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Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity by country

The database contains data on the bilateral trade flows in roundwood, primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world. The main types of primary forest products included in are: roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed...

Countries reporting
145
Highest
416,793 t
France
Lowest
1 t
Burundi
Median
1,041 t
Years covered
18
2001–2018
Data points
2,388

What the numbers show

Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 416,793 t in France; the lowest is 1 t in Burundi.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,041 t, and the mean is 14,201 t.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 29,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 99.4%).

Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 416,793 t 2018 down 39.9% rising
2 Germany 321,976 t 2018 down 49.5% rising
3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 240,641 t 2018 down 30.7% rising
4 Italy 136,884 t 2018 up 191.2% volatile
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 120,309 t 2018 down 21.9% rising
6 Poland 77,062 t 2018 up 97.6% rising
7 Spain 75,618 t 2018 up 32.7% falling
8 Algeria 67,719 t 2018 up 477.4% volatile
9 Luxembourg 64,322 t 2018 up 145.1% rising
10 India 39,614 t 2018 up 1,092.8% volatile
11 Saudi Arabia 39,379 t 2018 up 293.8% volatile
12 Australia 32,008 t 2018 up 28.0% rising
13 Denmark 28,160 t 2018 up 604.0% volatile
14 Hungary 25,269 t 2018 up 415.4% volatile
15 Syrian Arab Republic 20,545 t 2018 up 26.2% volatile
16 Czechia 19,784 t 2018 down 10.1% rising
17 Nigeria 17,783 t 2018 down 62.0% volatile
18 Mexico 15,832 t 2018 up 126.2% volatile
19 Ghana 15,495 t 2018 up 170.0% volatile
20 Tunisia 14,507 t 2018 up 846.3% volatile
21 Egypt 13,619 t 2018 down 62.2% volatile
22 Austria 13,410 t 2018 down 44.1% flat
23 T�rkiye 12,506 t 2018 down 80.8% volatile
24 Latvia 11,704 t 2018 up 5,010.9% volatile
25 Sweden 11,376 t 2018 down 24.2% rising
26 Switzerland 11,062 t 2018 down 7.8% falling
27 China 10,578 t 2018 down 92.3% volatile
28 Greece 8,586 t 2018 down 76.7% volatile
29 Portugal 8,401 t 2018 down 45.0% rising
30 Bulgaria 7,577 t 2018 up 481.5% volatile
31 Canada 7,557 t 2018 up 655.7% volatile
32 Israel 6,987 t 2018 down 71.4% rising
33 Republic of Korea 6,553 t 2018 up 298.4% volatile
34 Sudan (former) 6,534 t 2011 up 890.0% volatile
35 Dominican Republic 6,521 t 2018 up 2,140.9% volatile
36 Cameroon 6,212 t 2018 up 151.8% volatile
37 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6,151 t 2018 down 60.5% volatile
38 Peru 5,649 t 2018 up 17.3% rising
39 Lithuania 4,995 t 2018 up 523.6% volatile
40 Ireland 4,877 t 2018 up 123.6% rising
41 Colombia 4,741 t 2018 up 827.8% volatile
42 Sri Lanka 4,567 t 2018 up 322.1% volatile
43 Guatemala 4,023 t 2018 up 249.2% volatile
44 Argentina 3,959 t 2018 down 50.5% volatile
45 Chile 3,456 t 2018 up 52.7% volatile
46 Trinidad and Tobago 3,267 t 2018 up 3,071.8% volatile
47 Slovakia 3,110 t 2018 up 53.9% volatile
48 United Arab Emirates 2,797 t 2018 down 91.3% volatile
49 Ecuador 2,759 t 2018 up 0.3% volatile
50 Philippines 2,604 t 2018 up 18.3% volatile
51 Cuba 2,556 t 2018 up 1,978.0% volatile
52 Morocco 2,476 t 2018 down 80.0% volatile
53 Kuwait 2,444 t 2018 down 20.6% volatile
54 Romania 2,358 t 2018 down 64.8% rising
55 Malta 2,354 t 2018 down 37.7% volatile
56 Senegal 2,310 t 2018 up 362.9% volatile
57 Cyprus 2,229 t 2018 up 61.1% volatile
58 Oman 2,190 t 2018 down 56.5% volatile
59 C�te d'Ivoire 2,181 t 2018 up 156.3% volatile
60 Viet Nam 2,001 t 2018 down 52.0% volatile
61 Estonia 1,956 t 2018 up 1,557.6% volatile
62 Pakistan 1,794 t 2018 up 69.6% volatile
63 Norway 1,462 t 2018 down 81.9% volatile
64 Brazil 1,458 t 2018 down 86.1% volatile
65 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,299 t 2018 down 69.6% volatile
66 Finland 1,266 t 2018 down 82.1% falling
67 Mauritius 1,245 t 2018 up 12,350.0% volatile
