Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 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...
What the numbers show
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 53,767 1000 USD in Germany; the lowest is 0 1000 USD in United Republic of Tanzania.
The median across all reporting countries is 39 1000 USD, and the mean is 1,518 1000 USD.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 18,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 53,767 1000 USD | 2016 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Indonesia | 47,667 1000 USD | 2016 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 38,853 1000 USD | 2016 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 4 | France | 11,043 1000 USD | 2016 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 5 | United States | 10,657 1000 USD | 2016 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 7,630 1000 USD | 2016 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Austria | 6,054 1000 USD | 2016 | up 290.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Yugoslav SFR | 6,028 1000 USD | 1991 | up 164.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Pakistan | 5,055 1000 USD | 2016 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Sweden | 3,813 1000 USD | 2016 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,623 1000 USD | 2016 | down 77.2% | rising |
| 12 | Turkey | 3,326 1000 USD | 2016 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Türkiye | 3,326 1000 USD | 2016 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Egypt | 2,537 1000 USD | 2016 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 15 | China | 2,112 1000 USD | 2016 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 2,018 1000 USD | 2016 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 17 | China, mainland | 1,924 1000 USD | 2016 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,802 1000 USD | 2016 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Serbia | 1,538 1000 USD | 2016 | up 1,647.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Australia | 1,504 1000 USD | 2016 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 1,214 1000 USD | 2016 | up 3,181.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Republic of Korea | 1,087 1000 USD | 2016 | up 102.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Slovenia | 1,078 1000 USD | 2016 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Belgium | 1,051 1000 USD | 2016 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 976 1000 USD | 1999 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 969 1000 USD | 2016 | up 209.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 936 1000 USD | 2016 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Russia | 877 1000 USD | 2016 | up 222.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 877 1000 USD | 2016 | up 222.4% | volatile |
| 30 | India | 741 1000 USD | 2016 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Poland | 708 1000 USD | 2016 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 550 1000 USD | 2016 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 462 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Ireland | 404 1000 USD | 2016 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Vietnam | 400 1000 USD | 2016 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Viet Nam | 400 1000 USD | 2016 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 327 1000 USD | 2016 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Slovakia | 318 1000 USD | 2016 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Finland | 311 1000 USD | 2016 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Spain | 307 1000 USD | 2016 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Switzerland | 304 1000 USD | 2016 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 42 | New Zealand | 298 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 290 1000 USD | 2016 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 43 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 290 1000 USD | 2016 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 263 1000 USD | 2016 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Peru | 231 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 226 1000 USD | 2016 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Philippines | 223 1000 USD | 2016 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 218 1000 USD | 2016 | up 772.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Tunisia | 202 1000 USD | 2016 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Czechia | 190 1000 USD | 2016 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Nepal | 190 1000 USD | 2016 | up 18,900.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Greece | 188 1000 USD | 2016 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 53 | China, Taiwan Province of | 188 1000 USD | 2016 | down 72.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 157 1000 USD | 2016 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 126 1000 USD | 2016 | up 270.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Romania | 114 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Mongolia | 112 1000 USD | 2016 | up 1,020.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 110 1000 USD | 2016 | up 1,275.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Ecuador | 100 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Singapore | 92 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 88 1000 USD | 2016 | unchanged | volatile |
| 63 | Algeria | 79 1000 USD | 2016 | up 777.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 62 1000 USD | 2016 | down 76.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 60 1000 USD | 2016 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 60 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 67 | Norway | 53 1000 USD | 2016 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Chile | 49 1000 USD | 2016 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Morocco | 47 1000 USD | 2016 | down 75.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 47 1000 USD | 2016 | up 147.4% | rising |
| 71 | Caribbean | 46 1000 USD | 2016 | up 820.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Brunei | 43 1000 USD | 2016 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | 43 1000 USD | 2016 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam | 43 1000 USD | 2016 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 42 1000 USD | 2016 | up 82.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 40 1000 USD | 2016 | up 263.6% | rising |
| 77 | Guinea | 39 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 77 | Guatemala | 39 1000 USD | 2016 | up 875.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Ukraine | 39 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 80 | Cuba | 36 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Croatia | 34 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Syria | 34 1000 USD | 2016 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Syrian Arab Republic | 34 1000 USD | 2016 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Senegal | 27 1000 USD | 2016 | — | falling |
| 85 | Uruguay | 27 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 19 1000 USD | 2016 | up 58.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Cyprus | 17 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Panama | 17 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Central African Republic | 16 1000 USD | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 91 | Gabon | 14 1000 USD | 2016 | unchanged | volatile |
| 91 | Mozambique | 14 1000 USD | 2016 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Cambodia | 9 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 8 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Sudan (former) | 7 1000 USD | 2011 | — | falling |
| 96 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 7 1000 USD | 2010 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 6 1000 USD | 2016 | down 80.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 5 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Iraq | 5 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Mexico | 4 1000 USD | 2016 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 2 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 2 1000 USD | 2016 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 2 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2 1000 USD | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Iceland | 1 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 1 1000 USD | 2016 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 1 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Afghanistan | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Angola | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Burundi | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Bahrain | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Estonia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Fiji | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Georgia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Honduras | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Jamaica | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Jordan | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Kenya | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Laos | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Lithuania | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Latvia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Moldova | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Madagascar | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Malta | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Namibia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | New Caledonia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Nigeria | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Oman | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | French Polynesia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Qatar | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | El Salvador | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Togo | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Tonga | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Uganda | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 1000 USD | 2005 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Melanesia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Polynesia | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Republic of Moldova | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 109 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 1000 USD | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 217,824 1000 USD
- Asia 102,224 1000 USD
- Europe 97,112 1000 USD
- Western Europe 75,843 1000 USD
- South-Eastern Asia 48,857 1000 USD
- Eastern Asia 42,206 1000 USD
- Americas 13,511 1000 USD
- Northern America 11,871 1000 USD
- Southern Europe 11,791 1000 USD
- United States of America 10,657 1000 USD
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8,761 1000 USD
- Northern Europe 6,890 1000 USD
- Southern Asia 6,174 1000 USD
- Western Asia 4,878 1000 USD
- Africa 3,175 1000 USD
- Northern Africa 2,865 1000 USD
- Eastern Europe 2,588 1000 USD
- Oceania 1,802 1000 USD
- South America 1,515 1000 USD
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 526 1000 USD
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 520 1000 USD
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 517 1000 USD
- Western Africa 154 1000 USD
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 141 1000 USD
- Central Asia 109 1000 USD
- Eastern Africa 81 1000 USD
- Central America 79 1000 USD
- Southern Africa 43 1000 USD
- Middle Africa 32 1000 USD
About this data
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