for your stand.
Cadastral values in Latvia have not been revised since 2007. A phased revaluation began in 2025 and runs through 2028. For most private forest owners this means a higher Real Estate Tax (NĪN). We walk through the mechanics with realistic scenarios.
VMD inventory data carries enough information for an owner to build a first-pass standing-timber value without an intermediary. This article walks through the G×H×f formula and where its limits lie.
