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Pellet imports decreased by one fifth

Article by Jakob Wassermann (translated by Eva Guzely) | 27.01.2025 - 08:46

From January to November 2024, Germany imported a total of 348,000 t of wood pellets. Year on year, this corresponds to a 21% decrease.

At 107,000 t, Germany increased its imports from Denmark by 15%. Compared to 2023, Denmark’s share in Germany’s total imports rose by 10 percentage points to currently 31%. Meanwhile, pellet imports from the US decreased by 18% to 77,000 t.

Figures published by Destatis also show that smaller quantities of wood pellets were purchased from Belgium (42,000 t; -13%), Poland (38,000 t; -44%), Ukraine (26,000 t; -29%) and Austria (16,000 t, -33%). A marked decrease was also recorded in imports from the Czech Republic (11,000 t; -67%) and the Netherlands (10,000 t; -56%).

Albeit at a low level, Germany massively increased its pellet imports from France (7,000 t; +333%) and China (5,000 t; +1,721%).

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