China — 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
166
Highest
370,376 t
India
Lowest
1 t
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Median
3,284 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,349
What the numbers show
China — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 370,376 t in India; the lowest is 1 t in Netherlands Antilles (former).
The median across all reporting countries is 3,284 t, and the mean is 28,037 t.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 42,742.9%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands Antilles (former) (down 91.7%).
China — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 370,376 t | 2018 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 301,220 t | 2018 | up 366.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 274,139 t | 2018 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Malaysia | 261,434 t | 2018 | up 235.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 248,363 t | 2018 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Thailand | 220,288 t | 2018 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 169,598 t | 2018 | up 1,164.2% | volatile |
| 8 | T�rkiye | 169,474 t | 2018 | up 66.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Philippines | 162,020 t | 2018 | up 189.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 160,714 t | 2018 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 155,644 t | 2018 | up 764.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 147,236 t | 2018 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 139,096 t | 2018 | up 202.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Indonesia | 137,503 t | 2018 | up 300.9% | volatile |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 125,134 t | 2018 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Pakistan | 119,809 t | 2018 | up 250.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 106,744 t | 2018 | up 127.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Nigeria | 106,100 t | 2018 | up 251.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Singapore | 76,856 t | 2018 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Peru | 65,444 t | 2018 | up 193.0% | volatile |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 62,865 t | 2018 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 22 | New Zealand | 52,685 t | 2018 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 51,726 t | 2018 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Myanmar | 48,329 t | 2018 | up 562.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Poland | 46,519 t | 2018 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 43,175 t | 2018 | up 306.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Egypt | 41,898 t | 2018 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 39,998 t | 2018 | up 265.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | 36,304 t | 2018 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 32,360 t | 2018 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Kuwait | 30,844 t | 2018 | up 295.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Jordan | 29,243 t | 2018 | up 414.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 28,491 t | 2018 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 28,109 t | 2018 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 24,068 t | 2018 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 24,038 t | 2018 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Cambodia | 23,038 t | 2018 | up 649.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22,710 t | 2018 | up 41,955.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Kenya | 20,919 t | 2018 | up 210.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Ecuador | 20,011 t | 2018 | up 250.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Lebanon | 19,574 t | 2018 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Colombia | 19,062 t | 2018 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Guatemala | 16,859 t | 2018 | up 227.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Greece | 15,894 t | 2018 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 13,820 t | 2018 | up 178.7% | volatile |
| 46 | France | 13,609 t | 2018 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Iraq | 13,491 t | 2018 | up 2,389.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Mongolia | 13,110 t | 2018 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12,496 t | 2018 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Germany | 11,107 t | 2018 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Uganda | 10,339 t | 2018 | up 704.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Qatar | 9,521 t | 2018 | up 590.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 8,881 t | 2018 | up 453.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 8,710 t | 2018 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Fiji | 8,319 t | 2018 | up 2,914.1% | volatile |
| 56 | El Salvador | 7,797 t | 2018 | up 359.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Argentina | 7,606 t | 2018 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 7,066 t | 2018 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 6,983 t | 2018 | up 1,497.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Angola | 6,836 t | 2018 | up 817.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Belgium | 6,424 t | 2018 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Ghana | 6,340 t | 2018 | up 239.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahrain | 6,282 t | 2018 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6,213 t | 2018 | up 310.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 6,170 t | 2018 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 66 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5,913 t | 2018 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Portugal | 5,815 t | 2018 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Czechia | 5,656 t | 2018 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,522 t | 2018 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Armenia | 5,500 t | 2018 | up 692.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Madagascar | 5,302 t | 2018 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 5,172 t | 2018 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Georgia | 4,958 t | 2018 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Ireland | 4,895 t | 2018 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Sudan (former) | 4,842 t | 2011 | up 2,698.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Canada | 4,800 t | 2018 | down 89.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 4,474 t | 2018 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 4,429 t | 2018 | up 480.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Paraguay | 4,427 t | 2018 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Djibouti | 3,890 t | 2018 | up 339.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritius | 3,731 t | 2018 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 3,478 t | 2018 | up 1,613.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Oman | 3,319 t | 2018 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Norway | 3,248 t | 2018 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 3,163 t | 2018 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Sweden | 3,109 t | 2018 | up 210.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 2,999 t | 2018 | up 42,742.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 2,926 t | 2018 | up 2,536.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Cameroon | 2,918 t | 2018 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Algeria | 2,847 t | 2018 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Honduras | 2,614 t | 2018 | up 260.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 2,536 t | 2018 | up 974.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 2,528 t | 2018 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 2,479 t | 2018 | up 413.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Belarus | 2,293 t | 2018 | up 464.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | 2,275 t | 2018 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Croatia | 2,231 t | 2018 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Uruguay | 2,094 t | 2018 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 99 | C�te d'Ivoire | 2,038 t | 2018 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 2,033 t | 2018 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Cuba | 2,004 t | 2018 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Denmark | 1,896 t | 2018 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Hungary | 1,736 t | 2018 | up 164.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Republic of Moldova | 1,715 t | 2018 | up 1,028.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Libya | 1,675 t | 2018 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Mozambique | 1,531 t | 2018 | up 1,068.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Senegal | 1,393 t | 2018 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | 1,381 t | 2018 | up 533.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Togo | 1,214 t | 2018 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,164 t | 2018 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Austria | 1,096 t | 2018 | up 333.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 1,035 t | 2018 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 998 t | 2018 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 985 t | 2018 | up 6,935.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Latvia | 947 t | 2018 | up 328.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 935 t | 2018 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Cyprus | 882 t | 2018 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Finland | 863 t | 2018 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 858 t | 2018 | up 314.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 824 t | 2018 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Burundi | 807 t | 2018 | up 407.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Slovakia | 806 t | 2018 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Morocco | 789 t | 2018 | up 145.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Eritrea | 739 t | 2017 | up 1,659.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Yemen | 689 t | 2005 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 663 t | 2018 | up 39.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 597 t | 2018 | up 2,288.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Guinea | 488 t | 2018 | up 269.7% | volatile |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 456 t | 2018 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Brunei Darussalam | 442 t | 2018 | up 158.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 425 t | 2018 | up 431.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Malawi | 395 t | 2018 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Niger | 380 t | 2016 | up 804.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Malta | 354 t | 2018 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 298 t | 2018 | up 282.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Switzerland | 287 t | 2018 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Dominica | 241 t | 2018 | up 136.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Nepal | 239 t | 2018 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Haiti | 234 t | 2018 | up 234.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 231 t | 2018 | up 225.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | 229 t | 2018 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Rwanda | 228 t | 2018 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 135 t | 2018 | up 181.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Congo | 133 t | 2018 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Tonga | 130 t | 2018 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Belize | 109 t | 2018 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Somalia | 108 t | 2018 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Liberia | 104 t | 2018 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Mali | 102 t | 2018 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Mauritania | 99 t | 2018 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 80 t | 2018 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Barbados | 78 t | 2018 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Samoa | 71 t | 2018 | up 610.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62 t | 2018 | up 3,000.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 60 t | 2018 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Estonia | 53 t | 2018 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 41 t | 2014 | up 4,000.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Iceland | 34 t | 2018 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Cabo Verde | 32 t | 2018 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 27 t | 2018 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahamas | 19 t | 2018 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Serbia and Montenegro | 19 t | 2005 | up 375.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Timor-Leste | 15 t | 2018 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Luxembourg | 6 t | 2018 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Chad | 2 t | 2016 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 166 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 1 t | 2010 | down 91.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 155,300 t
- South Africa 69,643 t
- Central African Republic 2 t
About this data
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/