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Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — 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
171
Highest
150,000 t
USSR
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
33 t
Years covered
49
1968–2016
Data points
5,983

What the numbers show

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 150,000 t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 33 t, and the mean is 4,524 t.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 37,180.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 USSR 150,000 t 1991 down 45.0% falling
2 Belgium-Luxembourg 88,000 t 1999 down 11.6% falling
3 Germany 77,188 t 2016 down 60.3% falling
4 Jordan 55,188 t 2016 up 103.7% volatile
5 China 55,112 t 2016 down 19.8% volatile
6 China, Taiwan Province of 38,673 t 2016 down 9.4% volatile
7 France 38,190 t 2016 down 41.2% falling
8 Indonesia 35,316 t 2016 up 229.4% volatile
9 Yugoslav SFR 26,100 t 1991 down 66.2% volatile
10 Austria 17,314 t 2016 down 80.8% falling
11 Italy 17,165 t 2016 down 89.3% falling
12 China, mainland 16,431 t 2016 down 36.8% volatile
13 Czechoslovakia 14,800 t 1992 down 54.5% rising
14 Poland 12,779 t 2016 up 177.8% volatile
15 Tunisia 12,497 t 2016 down 15.9% volatile
16 Norway 11,510 t 2016 up 24.1% volatile
17 Canada 9,875 t 2016 down 38.3% volatile
18 Slovenia 9,777 t 2016 down 62.9% falling
19 Slovakia 9,028 t 2016 up 802.8% volatile
20 Belgium 8,297 t 2016 down 16.7% volatile
21 Japan 4,917 t 2016 down 45.4% volatile
22 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,900 t 2016 down 77.0% volatile
23 Algeria 4,174 t 2016 up 146.3% volatile
24 Pakistan 4,075 t 2016 — volatile
25 Denmark 3,824 t 2016 down 3.6% volatile
26 Ukraine 3,810 t 2016 down 82.6% volatile
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,171 t 2016 down 91.5% volatile
28 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000 t 2005 — volatile
28 Türkiye 3,000 t 2016 down 64.6% volatile
30 Sweden 2,988 t 2016 down 80.1% volatile
31 Finland 2,213 t 2016 up 948.8% volatile
32 Australia and New Zealand 2,023 t 2016 down 88.8% volatile
33 Philippines 1,937 t 2016 down 32.4% volatile
34 Czechia 1,912 t 2016 down 85.3% volatile
35 Estonia 1,864 t 2016 up 37,180.0% volatile
36 Australia 1,744 t 2016 down 89.1% volatile
37 Russian Federation 1,609 t 2016 up 60.9% volatile
38 United Arab Emirates 1,489 t 2016 up 266.7% volatile
39 Thailand 1,461 t 2016 down 50.8% volatile
40 Brazil 1,340 t 2016 down 33.0% volatile
41 Israel 1,251 t 2016 down 90.2% volatile
42 Viet Nam 1,025 t 2016 down 46.8% volatile
43 Caribbean 1,012 t 2016 up 143.9% volatile
44 Argentina 1,000 t 2016 — volatile
44 Republic of Korea 1,000 t 2016 down 50.0% volatile
46 Spain 981 t 2016 down 98.4% falling
47 Hungary 906 t 2016 down 87.1% volatile
48 Cuba 744 t 2016 — volatile
49 Saudi Arabia 623 t 2016 down 87.1% volatile
50 Ethiopia 504 t 2016 down 10.0% volatile
51 Portugal 503 t 2016 down 17.1% volatile
52 Switzerland 416 t 2016 down 96.6% volatile
53 Romania 405 t 2016 down 59.5% volatile
54 Morocco 317 t 2016 down 24.0% volatile
54 Nigeria 317 t 2016 down 20.8% volatile
56 Ghana 298 t 2016 up 1,003.7% volatile
57 Bulgaria 295 t 2016 down 97.3% volatile
58 New Zealand 279 t 2016 down 86.0% volatile
59 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 275 t 2016 down 94.7% volatile
60 Malaysia 247 t 2016 down 82.9% volatile
61 India 218 t 2016 down 68.6% volatile
62 Singapore 204 t 2016 — volatile
63 Peru 200 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
64 Uzbekistan 148 t 2016 up 14,700.0% volatile
65 Greece 147 t 2016 down 72.8% volatile
66 Egypt 119 t 2016 — volatile
67 Ecuador 106 t 2016 up 152.4% volatile
68 Colombia 100 t 2016 down 94.9% volatile
68 Trinidad and Tobago 100 t 2016 unchanged volatile
68 Martinique 100 t 2016 unchanged flat
71 Croatia 87 t 2016 — volatile
72 Panama 75 t 2016 — volatile
72 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75 t 2016 — volatile
74 Mexico 72 t 2016 down 92.8% volatile
75 Ireland 65 t 2016 down 97.2% volatile
76 Lebanon 63 t 2016 down 98.6% volatile
77 Cameroon 46 t 2016 — volatile
77 Senegal 46 t 2016 up 27.8% volatile
79 Iceland 43 t 2016 — volatile
80 Belarus 41 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
80 Guatemala 41 t 2016 down 31.7% volatile
82 Dominican Republic 40 t 2016 down 73.7% volatile
83 Qatar 37 t 2016 down 43.9% volatile
83 Sudan (former) 37 t 2010 up 1,750.0% volatile
