In 2022, Europe generated 21 million tonnes of wood pellets or almost 45% of the world's total. About 20 million dry tonnes of raw materials are used annually by the European pellet manufacturing industry. These are primarily sawmill residues like sawdust and shavings along with smaller amounts of low-grade roundwood, recycled wood, and forest residues. This is equal to the feedstock needs of roughly 20 sizable pulp mills, or the total industrial roundwood crop in Germany.