Furniture, wood & rattan
Indonesian wood pellets
Indonesia produces wood pellets for the Asian biomass market, mostly from plantation and residue material. Pellets are bought against published quality classes, and buyers in regulated markets increasingly need sustainability evidence on top of the legality paperwork every Indonesian wood shipment carries.
How it leaves the country.
- Industrial pellets
- For power generation, bought in bulk against a quality class and a delivered energy price.
- Premium pellets
- For heating, tighter on ash and fines, and packaged rather than bulk.
- Torrefied and briquettes
- Adjacent products with different handling and different buyers.
How it is graded.
Pellets are one of the few wood products with published international classification. Name the class and the parameters inside it, and ask for testing on the shipped lot rather than a type approval.
- Buy against a class
- International standards classify pellets on ash, moisture, calorific value, durability and fines. Name the class you require in the contract.
- Fines are the hidden cost
- Dust from handling reduces delivered energy and creates a housekeeping problem at your end. It is worth testing on arrival as well as at loading.
- Legality
- V-Legal document under SVLK, required for every wood product leaving Indonesia, for every destination1
How it is packed.
- Bulk or bagged
- Bulk for power, bagged for heating. Handling is what generates fines, so the number of transfers matters.
- Self-heating and dust
- Pellets in bulk can self-heat and generate combustible dust. Carriers treat them accordingly and the classification belongs in the booking conversation.
Where it grows.
South Sumatra
Sumatra
Plantation material and pelletising capacity built around it.
East Kalimantan
Borneo
Residue and plantation supply, with the logistics of a remote origin.
East Java
Java
Smaller capacity closer to the export ports.
Documentation, where applicable.
- V-Legal document
- Issued under SVLK. Required for wood products to every export destination.1
- EUDR due diligence statement
- For the EU only. Wood is a listed commodity and pellets are a derived product.2
- Certificate of analysis
- Ash, moisture, calorific value, durability and fines on the lot that shipped.
- Safety data sheet
- Needed by the carrier because of self-heating and dust.
Questions buyers ask.
Can Indonesian pellets go to Europe?
Technically yes, and in practice most of the trade goes to Asian markets on freight economics. If you are buying for a regulated European market, the sustainability evidence requirement is a separate and substantial conversation on top of legality.
Why does ash matter so much?
Because it is what you clean out and what fouls a boiler. Two pellets with the same calorific value and different ash are not the same fuel, and the difference shows in maintenance rather than in the invoice.
Should I test on arrival?
Yes, on durability and fines especially. Handling between the mill and your silo generates dust, so a loading test and an arrival test answer different questions and both are worth having.
What does your service cost?
Five per cent of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory. A factory audit starts at $250 depending on location. We work with orders from $10,000 per shipment.
Worth reading.
Tell us what you need.
Give us the specification and the destination port. We come back with producer options and an indicative price. Our fee is 5 % of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory.
Sources
- 1SVLK, Indonesia's timber legality assurance system. FLEGT licence information service. Checked 3 August 2026.
- 2Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR). European Commission. Checked 3 August 2026.