68 Albania 1,231 t 2018 up 3,056.4% volatile
69 Kenya 1,189 t 2018 up 0.4% volatile
70 United Republic of Tanzania 1,075 t 2018 up 15.0% volatile
71 Malaysia 1,064 t 2018 down 73.4% volatile
72 Costa Rica 1,045 t 2018 down 58.2% volatile
73 Russian Federation 1,041 t 2018 down 88.4% volatile
74 Congo 1,018 t 2018 up 422.1% volatile
75 Georgia 988 t 2018 up 759.1% volatile
76 Angola 920 t 2018 up 178.8% volatile
77 Bahrain 913 t 2018 down 86.3% volatile
78 Ukraine 852 t 2018 down 61.3% volatile
79 Singapore 845 t 2018 down 34.6% volatile
80 Iceland 843 t 2018 down 12.5% rising
81 Croatia 785 t 2018 up 37.5% volatile
82 Democratic Republic of the Congo 776 t 2018 down 34.9% volatile
83 Madagascar 770 t 2018 down 33.7% volatile
84 New Zealand 760 t 2018 down 85.8% volatile
85 Bangladesh 714 t 2018 down 44.7% volatile
86 Togo 697 t 2018 up 312.4% volatile
87 Jamaica 676 t 2018 up 376.1% volatile
88 Honduras 673 t 2018 up 387.7% volatile
89 Uruguay 650 t 2018 down 42.0% volatile
90 Jordan 645 t 2018 down 77.8% volatile
91 Uganda 576 t 2018 up 114.9% volatile
92 Guinea 521 t 2018 up 316.8% volatile
93 Djibouti 508 t 2018 down 37.3% volatile
93 El Salvador 508 t 2018 down 59.5% volatile
95 Afghanistan 471 t 2018 up 1,862.5% volatile
96 Cambodia 453 t 2018 up 452.4% volatile
97 Qatar 448 t 2018 up 27.6% volatile
98 Lebanon 413 t 2018 down 87.5% volatile
99 Iraq 392 t 2018 up 137.6% volatile
100 Barbados 385 t 2018 up 210.5% volatile
101 Serbia and Montenegro 337 t 2005 — volatile
102 Armenia 329 t 2018 up 1,545.0% volatile
103 Slovenia 328 t 2018 down 73.5% volatile
104 Thailand 308 t 2018 down 90.3% volatile
105 Mali 299 t 2018 down 37.1% volatile
106 Zimbabwe 295 t 2018 up 29,400.0% volatile
107 Panama 279 t 2018 down 90.4% volatile
108 Bahamas 243 t 2013 up 143.0% volatile
109 New Caledonia 216 t 2018 up 195.9% volatile
110 Nicaragua 207 t 2018 up 1,781.8% volatile
111 Benin 203 t 2018 up 103.0% volatile
112 Ethiopia 202 t 2018 down 31.3% volatile
113 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 182 t 2018 down 88.4% volatile
114 Paraguay 162 t 2018 down 90.5% volatile
115 Indonesia 146 t 2018 down 98.5% volatile
116 Rwanda 124 t 2018 up 226.3% volatile
117 Mauritania 101 t 2016 down 38.8% volatile
118 Japan 92 t 2018 down 57.6% volatile
119 French Polynesia 87 t 2018 up 26.1% volatile
120 Belarus 86 t 2018 down 5.5% volatile
121 Azerbaijan 71 t 2018 up 16.4% volatile
122 Malawi 69 t 2018 up 155.6% volatile
123 Sierra Leone 64 t 2018 up 814.3% volatile
124 Suriname 61 t 2018 up 6,000.0% volatile
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48 t 2018 down 90.0% volatile
126 Kazakhstan 43 t 2018 down 82.0% volatile
127 Uzbekistan 35 t 2018 down 51.4% volatile
128 Turkmenistan 26 t 2006 down 31.6% volatile
129 Guyana 25 t 2018 up 2,400.0% volatile
129 Libya 25 t 2017 down 35.9% volatile
129 Niger 25 t 2017 down 58.3% volatile
132 Fiji 24 t 2012 down 41.5% falling
132 Mozambique 24 t 2018 up 166.7% volatile
134 Burkina Faso 22 t 2018 up 29.4% volatile
135 Chad 17 t 2014 down 41.4% volatile
136 Equatorial Guinea 12 t 2018 up 500.0% volatile
137 Gabon 10 t 2018 down 79.6% volatile
137 Kyrgyzstan 10 t 2018 down 77.3% volatile
139 Gambia 9 t 2018 down 57.1% volatile
140 Guinea-Bissau 6 t 2008 — volatile
141 Nepal 3 t 2010 down 92.3% volatile
142 Sao Tome and Principe 2 t 2012 unchanged volatile
142 Zambia 2 t 2015 down 50.0% volatile
142 Republic of Moldova 2 t 2018 down 84.6% volatile
145 Burundi 1 t 2018 down 99.4% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Belgium — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 2,388 data points, 2001–2018
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The database contains data on the bilateral trade flows in roundwood, primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world. The main types of primary forest products included in are: roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further. The definitions are available. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/forestry/statistics/80572/en/