Household and sanitary papers — 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
243
Highest
428,197 t
United States
Lowest
0 t
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Median
1,951 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,822

What the numbers show

Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity is currently reported for 243 countries. The highest value is 428,197 t in United States; the lowest is 0 t in Wallis and Futuna Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,951 t, and the mean is 20,216 t.

Over the past decade 159 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 18,082.1%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 100.0%).

Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 428,197 t 2024 up 43.2% rising
2 United Kingdom 397,000 t 2024 up 68.9% volatile
2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 397,000 t 2024 up 68.9% volatile
4 Germany 192,000 t 2024 down 14.0% volatile
5 Poland 187,899 t 2024 up 114.9% volatile
6 Republic of Korea 157,269 t 2024 up 392.5% volatile
7 Australia and New Zealand 147,442 t 2024 up 20.2% volatile
8 Canada 141,554 t 2024 up 71.3% volatile
9 France 131,017 t 2024 up 97.0% volatile
10 Australia 111,694 t 2024 up 13.3% volatile
11 Mexico 110,633 t 2024 up 115.3% rising
12 China 109,102 t 2024 up 31.5% volatile
13 Greece 97,105 t 2024 up 52.9% volatile
14 Malaysia 94,204 t 2024 up 147.0% volatile
15 Caribbean 87,073 t 2024 up 280.0% volatile
16 Serbia and Montenegro 76,000 t 2005 up 578.6% volatile
17 Saudi Arabia 74,208 t 2024 down 13.1% volatile
18 China, Taiwan Province of 69,012 t 2024 up 43.4% volatile
19 Philippines 68,434 t 2024 up 168.2% volatile
20 Spain 64,689 t 2024 up 20.7% volatile
21 Peru 58,357 t 2024 up 2,447.2% volatile
22 Vietnam 55,774 t 2024 up 514.7% volatile
22 Viet Nam 55,774 t 2024 up 514.7% volatile
24 Romania 54,983 t 2024 up 221.9% volatile
25 Croatia 49,153 t 2024 up 110.4% volatile
26 Belgium 48,876 t 2024 up 27.0% rising
27 Israel 47,250 t 2024 up 35.2% volatile
28 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 44,895 t 2024 down 0.2% volatile
29 Thailand 44,809 t 2024 up 113.9% volatile
30 Chile 40,629 t 2024 up 141.5% volatile
31 Trinidad and Tobago 37,370 t 2024 up 631.0% volatile
32 Italy 37,352 t 2024 down 18.3% volatile
33 Kenya 36,462 t 2024 up 108.2% volatile
34 Bulgaria 36,363 t 2024 up 124.7% volatile
35 United Arab Emirates 35,802 t 2024 up 70.1% volatile
36 New Zealand 35,720 t 2024 up 48.6% volatile
37 China, mainland 35,366 t 2024 up 26.5% rising
38 Czechia 35,000 t 2024 up 51.0% rising
38 Belgium-Luxembourg 35,000 t 1999 down 44.0% volatile
40 Ecuador 33,032 t 2024 up 11.4% volatile
41 Iraq 32,940 t 2024 up 1,948.5% volatile
42 Serbia 31,000 t 2024 up 93.8% rising
43 Dominican Republic 30,570 t 2024 up 355.2% volatile
44 Yugoslav SFR 29,300 t 1975 up 2,153.8% volatile
45 Hungary 28,180 t 2024 down 70.0% volatile
46 Guatemala 24,957 t 2024 up 26.0% volatile
47 South Africa 24,401 t 2024 up 176.3% volatile
48 Ukraine 24,100 t 2024 up 55.8% volatile
49 Jordan 23,119 t 2024 up 1,075.3% volatile
50 India 22,863 t 2024 up 374.9% volatile
