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France — 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
156
Highest
803,629 t
Germany
Lowest
1 t
Zimbabwe
Median
553 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,106

What the numbers show

France — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 803,629 t in Germany; the lowest is 1 t in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 553 t, and the mean is 21,208 t.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 9,460.0%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 98.2%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 803,629 t 2018 up 4.4% rising
2 Spain 503,475 t 2018 down 15.2% flat
3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 429,510 t 2018 down 21.0% falling
4 Belgium 362,977 t 2018 down 13.2% falling
5 Italy 354,172 t 2018 down 9.4% falling
6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 125,661 t 2018 down 26.1% falling
7 Poland 90,133 t 2018 up 43.1% rising
8 Portugal 63,079 t 2018 up 60.4% rising
9 Switzerland 52,930 t 2018 down 31.3% falling
10 Austria 36,566 t 2018 up 40.6% falling
11 China 36,552 t 2018 down 6.3% volatile
12 T�rkiye 32,113 t 2018 down 39.4% flat
13 Algeria 29,533 t 2018 down 14.2% rising
14 Egypt 23,538 t 2018 up 194.2% volatile
15 Canada 18,534 t 2018 down 28.7% falling
16 Czechia 17,891 t 2018 down 50.3% falling
17 Morocco 17,636 t 2018 up 8.8% falling
18 Hungary 17,451 t 2018 up 83.3% rising
19 United Arab Emirates 16,039 t 2018 up 156.4% volatile
20 Denmark 14,433 t 2018 down 34.4% falling
21 Greece 12,944 t 2018 down 43.3% volatile
22 Republic of Korea 12,568 t 2018 up 1.2% volatile
23 Russian Federation 12,291 t 2018 up 11.7% volatile
24 Sweden 11,547 t 2018 down 32.1% falling
25 Luxembourg 11,278 t 2018 up 12.3% volatile
26 Ireland 11,093 t 2018 down 25.4% falling
27 Mexico 10,679 t 2018 up 6.8% volatile
28 New Zealand 10,273 t 2018 up 16.0% volatile
29 Tunisia 9,732 t 2018 down 73.1% falling
30 Saudi Arabia 9,378 t 2018 up 4.2% falling
31 Brazil 8,827 t 2018 down 62.8% volatile
32 India 8,683 t 2018 down 58.2% volatile
33 Slovakia 8,353 t 2018 down 72.7% volatile
34 Australia 8,027 t 2018 down 65.1% volatile
35 Romania 7,774 t 2018 down 39.2% volatile
36 Israel 7,279 t 2018 down 34.3% volatile
37 Colombia 7,131 t 2018 up 157.9% volatile
38 Norway 5,307 t 2018 down 64.0% volatile
39 Jordan 5,043 t 2018 down 30.5% volatile
40 Chile 4,444 t 2018 up 95.3% volatile
41 Malaysia 3,972 t 2018 down 0.7% volatile
42 Senegal 3,966 t 2018 up 32.4% falling
43 Gabon 3,907 t 2018 up 94.9% rising
44 Japan 3,124 t 2018 down 79.2% volatile
45 Argentina 3,056 t 2018 down 23.6% volatile
46 Finland 2,945 t 2018 down 85.0% volatile
47 Ukraine 2,807 t 2018 up 6.7% volatile
48 C�te d'Ivoire 2,794 t 2018 down 54.6% volatile
49 Indonesia 2,780 t 2018 up 28.5% volatile
50 Thailand 2,586 t 2018 down 26.3% volatile
51 Nigeria 2,517 t 2018 down 80.9% volatile
52 Pakistan 2,501 t 2018 up 110.0% volatile
53 Slovenia 2,434 t 2018 down 54.2% falling
54 Bulgaria 2,260 t 2018 down 40.0% volatile
55 Lebanon 2,191 t 2018 down 59.2% flat
56 Philippines 2,189 t 2018 up 186.9% volatile
57 Kuwait 1,914 t 2018 up 100.2% volatile
58 Kenya 1,683 t 2018 up 119.7% volatile
59 Uganda 1,584 t 2018 up 3,763.4% volatile
60 Peru 1,503 t 2018 up 59.4% rising
61 Croatia 1,430 t 2018 down 78.7% falling
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,407 t 2018 up 125.1% volatile
63 Sudan (former) 1,397 t 2011 up 676.1% volatile
64 Latvia 1,325 t 2018 up 241.5% volatile
65 Kazakhstan 1,276 t 2018 down 55.9% volatile
66 Lithuania 1,171 t 2018 up 24.4% volatile
67 Dominican Republic 1,060 t 2018 up 443.6% volatile
68 Singapore 1,015 t 2018 down 54.6% volatile
69 Serbia and Montenegro 994 t 2005 up 224.8% volatile
70 Cameroon 993 t 2018 down 71.5% volatile
71 Mali 826 t 2018 down 43.6% volatile
72 Yemen 796 t 2005 up 25.2% volatile
73 Bahrain 791 t 2018 down 40.4% volatile
74 French Polynesia 745 t 2018 down 49.8% falling
75 Estonia 732 t 2018 up 214.2% volatile
