Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity by country
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...
Countries reporting
184
Highest
24.49 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
4,558 t
Years covered
57
1968–2024
Data points
8,065
What the numbers show
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 24.49 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,558 t, and the mean is 426,839 t.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 80,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 24.49 million t | 2024 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 23.92 million t | 2024 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 3.94 million t | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 3.19 million t | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.93 million t | 2024 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Republic of Korea | 1.55 million t | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Türkiye | 1.53 million t | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 1.45 million t | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 9 | Spain | 1.19 million t | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Poland | 1.12 million t | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Japan | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 1.01 million t | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 13 | India | 901,806 t | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 687,000 t | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 15 | Indonesia | 613,501 t | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 610,540 t | 2024 | up 421.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 606,000 t | 1999 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 18 | China, Taiwan Province of | 566,389 t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | 526,208 t | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 504,943 t | 2024 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Austria | 378,125 t | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Sweden | 343,891 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 310,186 t | 2024 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Thailand | 305,846 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 279,954 t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Singapore | 246,100 t | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Finland | 241,534 t | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Australia and New Zealand | 230,204 t | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 216,865 t | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Slovenia | 216,707 t | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 31 | Egypt | 211,593 t | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Algeria | 203,252 t | 2024 | up 328.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Greece | 198,646 t | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Czechia | 198,000 t | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 35 | Argentina | 196,727 t | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Romania | 187,342 t | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Australia | 181,005 t | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 38 | Israel | 169,765 t | 2024 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Pakistan | 162,231 t | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | 155,845 t | 2024 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 151,580 t | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 145,743 t | 2024 | up 450.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Jordan | 143,215 t | 2024 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Hungary | 134,288 t | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 127,543 t | 2024 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Slovakia | 117,610 t | 2024 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Malaysia | 114,391 t | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 106,777 t | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 92,266 t | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Serbia | 85,000 t | 2024 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 77,109 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 52 | Philippines | 76,173 t | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 53 | Estonia | 66,474 t | 2024 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 65,885 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 65,700 t | 1991 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 54,587 t | 2024 | up 2,078.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Guatemala | 49,553 t | 2024 | up 651.4% | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 49,194 t | 2024 | up 105.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Ukraine | 48,811 t | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 48,230 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 47,563 t | 2024 | up 858.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Denmark | 45,055 t | 2024 | up 186.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 44,580 t | 2024 | up 1,813.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38,252 t | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 34,511 t | 2024 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Nigeria | 34,421 t | 2024 | up 239.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 33,835 t | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Lithuania | 33,098 t | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 24,351 t | 2024 | up 11,070.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Kuwait | 22,776 t | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 71 | Kenya | 21,270 t | 2024 | up 2,676.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20,576 t | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Angola | 20,414 t | 2024 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Lebanon | 20,332 t | 2024 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 75 | Iraq | 19,237 t | 2024 | up 12,391.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Ecuador | 19,057 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahrain | 18,501 t | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Latvia | 16,470 t | 2024 | up 10,129.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 14,764 t | 2024 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Belarus | 13,846 t | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12,446 t | 2024 | up 2,307.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Chile | 11,951 t | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 10,497 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 84 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8,132 t | 2024 | up 8,114.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia and Montenegro | 8,000 t | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Djibouti | 7,788 t | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Cambodia | 6,887 t | 2024 | up 13,144.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Senegal | 6,544 t | 2024 | up 1,913.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | 5,580 t | 2024 | up 7,146.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Uganda | 4,975 t | 2024 | up 5,082.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Belize | 4,865 t | 2024 | up 1,516.3% | rising |
| 92 | Cameroon | 4,715 t | 2024 | up 1,959.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 4,400 t | 2024 | up 11,182.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 4,306 t | 2024 | up 2,096.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 4,041 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 4,000 t | 2024 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Libya | 3,877 t | 2024 | up 219.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Caribbean | 3,619 t | 2024 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Paraguay | 2,919 t | 2024 | up 2,180.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Guinea | 2,906 t | 2024 | up 36,225.0% | volatile |
| 101 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,866 t | 2024 | up 10,514.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Tajikistan | 2,623 t | 2024 | up 1,280.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,617 t | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 2,239 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Mongolia | 2,219 t | 2024 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Madagascar | 2,180 t | 2024 | up 1,271.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Cuba | 1,964 t | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 1,831 t | 2024 | down 60.7% | rising |
| 109 | Mozambique | 1,798 t | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 1,787 t | 2024 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Nepal | 1,687 t | 2024 | up 1,317.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritania | 1,610 t | 2024 | up 80,400.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Zambia | 1,572 t | 2024 | up 1,342.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 1,484 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 1,448 t | 2024 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 1,388 t | 2024 | up 222.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Yemen | 935 t | 2024 | up 1,808.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Myanmar | 855 t | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Botswana | 745 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Ireland | 636 t | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Croatia | 580 t | 2024 | up 1,188.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Melanesia | 560 t | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 516 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Vanuatu | 500 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 125 | Andorra | 449 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 413 t | 2024 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 391 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Polynesia | 383 t | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 129 | Palestine | 366 t | 2024 | up 72.6% | flat |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 304 t | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Niger | 271 t | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 262 t | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Mali | 260 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Niue | 259 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 198 t | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Eritrea | 193 t | 2024 | up 121.8% | rising |
| 137 | French Polynesia | 108 t | 2024 | up 1,250.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Cyprus | 84 t | 2024 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Honduras | 81 t | 2024 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Panama | 75 t | 2024 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Armenia | 74 t | 2024 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Malawi | 64 t | 2024 | up 178.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Georgia | 51 t | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Rwanda | 48 t | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 36 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 35 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Seychelles | 28 t | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Malta | 26 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Nicaragua | 23 t | 2023 | up 2,200.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Togo | 20 t | 2024 | down 73.3% | falling |
| 151 | Gambia | 16 t | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Samoa | 16 t | 2024 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Sudan (former) | 15 t | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Gabon | 11 t | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | 6 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 156 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 5 t | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Burundi | 4 t | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Congo | 4 t | 2024 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Aruba | 2 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Barbados | 1 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Bhutan | 1 t | 2024 | down 99.8% | falling |
| 161 | Comoros | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Cayman Islands | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 1 t | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Albania | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Iceland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 167 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Namibia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Somalia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 167 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Czechoslovakia | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Republic of Moldova | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | China, Macao SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 58.53 million t
- Asia 32.95 million t
- Eastern Asia 27.09 million t
- Europe 16.72 million t
- Western Europe 8.29 million t
- Americas 7.70 million t
- Northern America 5.73 million t
- United States of America 5.23 million t
- Southern Europe 5.07 million t
- Western Asia 2.66 million t
- Eastern Europe 1.85 million t
- South-eastern Asia 1.67 million t
About this data
The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en