85 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36 t 2016 down 89.2% volatile
86 North Macedonia 33 t 2016 down 93.7% volatile
87 Lithuania 32 t 2016 down 97.9% volatile
88 Azerbaijan 30 t 2016 up 20.0% volatile
89 Afghanistan 24 t 2016 down 73.0% volatile
90 Guadeloupe 17 t 2016 unchanged flat
91 Netherlands Antilles (former) 14 t 2010 up 250.0% volatile
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
92 Kuwait 13 t 2016 down 94.3% volatile
94 Haiti 11 t 2016 unchanged flat
95 Montenegro 10 t 2016 unchanged flat
96 Bangladesh 9 t 2016 down 98.0% volatile
97 China, Hong Kong SAR 8 t 2016 up 700.0% volatile
97 Republic of Moldova 8 t 2016 — volatile
99 Georgia 7 t 2016 up 40.0% volatile
99 Kazakhstan 7 t 2016 up 40.0% volatile
99 El Salvador 7 t 2016 down 50.0% volatile
102 Burkina Faso 6 t 2016 down 88.0% volatile
102 Sri Lanka 6 t 2016 down 98.8% volatile
102 Luxembourg 6 t 2016 down 25.0% volatile
102 Mali 6 t 2016 up 500.0% volatile
106 Chile 5 t 2016 — volatile
106 Latvia 5 t 2016 down 91.1% volatile
106 Uruguay 5 t 2016 — volatile
109 Costa Rica 4 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
110 Kenya 3 t 2016 down 89.3% volatile
111 Bahrain 2 t 2016 down 93.1% volatile
111 Syrian Arab Republic 2 t 2016 down 99.9% volatile
113 Benin 1 t 2016 down 75.0% volatile
113 Côte d'Ivoire 1 t 2016 down 99.7% volatile
115 Angola 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Albania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Armenia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Barbados 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Bhutan 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Congo 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Cyprus 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Dominica 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
115 Fiji 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Faroe Islands 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
115 Gabon 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Gambia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Guyana 0 t 2016 — flat
115 Honduras 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Iraq 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Jamaica 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Cambodia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Libya 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Madagascar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Malta 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Myanmar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Mozambique 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Mauritania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Mauritius 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Malawi 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Namibia 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 New Caledonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Nicaragua 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Nepal 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Oman 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Papua New Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Paraguay 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 French Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Sierra Leone 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Serbia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
115 Chad 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Togo 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Tajikistan 0 t 2016 — flat
115 Turkmenistan 0 t 2016 — flat
115 Uganda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Samoa 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Yemen 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Zambia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 French Guiana 0 t 2016 — flat
115 Timor-Leste 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Cabo Verde 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Melanesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 United Republic of Tanzania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
115 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2016 — volatile
115 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2016 — 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
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
202 places, 5,983 data points, 1968–2016
Last refreshed

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