Lithuanian wood pellets in Poland — are they worse, what they cost and who makes them (Granulita, Fuoco Pulito)

One in three ENplus-certified pallets in our pellet price listing carries a number starting with "LT", not "PL". That is no accident: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia together produce roughly twice as many pellets as Poland, almost all for export, and Poland has recently become a net importer. Below is what that means for a buyer — whether Lithuanian pellets are worse (no, and it can be checked), who makes them, what they cost in Polish shops today and what to look at on the bag.

Why Polish shops are full of Lithuanian pellets

Three numbers, each from a different source:

• Lithuania produced about 610,000 tonnes of pellets in 2024 (USDA FAS "Wood Pellets Annual", citing Bioenergy Europe) and is a clear net exporter — the domestic market is small, most of it goes abroad.
• According to Pellet Energy of Błaszki (a Polish producer, so an interested source): "Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia together produce about 4 million tonnes of pellets a year", "as much as 90% of that production is destined for export", and "deliveries from the Baltic states to Poland currently run at about 200–300 thousand tonnes a year" (August 2026).
• Imports into Poland are jumping. From GUS (Statistics Poland) data quoted by Magazyn Biomasa: the value of wood-pellet imports (CN 44013100) was 288.5 million zł in 2025 against 190.7 million a year earlier (+51%), and imports from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia combined leapt from 2.63 million zł in 2023 to 63.12 million zł in 2025 — with Estonia the largest Baltic supplier in 2025 (37.31 million zł).

On the Polish side: about 2.2 million tonnes a year from ~140 plants (Bioenergy Europe via kominki.org), but 2024 production was expected to fall by about 200,000 tonnes for lack of raw material — and it is that sawdust shortage, not capacity, that opens the door to imports. At a parliamentary committee session on 11 March 2026, energy-ministry officials said plainly that Poland "has become a net importer of wood pellets". If you buy pellets online, you are buying in a market where Baltic pellets are a normal part of supply, not an exotic one.

Are Lithuanian pellets worse?

There is no "Lithuanian standard". ENplus is one European scheme: the same ISO 17225-2 standard, the same thresholds (ash ≤ 0.7% for A1 and so on), the same audits — administered nationally. In Lithuania that is done by the LITBIOMA association, which received from the European Pellet Council "an exclusive right to administer the ENplus certification system in Lithuania", and according to which "most of Lithuanian pellets producers and traders are certified in ENplus". The letters in the number (LT, PL, AT) say where the certificate was issued, not what the pellets are like.

Baltic producers certified early, too: as far back as 2017 a trade site noted that "most pellet producer-exporters from the Baltic Sea region hold EN Plus certificates" — at the time 9 Lithuanian, 10 Latvian and 8 Estonian. The reason is simple: whoever lives off exports to Germany, Italy and Denmark needs the paper those markets demand.

What actually distinguishes Lithuanian pellets from Polish ones is raw material and logistics, not class. Lithuanian pellets are almost always pure pine (as Granulita and Gairelita declare); Polish ones are sometimes mixed. A pallet travels 500–800 km, which only pays for producers with full trucks — so Lithuanian pellets reach Poland mainly through larger distributors and online shops, rarely DIY chains.

Who makes them — the brands in our table

Granulita — UAB Granulita of Vainiūnai (Radviliškis district), a producer since 2016. Shops state certificate ENplus A1 LT002 ("one of the first products in Lithuania with this mark") and DINplus 7A139. Parameters declared by the WoleBio shop (tested values, not standard limits): moisture 6.5%, ash 0.40%, 17.89 MJ/kg (4.97 kWh/kg), durability 99.2%, bulk density 686 kg/m³; raw material "softwood, mainly pine". 975 kg pallet (65 × 15 kg). We track it in three shops.

Fuoco Pulito — Italian name, Lithuanian producer: UAB Gairelita, certificate LT003. It has its own profile: Fuoco Pulito pellets — reviews, producer, parameters.

