10. Property, plant and equipment
The carrying amounts of all assets summarized in property, plant and equipment, are as follows:
| in thousand EUR | 2025 | 2024 | ||
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| Land | 46 453 | 47 579 | ||
| Forest roads | 2 450 | 2 748 | ||
| Buildings and improvements | 4 645 | 4 709 | ||
| Machinery and vehicles | 5 542 | 7 128 | ||
| Furniture and fixtures | 260 | 286 | ||
| Construction in progress | 679 | 646 | ||
| Advanced payments for PPE | 1 157 | 701 | ||
| Total carrying amounts | 61 186 | 63 796 | ||
The Group uses different valuation methods for its assets. Beside the land in Brazil and Gabon, which is presented at fair value according to the revaluation model of IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment, the assets are held at cost.
The forests in Brazil are presented separately as biological assets, according to IAS 41 Agriculture and are further detailed in Note 11; as well as the leased assets, presented separately according to IFRS 16 Leases in Note 21.
a. Land at fair value
Precious Woods applies the revaluation model according to IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment for all its land assets. The carrying amount for those assets, if the cost model had been applied, would have been EUR 11.7 million (2024: EUR 12.2 million).
Reconciliation of carrying amount of level 2 land revaluation
in thousand EUR |
2025 at Fair Value |
2024 at Fair Value |
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| At 1 January | 47 579 | 54 907 | ||
| Additions | 34 | – | ||
| Change in fair value | –556 | 51 | ||
| Reclassification from/to advanced payments for PPE | –530 | 18 | ||
| Currency effects | –74 | –7 397 | ||
| At 31 December | 46 453 | 47 579 | ||
Accounting policies
The land value is measured at fair value with any changes in value recognized in other comprehensive income under revaluation surplus.
Land revaluation Brazil and Gabon
The valuation was based on the market value. The sales comparison approach is used to determine the market value of bare land without biomass. This approach consists of comparing the subject land to similar land sold in the recent past in an open market situation and adjusting the value for market trends. This results in a market value for the land.
In Brazil, there were no indications of a price fluctuation for land in 2025. In 2024, the fair value fell due to the conversion into the consolidation currency to EUR 37.2 million and in 2025 it amounted to EUR 36.0 million. Over the years, there may be small temporary changes in the land area due to legal cases. Further information about these uncertain land titles is disclosed in Note 10 b.
In Gabon, there were no indications of a price fluctuation for land in 2025; the fair value remained stable at EUR 10.4 million, as in 2024.
The fair value measurement for the land has been categorized as a level 2 fair value based on the inputs to the valuation technique used.
b. Other assets at cost
Beside the land, all other asset categories in property, plant and equipment are held at cost.
in thousand EUR |
Forest roads | Buildings and improve- ments |
Machinery and vehicles |
Furniture and fixtures |
Construction in progress |
Advanced payments for PPE |
Total PPE at cost |
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| Cost | ||||||||||||||
| At 1 January 2024 | 11 545 | 16 652 | 36 981 | 1 473 | 221 | 2 533 | 69 404 | |||||||
| Additions | – | 40 | 2 233 | 54 | 935 | 23 | 3 285 | |||||||
| Disposals | – | – | –897 | – | – | – | –897 | |||||||
| Reclassifications 1 | – | 91 | –339 | 11 | –503 | –301 | –1 040 | |||||||
| Currency effects | –663 | –403 | –2 006 | –69 | –7 | –394 | –3 542 | |||||||
| At 31 December 2024 | 10 882 | 16 380 | 35 971 | 1 470 | 646 | 1 861 | 67 209 | |||||||
| Additions | – | 79 | 684 | 28 | 388 | 55 | 1 234 | |||||||
| Disposals | – | –10 | –853 | – | – | –562 | –1 425 | |||||||
| Reclassifications 1 | 58 | 177 | 93 | 25 | –354 | 530 | 527 | |||||||
| Currency effects | –9 | –7 | –33 | 1 | –1 | –5 | –53 | |||||||
| At 31 December 2025 | 10 931 | 16 619 | 35 862 | 1 524 | 679 | 1 878 | 67 493 | |||||||
| Accumulated depreciation and impairment | ||||||||||||||
| At 1 January 2024 | 8 068 | 11 353 | 29 067 | 1 177 | – | 1 395 | 51 060 | |||||||
| Charge for the year | 490 | 608 | 2 506 | 81 | – | – | 3 686 | |||||||
| Reversal of impairment | –11 | – | – | – | – | –4 | –15 | |||||||
| Disposals | – | – | –846 | – | – | – | –846 | |||||||
| Reclassifications 1 | – | – | –512 | –17 | – | – | –530 | |||||||
| Currency effects | –414 | –290 | –1 371 | –57 | – | –231 | –2 363 | |||||||
| At 31 December 2024 | 8 133 | 11 672 | 28 843 | 1 184 | – | 1 160 | 50 992 | |||||||
| Charge for the year | 366 | 317 | 2 275 | 79 | – | – | 3 037 | |||||||
| Impairment charge | – | – | – | – | – | 117 | 117 | |||||||
| Reversal of impairment | –10 | – | – | – | – | – | –10 | |||||||
| Disposals | – | –10 | –767 | – | – | –562 | –1 339 | |||||||
| Currency effects | –8 | –5 | –31 | 1 | – | 6 | –37 | |||||||
| At 31 December 2025 | 8 481 | 11 974 | 30 320 | 1 264 | – | 721 | 52 760 | |||||||
| Carrying amount | ||||||||||||||
| At 31 December 2024 | 3 477 | 5 299 | 7 913 | 296 | 221 | 1 138 | 18 344 | |||||||
| At 31 December 2025 | 2 450 | 4 645 | 5 542 | 260 | 679 | 1 157 | 14 733 | |||||||
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1 The reclassifications contain also reclassifications from/to land, leasing and from spare parts (Note 21)
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For certain land acquired by Precious Woods in Brazil, the land title registration is not yet finalized. These transactions are disclosed as advanced payments for property, plant and equipment at historical cost. For advanced payments for land titles with a certain risk of losing the land, an allowance is recorded based on Group Management’s estimate of the probability of not being able to prove the ownership of the land. Based on the continued efforts to clean the land titles from legal issues, Precious Woods had on the one hand to reclassify additional land as advanced payments for property, plant and equipment in the amount of EUR 529 572 (2024: EUR 0.0). On the other hand, no advanced payments for property, plant and equipment were reversed to land (2024: EUR 17 735).
Accounting policies
In general, assets in property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and any impairment in value. Depreciation is applied using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets as follows:
- Permanent forest roads 25 years
- Buildings and improvements 3 to 25 years
- Machinery and vehicles 4 to 10 years
- Furniture and fixtures 5 to 10 years
The assets’ residual values and useful lives and methods of depreciation are reviewed at each financial year-end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.