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

Countries reporting

140

Highest

390,849 t

Argentina

Lowest

1 t

Slovakia

Median

898 t

Years covered

1997–2018

Data points

2,509

What the numbers show

Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 390,849 t in Argentina; the lowest is 1 t in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 898 t, and the mean is 12,562 t.

Over the past decade 77 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 11,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 99.6%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Argentina	390,849 t	2018	down 7.2%	rising
2	Peru	189,511 t	2018	up 221.1%	volatile
3	Chile	141,775 t	2018	up 31.4%	rising
4	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	94,289 t	2018	up 15.0%	rising
5	Paraguay	72,376 t	2018	up 68.5%	rising
6	Mexico	66,892 t	2018	up 85.8%	volatile
7	China	65,195 t	2018	up 10.5%	rising
8	Colombia	53,488 t	2018	up 46.3%	volatile
9	Italy	52,541 t	2018	down 42.9%	volatile
10	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	51,046 t	2018	up 27.5%	rising
11	Pakistan	46,355 t	2018	up 413.4%	volatile
12	Ecuador	41,352 t	2018	up 49.4%	volatile
13	T�rkiye	36,170 t	2018	up 141.1%	volatile
14	Spain	35,421 t	2018	down 4.3%	volatile
15	Singapore	32,500 t	2018	up 0.0%	volatile
16	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	30,723 t	2018	up 1,436.2%	volatile
17	Uruguay	23,975 t	2018	down 32.3%	falling
18	Saudi Arabia	22,656 t	2018	up 25.9%	rising
19	Republic of Korea	19,104 t	2018	up 2,163.5%	volatile
20	Germany	17,848 t	2018	up 37.3%	volatile
21	Belgium	17,712 t	2018	down 75.1%	volatile
22	France	16,726 t	2018	down 56.0%	volatile
23	Guatemala	16,707 t	2018	up 116.1%	volatile
24	Dominican Republic	14,511 t	2018	down 13.3%	volatile
25	Portugal	14,445 t	2018	up 351.0%	volatile
26	El Salvador	13,551 t	2018	up 143.5%	volatile
27	Trinidad and Tobago	13,427 t	2018	up 1.4%	volatile
28	Israel	11,440 t	2018	up 2,697.1%	volatile
29	Egypt	9,512 t	2018	down 70.3%	volatile
30	Canada	9,271 t	2018	up 195.6%	volatile
31	United Arab Emirates	9,036 t	2018	up 30.3%	volatile
32	India	8,657 t	2018	up 43.4%	volatile
33	Honduras	7,817 t	2018	down 17.5%	volatile
34	Nigeria	7,596 t	2018	down 42.0%	volatile
35	Ghana	6,703 t	2018	up 958.9%	rising
36	Costa Rica	6,359 t	2018	down 26.3%	volatile
37	Panama	5,584 t	2018	up 124.5%	volatile
38	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5,066 t	2018	down 87.0%	volatile
39	Philippines	5,008 t	2018	up 17.1%	volatile
40	C�te d'Ivoire	4,896 t	2018	up 128.9%	volatile
41	Kenya	4,549 t	2018	up 248.8%	volatile
42	Indonesia	3,680 t	2018	up 772.0%	volatile
43	Jordan	3,630 t	2018	up 1,628.6%	volatile
44	Nicaragua	3,576 t	2018	up 152.7%	volatile
45	Poland	2,983 t	2018	up 1,566.5%	volatile
46	Sri Lanka	2,683 t	2018	up 935.9%	volatile
47	Jamaica	2,444 t	2018	down 44.0%	flat
48	Senegal	2,381 t	2018	down 69.1%	volatile
49	Morocco	2,350 t	2018	up 9,300.0%	volatile
50	Malaysia	1,997 t	2018	down 0.1%	volatile
51	Bangladesh	1,975 t	2018	up 740.4%	volatile
52	Japan	1,884 t	2018	up 2,553.5%	volatile
53	Cameroon	1,876 t	2018	down 28.3%	volatile
54	New Zealand	1,592 t	2018	up 376.6%	volatile
55	Netherlands Antilles (former)	1,539 t	2010	up 1,394.2%	volatile
56	Cuba	1,530 t	2018	down 89.4%	volatile
57	Ireland	1,340 t	2018	up 1,253.5%	volatile
58	Haiti	1,308 t	2018	up 463.8%	volatile
59	Thailand	1,276 t	2018	up 427.3%	volatile
60	Togo	1,262 t	2018	up 893.7%	volatile
61	Greece	1,224 t	2018	down 75.3%	volatile
62	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,185 t	2018	up 320.2%	volatile
63	Burkina Faso	1,154 t	2018	up 754.8%	volatile
64	Barbados	1,152 t	2018	down 51.8%	rising