Unbranded pellets from CSTB (Cargosped) — the product page states "Country of production: Lithuania", "Material: spruce" and certificate ENplus A1 no. LT011, but names no producer. We could not establish who holds number LT011 — so in our table that offer has an empty brand, and before buying it is worth asking the seller for a copy of the certificate or checking the number in the register.

Other Lithuanian brands appearing in Polish listings (Bageta, Hiton, Šilalės mediena) have no offer we track — but the same ENplus number can be checked the same way.

What Lithuanian pellets cost — as of 12 October 2026

Gross prices per 975 kg pallet from our automatic reads (every shop declares delivery included):

Brand	Shop	Pallet price	zł/t	Availability
CSTB (LT011, unbranded)	sklep.cstb.pl	2,200 zł	2,256	available
Granulita	Pellet Pod Dom	2,300 zł	2,359	available
Fuoco Pulito	Pellet Pod Dom	2,300 zł	2,359	out of stock
Granulita	WoleBio	2,398 zł	2,459	available
Granulita	PelletSklep.pl	2,495 zł	2,559	out of stock

On the same day the median of all available A1 offers in our index was 2,359 zł/t, with a range of 2,051–2,666 zł/t. Lithuanian pellets sit in the middle of the pack, then — neither clearly cheaper nor dearer than Polish ones with a PL number. The same Granulita costs between 2,359 and 2,559 zł/t across three shops: choosing the shop gives you more than choosing the country of origin. Current prices: the table (filter by brand) and a price alert for when one drops below your threshold.

What to look at on the bag

1. The certificate number, not the flag. LT002 or PL 054 — both are checked in the same ENplus register.
2. Pallet weight. Lithuanian producers usually pack 975 kg (65 × 15 kg), but Gairelita states 1050 kg on its own site while Polish shops sell its pellets as 975 kg — count zł/t, not zł per pallet.
3. Bag condition after transport. A pallet from Lithuania has several hundred extra kilometres behind it; dust at the bottom of a bag is grounds for a complaint to the shop, not proof of bad pellets.

Sources

• USDA FAS — Wood Pellets Annual, European Union (2025) — Lithuanian production ~610,000 t in 2024, net exporter; data via Bioenergy Europe.
• Pellet Energy — "Rynek pelletu przed kolejnym sezonem grzewczym" (10 Aug 2026) — Baltics ~4 million t/yr, 90% exported, 200–300 thousand t/yr to Poland. The author is a pellet producer in Błaszki (Polish).
• Magazyn Biomasa — "Importowany pellet wkroczył do Polski" — GUS data (CN 44013100): imports 288.5 million zł in 2025, from Lithuania/Latvia/Estonia 63.12 million zł vs 2.63 million in 2023; Estonia 37.31 million zł (Polish).
• Sozosfera — "Polska stała się importerem pelletu drzewnego" (11 Mar 2026) — statement from a parliamentary committee session; no import figures in the text itself (Polish).
• kominki.org — "Dynamika rozwoju polskiej branży pelletu drzewnego" — 2.2 million t, ~140 plants, 2024 production down ~200,000 t for lack of raw material; via Bioenergy Europe (Polish).
• LITBIOMA — Quality assured — exclusive right to administer ENplus in Lithuania; "most of Lithuanian pellets producers and traders are certified in ENplus".
• Rynek Pelletu — "Bałtycki boom" (5 May 2017) — 9 Lithuanian, 10 Latvian, 8 Estonian ENplus producers in 2017 (Polish).
• WoleBio — Pellet Granulita — LT002, DINplus 7A139, tested parameters, 975 kg, "softwood, mainly pine", price. A shop whose prices we track (Polish).
• PelletSklep.pl — Pellet Granulita — "Producer: Granulita, UAB", LT002, 975 kg, price. A shop whose prices we track (Polish).
• Granulita UAB — producer site — address in Vainiūnai, Radviliškis district; since 2016.
• CSTB — Pelet drzewny, pallet — "Certificate number: LT011", country of production Lithuania, spruce, 975 kg. A shop whose prices we track (Polish).