51 Austria 22,536 t 2024 up 37.8% volatile
52 Colombia 20,430 t 2024 up 357.3% volatile
53 Morocco 20,130 t 2024 up 409.5% volatile
54 Portugal 19,275 t 2024 down 57.4% volatile
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18,477 t 2024 up 54.0% volatile
56 Qatar 17,854 t 2024 up 343.1% volatile
57 Lebanon 17,354 t 2024 up 68.8% volatile
58 Ireland 17,333 t 2024 up 104.5% volatile
59 Sweden 17,251 t 2024 up 44.2% volatile
60 Slovakia 15,866 t 2024 down 36.0% volatile
61 Cote d'Ivoire 15,557 t 2024 up 167.8% volatile
61 Côte d'Ivoire 15,557 t 2024 up 167.8% volatile
63 Cambodia 15,346 t 2024 up 480.2% volatile
64 Panama 15,113 t 2024 up 270.8% volatile
65 Cyprus 14,482 t 2024 up 66.5% volatile
66 Albania 13,500 t 2024 up 237.5% volatile
67 Kazakhstan 13,302 t 2024 up 90.3% volatile
68 Palestine 11,490 t 2024 up 556.2% volatile
68 Palestine 11,490 t 2024 up 556.2% volatile
70 Ghana 10,115 t 2024 up 396.6% volatile
71 Japan 10,037 t 2024 down 8.8% volatile
72 Argentina 9,838 t 2024 up 43.0% volatile
73 Syria 9,317 t 2024 up 135.2% rising
73 Syrian Arab Republic 9,317 t 2024 up 135.2% rising
75 Georgia 9,109 t 2024 up 127.7% rising
76 Jamaica 8,649 t 2024 up 26.8% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 7,919 t 2024 down 1.0% volatile
78 Slovenia 7,676 t 2024 up 138.4% volatile
79 Honduras 7,091 t 2024 up 18,082.1% volatile
80 Zambia 6,968 t 2024 up 166.3% volatile
81 Angola 6,959 t 2024 up 86.8% volatile
82 Indonesia 6,540 t 2024 up 7.2% volatile
83 Melanesia 6,331 t 2024 up 30.8% volatile
84 Zimbabwe 6,266 t 2024 up 31.4% volatile
85 Egypt 5,797 t 2024 up 336.9% volatile
86 United Republic of Tanzania 5,782 t 2024 up 176.3% volatile
87 Mauritius 5,758 t 2024 up 27.8% rising
88 Uganda 5,716 t 2024 up 260.6% volatile
89 El Salvador 5,586 t 2024 up 230.3% volatile
90 Turkey 5,585 t 2024 down 51.4% volatile
90 Türkiye 5,585 t 2024 down 51.4% volatile
92 Norway 5,461 t 2024 up 109.3% volatile
93 Pakistan 5,424 t 2024 up 153.7% volatile
94 Armenia 5,040 t 2024 up 182.4% volatile
95 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,598 t 2024 down 32.8% volatile
96 Sri Lanka 4,584 t 2024 up 72.5% volatile
97 Nigeria 4,411 t 2024 down 21.3% volatile
98 Singapore 4,316 t 2024 down 49.2% volatile
99 Bahrain 4,169 t 2024 up 49.0% volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 4,151 t 2024 up 451.3% volatile
101 Brazil 4,147 t 2024 down 28.3% volatile
102 Oman 4,122 t 2024 up 35.0% volatile
103 Lithuania 3,893 t 2024 down 51.9% volatile
104 North Macedonia 3,885 t 2024 up 57.4% rising
105 Fiji 3,828 t 2024 up 31.4% volatile
106 Yemen 3,742 t 2024 down 58.4% volatile
107 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,516 t 2024 down 5.5% volatile
108 Finland 3,513 t 2024 up 70.5% volatile
109 Cameroon 3,494 t 2024 up 17.3% rising
110 Senegal 3,356 t 2024 up 322.1% volatile
111 Russia 3,313 t 2024 down 89.4% volatile
111 Russian Federation 3,313 t 2024 down 89.4% volatile
113 Mongolia 3,268 t 2024 up 405.9% volatile
114 Paraguay 3,207 t 2024 up 36.8% rising
115 Uruguay 3,000 t 2024 up 1,062.8% volatile
116 Latvia 2,966 t 2024 up 42.5% rising
117 Libya 2,767 t 2024 up 44.3% volatile
