Latvijas valsts meži — roundwood auctions: auction in Riga; national platform
Latvijas valsts meži, or LVM, conducts electronic roundwood-supply auctions in Latvia. Riga; national platform, Latvia.
AGR-365 · Auction · Riga; national platform, Latvia · EUR
Latvijas valsts meži, or LVM, conducts electronic roundwood-supply auctions in Latvia. The head office is in Riga, while deliveries are associated with the regions and conditions of individual procedures. Sawmills and other processors need to match the assortment and delivery programme with their actual production requirements, rather than treat the head-office location as a physical collection yard.
The auction announcement for deliveries during the first half of 2026 covered 846,700 cubic metres of timber. Separately, LVM's preliminary unaudited report for 2025 records 7.06 million cubic metres of roundwood assortments sold organisation-wide. The latter includes multiple sales channels and does not measure only the electronic auction portal. These two figures should not be added: their periods, coverage and offered-versus-sold bases differ.
The offering included pine and spruce sawlogs by diameter class, birch veneer logs, aspen, alder, stakes, packaging timber, industrial wood and firewood. The announcement directs participants to the SPP partner portal and schedules the publication of starting prices there. The transaction channel is assigned status L; participant contents were not inspected. Public organisation reports can provide additional historical average-price context, but those averages do not replace a quotation for an identified lot or supply contract.
Prospective buyers should first examine the eligibility criteria, draft contract and specification for the relevant procedure. Species, quality, diameter, length, measurement and delivery basis all affect comparability. Timber delivered to a processing plant has a different cost structure from timber collected at a storage point. Compare the available delivery schedule with processing capacity and storage space so that the contracted volume can be received and used efficiently. A low unit price is of limited value if the agreed delivery pattern does not fit the plant's requirements.
This channel is particularly relevant to businesses purchasing from LVM. A private woodland owner seeking to offer their own logs should establish whether a separate service exists rather than assume that the portal functions as an open listing marketplace. Before bidding, clarify payment, security arrangements, transport responsibility and the process for resolving measurement differences. The cited announcement concerns a completed procedure with 2026 deliveries. A subsequent purchase requires the new calendar and its corresponding attachments. Keeping the exact contract and assortment reference with each price observation helps distinguish a repeatable procurement opportunity from a historical result whose delivery or qualification conditions no longer apply.
What is priced: Timber and forest products
Products and quotations
Pine and spruce sawlogs; birch veneer logs; aspen; alder; stakes; packaging timber; industrial wood and firewood
Sources
- Auctions for first-half 2026 deliveries — www.lvm.lv
- Preliminary organisation-wide 2025 report — www.lvm.lv
- SPP partner portal — www.e-lvm.lv
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