65	Romania	1,113 t	2018	down 45.5%	volatile
66	Uganda	1,098 t	2018	up 170.4%	volatile
67	Russian Federation	1,075 t	2018	down 78.5%	volatile
68	Australia	1,058 t	2018	down 64.7%	volatile
69	Bahrain	966 t	2018	up 335.1%	volatile
70	Mauritania	902 t	2018	up 2,809.7%	volatile
71	Lebanon	894 t	2018	down 65.6%	volatile
72	Kuwait	771 t	2018	down 35.2%	rising
73	Viet Nam	749 t	2018	down 72.9%	volatile
74	Yemen	736 t	2005	down 83.0%	volatile
75	Oman	646 t	2018	up 14.5%	volatile
76	Cyprus	584 t	2018	down 11.0%	volatile
77	Ukraine	530 t	2018	down 42.6%	volatile
78	Liberia	517 t	2018	up 747.5%	volatile
79	Mauritius	473 t	2018	up 1,333.3%	volatile
80	Congo	457 t	2018	up 228.8%	volatile
81	Austria	416 t	2018	up 13.7%	volatile
82	Angola	407 t	2018	down 72.3%	volatile
83	Bulgaria	396 t	2018	up 70.0%	volatile
84	Sudan (former)	378 t	2011	up 721.7%	volatile
85	Gambia	375 t	2018	up 346.4%	volatile
86	Benin	343 t	2018	up 4.3%	volatile
87	United Republic of Tanzania	340 t	2018	up 335.9%	volatile
88	Guinea	339 t	2018	up 329.1%	volatile
89	Iraq	327 t	2018	up 581.2%	volatile
90	Croatia	320 t	2018	up 61.6%	volatile
91	Guyana	272 t	2018	up 159.0%	volatile
92	Belize	213 t	2018	up 121.9%	volatile
93	Syrian Arab Republic	208 t	2017	down 94.2%	volatile
94	Algeria	195 t	2018	down 94.9%	volatile
95	Suriname	184 t	2018	down 66.2%	falling
96	Tunisia	178 t	2018	down 32.1%	volatile
97	Libya	176 t	2017	down 80.9%	volatile
98	Bahamas	169 t	2018	down 53.4%	volatile
99	Switzerland	162 t	2018	down 83.8%	volatile
100	Qatar	153 t	2018	up 3,725.0%	volatile
101	Albania	126 t	2018	up 168.1%	volatile
102	Latvia	122 t	2009	up 69.4%	volatile
103	Denmark	121 t	2013	up 1,628.6%	volatile
104	Mozambique	112 t	2018	up 11,100.0%	volatile
105	Lithuania	100 t	2018	down 83.4%	volatile
106	Malta	96 t	2018	up 128.6%	volatile
107	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	93 t	2018	down 99.6%	volatile
108	Sweden	90 t	2018	down 9.1%	volatile
109	Cabo Verde	81 t	2017	down 87.0%	volatile
110	Luxembourg	79 t	2018	—	volatile
111	Slovenia	77 t	2018	down 85.7%	volatile
111	Zimbabwe	77 t	2018	up 492.3%	volatile
113	Mali	74 t	2017	down 82.1%	volatile
114	Sierra Leone	72 t	2018	up 200.0%	volatile
115	Czechia	62 t	2015	down 81.7%	volatile
116	Gabon	60 t	2018	down 36.2%	volatile
117	Rwanda	51 t	2017	up 920.0%	volatile
118	Brunei Darussalam	33 t	2017	down 64.1%	volatile
119	Ethiopia	25 t	2015	down 91.7%	volatile
120	Djibouti	24 t	2018	down 84.9%	volatile
120	Madagascar	24 t	2018	up 50.0%	volatile
120	Niger	24 t	2013	up 9.1%	volatile
120	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	24 t	2018	up 1,100.0%	volatile
124	Georgia	23 t	2012	down 70.5%	volatile
125	Equatorial Guinea	21 t	2016	up 31.2%	volatile
126	Burundi	20 t	2004	down 63.0%	falling
126	Belarus	20 t	2018	down 53.5%	volatile
126	Dominica	20 t	2011	down 57.4%	volatile
126	Sao Tome and Principe	20 t	2015	down 60.0%	falling
130	Chad	17 t	2007	down 52.8%	volatile
131	New Caledonia	16 t	2015	down 95.4%	volatile
131	French Polynesia	16 t	2018	up 433.3%	volatile
133	Malawi	12 t	2018	down 95.9%	volatile
134	Finland	9 t	2018	down 93.8%	volatile
134	Hungary	9 t	2018	down 62.5%	volatile
136	Kazakhstan	4 t	2018	down 95.9%	volatile
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2 t	2017	down 90.0%	volatile
138	Armenia	1 t	2017	down 97.6%	volatile
138	Norway	1 t	2018	down 99.6%	volatile
138	Slovakia	1 t	2014	down 98.1%	volatile

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator: Brazil — 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: 143 places, 2,509 data points, 1997–2018
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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/