118 Kuwait 2,750 t 2024 down 84.9% volatile
119 Switzerland 2,438 t 2024 down 65.5% volatile
120 Cuba 2,257 t 2024 up 377.2% volatile
121 New Caledonia 2,114 t 2024 up 124.9% rising
122 Moldova 1,951 t 2024 up 5.5% volatile
122 Republic of Moldova 1,951 t 2024 up 5.5% volatile
124 Malta 1,934 t 2024 up 2.5% volatile
124 Suriname 1,934 t 2024 down 18.2% volatile
126 Nepal 1,869 t 2024 up 325.7% volatile
127 Cayman Islands 1,823 t 2024 up 929.9% volatile
128 Uzbekistan 1,758 t 2024 up 81.2% volatile
129 Afghanistan 1,709 t 2024 up 741.9% volatile
130 Bahamas 1,613 t 2024 up 1,545.9% volatile
131 Madagascar 1,611 t 2024 up 320.6% volatile
132 Algeria 1,591 t 2024 down 78.9% volatile
133 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,586 t 2024 down 80.5% volatile
134 Denmark 1,585 t 2024 down 27.6% volatile
135 Malawi 1,424 t 2024 up 84.2% volatile
136 Tajikistan 1,358 t 2024 up 177.1% volatile
137 Mozambique 1,153 t 2024 down 18.1% volatile
138 Haiti 1,150 t 2024 up 455.6% volatile
139 Rwanda 1,025 t 2024 down 19.2% volatile
140 Seychelles 997 t 2024 up 148.0% rising
141 Netherlands Antilles (former) 985 t 2010 down 8.6% volatile
142 Botswana 952 t 2024 down 57.1% volatile
143 Turkmenistan 894 t 2024 down 17.2% falling
144 Nicaragua 887 t 2023 up 31.2% volatile
145 Grenada 879 t 2024 down 2.3% falling
146 Ethiopia 742 t 2024 down 84.7% volatile
146 Myanmar 742 t 2024 down 62.6% volatile
148 Iceland 729 t 2024 down 55.6% falling
149 Somalia 675 t 2024 up 16,775.0% volatile
150 Namibia 618 t 2024 down 28.8% volatile
151 Micronesia 598 t 2024 up 243.7% volatile
152 Gambia 584 t 2024 up 924.6% volatile
153 Guyana 574 t 2024 up 239.6% volatile
154 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 566 t 2024 down 98.6% volatile
155 Saint Lucia 557 t 2024 up 25.5% rising
156 Nauru 533 t 2024 up 1,676.7% volatile
156 Nauru 533 t 2024 up 1,676.7% volatile
158 Liberia 516 t 2024 up 448.9% volatile
159 Djibouti 510 t 2024 down 25.2% volatile
160 East Timor 503 t 2024 up 1,157.5% volatile
160 Timor-Leste 503 t 2024 up 1,157.5% volatile
162 Czechoslovakia 500 t 1992 down 77.3% volatile
163 Montenegro 486 t 2024 up 13.6% rising
164 Turks and Caicos Islands 483 t 2024 up 252.6% volatile
165 Estonia 469 t 2024 down 92.7% volatile
166 Equatorial Guinea 463 t 2024 down 0.6% volatile
167 Democratic Republic of the Congo 433 t 2024 down 40.6% volatile
168 Mauritania 412 t 2024 up 237.7% volatile
169 Bangladesh 384 t 2024 down 54.4% volatile
170 Togo 368 t 2024 up 206.7% volatile
171 Congo 353 t 2024 down 56.4% volatile
172 Bermuda 352 t 2024 up 70.0% rising
173 Curacao 343 t 2024 down 59.7% falling
173 Curaçao 343 t 2024 down 59.7% falling
175 Greenland 338 t 2024 up 61.0% volatile
176 Luxembourg 307 t 2024 down 78.7% volatile
177 Andorra 277 t 2024 up 264.5% volatile
178 British Virgin Islands 269 t 2024 up 438.0% volatile
179 Maldives 267 t 2024 up 50.8% rising
180 Eswatini 262 t 2024 down 24.3% volatile
181 Tunisia 260 t 2024 down 87.1% volatile
182 Gabon 234 t 2024 down 46.2% falling
183 Dominica 230 t 2024 up 995.2% volatile
184 Polynesia 224 t 2024 down 85.3% rising
