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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
179
Highest
225,868 t
United States
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
37 t
Years covered
49
1968–2016
Data points
6,306

What the numbers show

Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 225,868 t in United States; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 37 t, and the mean is 5,919 t.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 123 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 United States 225,868 t 2016 down 9.9% falling
2 USSR 150,000 t 1991 down 45.0% falling
3 Belgium-Luxembourg 88,000 t 1999 down 11.6% falling
4 Germany 77,188 t 2016 down 60.3% falling
5 Jordan 55,188 t 2016 up 103.7% volatile
6 China 55,112 t 2016 down 19.8% volatile
7 South Africa 51,221 t 2016 up 775.9% volatile
8 China, Taiwan Province of 38,673 t 2016 down 9.4% volatile
9 France 38,190 t 2016 down 41.2% falling
10 Indonesia 35,316 t 2016 up 229.4% volatile
11 Yugoslav SFR 26,100 t 1991 down 66.2% volatile
12 Austria 17,314 t 2016 down 80.8% falling
13 Italy 17,165 t 2016 down 89.3% falling
14 China, mainland 16,431 t 2016 down 36.8% volatile
15 Czechoslovakia 14,800 t 1992 down 54.5% rising
16 Poland 12,779 t 2016 up 177.8% volatile
17 Tunisia 12,497 t 2016 down 15.9% volatile
18 Norway 11,510 t 2016 up 24.1% volatile
19 Canada 9,875 t 2016 down 38.3% volatile
20 Slovenia 9,777 t 2016 down 62.9% falling
21 Slovakia 9,028 t 2016 up 802.8% volatile
22 Belgium 8,297 t 2016 down 16.7% volatile
23 Japan 4,917 t 2016 down 45.4% volatile
24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4,900 t 2016 down 77.0% volatile
25 Algeria 4,174 t 2016 up 146.3% volatile
26 Pakistan 4,075 t 2016 — volatile
27 Denmark 3,824 t 2016 down 3.6% volatile
28 Ukraine 3,810 t 2016 down 82.6% volatile
29 United Kingdom 3,171 t 2016 down 91.5% volatile
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,171 t 2016 down 91.5% volatile
31 Turkey 3,000 t 2016 down 64.6% volatile
31 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000 t 2005 — volatile
31 Türkiye 3,000 t 2016 down 64.6% volatile
34 Sweden 2,988 t 2016 down 80.1% volatile
35 Finland 2,213 t 2016 up 948.8% volatile
36 Australia and New Zealand 2,023 t 2016 down 88.8% volatile
37 Philippines 1,937 t 2016 down 32.4% volatile
38 Czechia 1,912 t 2016 down 85.3% volatile
39 Estonia 1,864 t 2016 up 37,180.0% volatile
40 Australia 1,744 t 2016 down 89.1% volatile
41 Russia 1,609 t 2016 up 60.9% volatile
41 Russian Federation 1,609 t 2016 up 60.9% volatile
43 United Arab Emirates 1,489 t 2016 up 266.7% volatile
44 Thailand 1,461 t 2016 down 50.8% volatile
45 Brazil 1,340 t 2016 down 33.0% volatile
46 Israel 1,251 t 2016 down 90.2% volatile
47 Vietnam 1,025 t 2016 down 46.8% volatile
47 Viet Nam 1,025 t 2016 down 46.8% volatile
49 Caribbean 1,012 t 2016 up 143.9% volatile
50 Argentina 1,000 t 2016 — volatile
50 Republic of Korea 1,000 t 2016 down 50.0% volatile
52 Spain 981 t 2016 down 98.4% falling
53 Hungary 906 t 2016 down 87.1% volatile
54 Cuba 744 t 2016 — volatile
55 Saudi Arabia 623 t 2016 down 87.1% volatile
56 Ethiopia 504 t 2016 down 10.0% volatile
57 Portugal 503 t 2016 down 17.1% volatile
58 Switzerland 416 t 2016 down 96.6% volatile
59 Romania 405 t 2016 down 59.5% volatile
60 Morocco 317 t 2016 down 24.0% volatile
60 Nigeria 317 t 2016 down 20.8% volatile
62 Ghana 298 t 2016 up 1,003.7% volatile
63 Bulgaria 295 t 2016 down 97.3% volatile
64 New Zealand 279 t 2016 down 86.0% volatile
65 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 275 t 2016 down 94.7% volatile
66 Malaysia 247 t 2016 down 82.9% volatile
67 India 218 t 2016 down 68.6% volatile
68 Singapore 204 t 2016 — volatile
69 Peru 200 t 2016 up 100.0% volatile
70 Uzbekistan 148 t 2016 up 14,700.0% volatile
71 Greece 147 t 2016 down 72.8% volatile
72 Egypt 119 t 2016 — volatile
73 Ecuador 106 t 2016 up 152.4% volatile
74 Colombia 100 t 2016 down 94.9% volatile
74 Trinidad and Tobago 100 t 2016 unchanged volatile
74 Martinique 100 t 2016 unchanged flat
77 Croatia 87 t 2016 — volatile
78 Panama 75 t 2016 — volatile
78 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75 t 2016 — volatile
80 Mexico 72 t 2016 down 92.8% volatile
81 Ireland 65 t 2016 down 97.2% volatile
82 Lebanon 63 t 2016 down 98.6% volatile
83 Cameroon 46 t 2016 — volatile
83 Senegal 46 t 2016 up 27.8% volatile
85 Iceland 43 t 2016 — volatile
86 Belarus 41 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
86 Guatemala 41 t 2016 down 31.7% volatile
88 Dominican Republic 40 t 2016 down 73.7% volatile
89 Qatar 37 t 2016 down 43.9% volatile
89 Sudan (former) 37 t 2010 up 1,750.0% volatile
91 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36 t 2016 down 89.2% volatile