76 New Caledonia 730 t 2018 down 73.3% volatile
77 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 582 t 2018 down 52.3% volatile
78 Congo 559 t 2018 up 16.2% rising
79 Burkina Faso 547 t 2018 down 3.4% volatile
80 Costa Rica 529 t 2018 up 75.7% volatile
81 El Salvador 482 t 2018 up 2,735.3% volatile
82 Sri Lanka 479 t 2018 down 69.1% rising
83 Paraguay 478 t 2018 up 9,460.0% volatile
84 Syrian Arab Republic 451 t 2018 down 83.3% volatile
85 Chad 418 t 2018 up 263.5% volatile
86 Ghana 391 t 2018 down 77.2% volatile
87 Uruguay 373 t 2018 up 41.3% volatile
88 Mauritius 371 t 2018 down 36.4% falling
89 Afghanistan 353 t 2016 up 1,581.0% volatile
89 Bangladesh 353 t 2018 down 12.6% volatile
91 Cyprus 326 t 2018 down 79.7% volatile
92 Madagascar 304 t 2018 down 24.9% volatile
93 Ecuador 303 t 2018 up 159.0% volatile
94 Benin 294 t 2018 down 55.5% volatile
95 Qatar 240 t 2018 down 51.2% volatile
96 United Republic of Tanzania 230 t 2018 up 43.8% volatile
97 Togo 186 t 2018 down 50.3% volatile
98 Belarus 178 t 2018 down 62.0% volatile
99 Honduras 172 t 2018 up 514.3% volatile
100 Iraq 144 t 2018 up 323.5% volatile
101 Iceland 135 t 2018 down 38.6% volatile
102 Guinea 110 t 2018 down 17.3% volatile
103 Mozambique 101 t 2018 up 42.3% volatile
104 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100 t 2018 up 117.4% volatile
105 Guatemala 83 t 2018 up 84.4% volatile
106 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 80 t 2018 up 196.3% volatile
107 Malta 73 t 2018 down 93.0% volatile
108 Angola 71 t 2018 down 76.9% volatile
109 Niger 68 t 2018 down 71.4% volatile
110 Azerbaijan 53 t 2018 up 96.3% volatile
110 Cambodia 53 t 2018 down 86.9% volatile
112 Myanmar 48 t 2018 up 2,300.0% volatile
113 Kyrgyzstan 44 t 2011 up 780.0% volatile
113 Papua New Guinea 44 t 2006 up 46.7% rising
115 Armenia 43 t 2018 down 74.9% volatile
116 Netherlands Antilles (former) 42 t 2010 up 61.5% volatile
117 Djibouti 38 t 2018 up 1,800.0% volatile
118 Libya 34 t 2018 down 98.0% volatile
118 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 34 t 2018 down 85.9% volatile
120 Viet Nam 31 t 2018 down 97.5% volatile
121 Ethiopia 29 t 2018 down 95.2% volatile
122 Mauritania 28 t 2018 down 69.2% volatile
123 Republic of Moldova 24 t 2018 down 52.9% volatile
124 Barbados 23 t 2018 unchanged volatile
124 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23 t 2013 up 91.7% volatile
126 Albania 22 t 2018 up 340.0% volatile
126 Cuba 22 t 2013 down 96.6% volatile
126 Fiji 22 t 2012 up 2,100.0% volatile
129 Panama 20 t 2018 down 53.5% volatile
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 20 t 2018 down 9.1% volatile
131 Guinea-Bissau 18 t 2017 up 800.0% volatile
131 Liberia 18 t 2018 up 350.0% volatile
131 Oman 18 t 2018 down 97.0% volatile
131 Rwanda 18 t 2018 up 800.0% volatile
135 Zambia 17 t 2018 down 5.6% volatile
136 Gambia 16 t 2018 down 27.3% volatile
136 Trinidad and Tobago 16 t 2016 down 88.5% volatile
138 Equatorial Guinea 13 t 2018 down 13.3% volatile
138 Jamaica 13 t 2018 down 43.5% volatile
140 Nepal 12 t 2017 down 98.2% volatile
141 Sierra Leone 11 t 2017 down 63.3% volatile
142 Georgia 6 t 2018 down 68.4% volatile
142 Haiti 6 t 2018 up 20.0% volatile
144 Belize 5 t 2018 down 90.2% volatile
144 Suriname 5 t 2017 down 16.7% volatile
144 Vanuatu 5 t 2018 up 400.0% volatile
144 Cabo Verde 5 t 2017 down 78.3% volatile
148 Uzbekistan 4 t 2018 down 98.1% volatile
148 Brunei Darussalam 4 t 2014 down 33.3% volatile
150 Burundi 2 t 2018 down 90.0% volatile
150 Malawi 2 t 2009 down 83.3% volatile
150 Nicaragua 2 t 2014 up 100.0% volatile
150 Sao Tome and Principe 2 t 2010 down 81.8% volatile
150 Turkmenistan 2 t 2018 down 95.3% volatile
155 Eritrea 1 t 2010 down 98.0% volatile
155 Zimbabwe 1 t 2017 down 85.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
France — 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
159 places, 3,106 data points, 1997–2018
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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/