185 Papua New Guinea 217 t 2024 down 74.2% volatile
186 Niger 197 t 2024 up 302.0% volatile
187 Saint Martin (French Part) 193 t 2024 unchanged flat
188 Laos 187 t 2024 up 92.8% volatile
188 Lao People's Democratic Republic 187 t 2024 up 92.8% volatile
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 186 t 2024 up 28.3% volatile
191 Brunei 183 t 2024 up 63.4% volatile
191 Brunei Darussalam 183 t 2024 up 63.4% volatile
193 Aruba 173 t 2024 up 239.2% volatile
193 Mali 173 t 2024 down 92.0% volatile
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 161 t 2024 up 7,950.0% volatile
196 Sierra Leone 153 t 2024 up 337.1% volatile
197 Guinea 150 t 2024 up 72.4% volatile
198 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 144 t 2024 up 63.6% volatile
199 French Polynesia 143 t 2024 down 89.5% rising
200 Vanuatu 135 t 2024 up 8.0% volatile
201 China, Macao SAR 126 t 2024 up 350.0% volatile
202 Central African Republic 121 t 2024 up 384.0% volatile
203 Burkina Faso 110 t 2024 up 423.8% volatile
204 Barbados 105 t 2024 down 79.6% volatile
205 Costa Rica 102 t 2024 down 99.4% volatile
206 Belarus 81 t 2024 down 98.1% volatile
207 Bhutan 72 t 2024 down 4.0% volatile
208 Gibraltar 61 t 2024 down 40.2% falling
209 Cabo Verde 54 t 2024 up 1.9% volatile
210 Lesotho 52 t 2024 up 40.5% volatile
211 Sudan 50 t 2024 down 94.5% volatile
211 Anguilla 50 t 2024 up 16.3% rising
213 Solomon Islands 37 t 2024 up 76.2% volatile
214 Chad 36 t 2024 up 300.0% volatile
215 Samoa 34 t 2024 down 69.6% volatile
216 Sudan (former) 31 t 2011 down 48.3% volatile
217 Guam 30 t 2024 down 89.9% volatile
218 Benin 23 t 2024 down 94.2% volatile
218 Sao Tome and Principe 23 t 2024 up 1,050.0% volatile
220 Northern Mariana Islands 20 t 2024 up 233.3% volatile
221 Norfolk Island 17 t 2024 up 750.0% volatile
222 Burundi 13 t 2024 down 90.0% volatile
223 Antigua and Barbuda 12 t 2024 up 1,100.0% volatile
224 Tonga 11 t 2024 down 69.4% volatile
225 Palau 8 t 2024 down 63.6% volatile
226 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7 t 2024 up 600.0% volatile
227 Cook Islands 6 t 2024 up 20.0% volatile
227 Christmas Island 6 t 2024 up 100.0% rising
227 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 6 t 2024 down 72.7% volatile
230 Comoros 5 t 2024 down 54.5% volatile
230 Guinea-Bissau 5 t 2024 down 37.5% volatile
232 Faroe Islands 4 t 2024 down 85.7% volatile
232 Marshall Islands 4 t 2024 down 66.7% volatile
234 Niue 3 t 2024 down 87.5% volatile
235 Belize 2 t 2024 down 99.9% volatile
235 South Sudan 2 t 2024 down 50.0% volatile
235 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2 t 2024 down 98.3% volatile
238 Kiribati 1 t 2024 — volatile
238 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 1 t 2024 down 66.7% falling
240 Eritrea 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
240 Tuvalu 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
240 Montserrat 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
240 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
272 places, 8,822 data points, 1961–2024
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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