92 North Macedonia 33 t 2016 down 93.7% volatile
93 Lithuania 32 t 2016 down 97.9% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 30 t 2016 up 20.0% volatile
95 Afghanistan 24 t 2016 down 73.0% volatile
96 Guadeloupe 17 t 2016 unchanged flat
97 Netherlands Antilles (former) 14 t 2010 up 250.0% volatile
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
98 Kuwait 13 t 2016 down 94.3% volatile
100 Haiti 11 t 2016 unchanged flat
101 Montenegro 10 t 2016 unchanged flat
102 Bangladesh 9 t 2016 down 98.0% volatile
103 Moldova 8 t 2016 — volatile
103 China, Hong Kong SAR 8 t 2016 up 700.0% volatile
103 Republic of Moldova 8 t 2016 — volatile
106 Georgia 7 t 2016 up 40.0% volatile
106 Kazakhstan 7 t 2016 up 40.0% volatile
106 El Salvador 7 t 2016 down 50.0% volatile
109 Burkina Faso 6 t 2016 down 88.0% volatile
109 Sri Lanka 6 t 2016 down 98.8% volatile
109 Luxembourg 6 t 2016 down 25.0% volatile
109 Mali 6 t 2016 up 500.0% volatile
113 Chile 5 t 2016 — volatile
113 Latvia 5 t 2016 down 91.1% volatile
113 Uruguay 5 t 2016 — volatile
116 Costa Rica 4 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
117 Kenya 3 t 2016 down 89.3% volatile
118 Bahrain 2 t 2016 down 93.1% volatile
118 Syria 2 t 2016 down 99.9% volatile
118 Syrian Arab Republic 2 t 2016 down 99.9% volatile
121 Benin 1 t 2016 down 75.0% volatile
121 Cote d'Ivoire 1 t 2016 down 99.7% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 1 t 2016 down 99.7% volatile
124 Angola 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Albania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Armenia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Barbados 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Brunei 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Bhutan 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Congo 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Cyprus 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Dominica 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
124 Fiji 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Faroe Islands 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
124 Gabon 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Gambia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Honduras 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Iraq 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Jamaica 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Cambodia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Laos 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Libya 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Madagascar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Malta 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Myanmar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Mozambique 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Mauritania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Mauritius 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Malawi 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Namibia 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 New Caledonia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Nicaragua 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Nepal 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Oman 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Papua New Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Paraguay 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 French Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Sierra Leone 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Serbia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% falling
124 Chad 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Togo 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 East Timor 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Uganda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Samoa 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Yemen 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Zambia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Zimbabwe 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Timor-Leste 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Cabo Verde 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Melanesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 United Republic of Tanzania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
124 Brunei Darussalam 0 t 2016 — volatile
124 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2016 — 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
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
214 places, 6,306 data points, 1968–2016
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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