Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export 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
147
Highest
3.60 million m3
China
Lowest
0 m3
Serbia and Montenegro
Median
840 m3
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
4,164

What the numbers show

Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export quantity is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 3.60 million m3 in China; the lowest is 0 m3 in Serbia and Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 840 m3, and the mean is 164,970 m3.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 104,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).

Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 3.60 million m3 2024 up 15.6% volatile
2 China, mainland 3.60 million m3 2024 up 15.9% volatile
3 Thailand 3.32 million m3 2024 up 117.4% volatile
4 Germany 2.16 million m3 2024 down 19.7% rising
5 Türkiye 1.47 million m3 2024 up 221.9% volatile
6 Spain 803,951 m3 2024 down 19.7% rising
7 Canada 665,286 m3 2024 up 14.3% rising
8 Indonesia 620,527 m3 2024 up 108.9% volatile
9 Brazil 608,206 m3 2024 up 138.3% volatile
10 Russian Federation 577,964 m3 2024 up 126.5% volatile
11 Poland 554,475 m3 2024 down 22.0% volatile
12 Australia and New Zealand 530,833 m3 2024 down 13.3% falling
13 New Zealand 492,790 m3 2024 down 7.1% rising
14 Romania 458,021 m3 2024 up 24.8% volatile
15 Belgium 396,622 m3 2024 down 42.4% rising
16 Belgium-Luxembourg 395,100 m3 1999 volatile
17 France 386,139 m3 2024 down 31.3% falling
18 Ireland 336,221 m3 2024 down 19.0% rising
19 Malaysia 286,927 m3 2024 down 44.8% falling
20 Chile 276,200 m3 2024 down 40.0% rising
21 Austria 275,837 m3 2024 down 41.4% volatile
22 Portugal 253,188 m3 2024 down 30.1% rising
23 Hungary 205,555 m3 2024 up 19.0% volatile
24 Italy 195,792 m3 2024 down 38.2% falling
25 Bulgaria 161,383 m3 2024 up 5,944.3% volatile
26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 147,700 m3 2024 up 33.7% rising
27 India 146,452 m3 2024 up 72,761.7% volatile
28 Viet Nam 134,340 m3 2024 up 173.3% volatile
29 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 126,984 m3 2024 up 4,132.8% volatile
30 Slovenia 122,719 m3 2024 down 3.9% volatile
31 Switzerland 108,255 m3 2024 down 36.0% falling
32 Luxembourg 93,580 m3 2024 down 12.3% volatile
33 United Arab Emirates 76,176 m3 2024 down 22.0% volatile
34 Uganda 72,369 m3 2024 up 100,412.0% volatile
35 Czechia 59,698 m3 2024 down 6.7% rising
36 Norway 47,404 m3 2024 up 158.5% volatile
37 Ukraine 46,677 m3 2024 down 74.2% volatile
38 Croatia 45,337 m3 2024 up 983.1% volatile
39 Belarus 38,328 m3 2024 down 81.8% volatile
40 Australia 38,043 m3 2024 down 53.5% volatile
41 Mexico 36,119 m3 2024 up 4,288.7% volatile
42 Ecuador 29,863 m3 2024 down 7.6% falling
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 25,000 m3 2024 down 74.0% volatile
44 United Republic of Tanzania 17,415 m3 2024 up 14,784.6% volatile
45 Pakistan 17,230 m3 2024 up 16.4% volatile
46 Greece 17,117 m3 2024 down 70.8% volatile
47 Saudi Arabia 15,749 m3 2024 up 701.5% volatile
48 Argentina 13,900 m3 2024 down 92.2% volatile
49 Denmark 13,332 m3 2024 up 129.9% volatile
50 Republic of Korea 13,191 m3 2024 down 71.2% volatile
51 Kazakhstan 11,944 m3 2024 up 42,557.1% volatile
52 Philippines 11,542 m3 2024 up 34,875.8% volatile
53 Lithuania 9,404 m3 2024 up 31.1% volatile
54 Malawi 9,358 m3 2024 down 18.6% volatile
55 Uzbekistan 8,300 m3 2024 up 6,994.0% volatile
56 Serbia 7,000 m3 2024 up 75.0% volatile
57 Estonia 6,783 m3 2024 down 23.1% volatile
58 Slovakia 6,448 m3 2024 volatile
59 Sweden 6,369 m3 2024 down 89.1% volatile
60 Palestine 5,227 m3 2024 up 56.5% rising
61 Finland 4,242 m3 2024 up 356.1% volatile
62 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,682 m3 2024 down 87.1% volatile
63 Latvia 3,272 m3 2024 up 149.4% volatile
64 Egypt 2,516 m3 2024 down 74.7% volatile
65 Caribbean 2,504 m3 2024 up 4,908.0% volatile
66 Lebanon 2,248 m3 2024 down 71.2% volatile
67 Albania 2,106 m3 2024 up 75.5% volatile
68 Japan 1,703 m3 2024 down 71.6% volatile
69 Dominican Republic 1,333 m3 2024 up 14,711.1% volatile
70 Senegal 1,043 m3 2024 up 104,200.0% volatile
71 Singapore 986 m3 2024 down 91.8% volatile
72 Georgia 928 m3 2024 up 172.1% volatile
73 Sri Lanka 897 m3 2024 down 99.3% volatile
74 North Macedonia 840 m3 2024 up 1,455.6% volatile
75 China, Taiwan Province of 830 m3 2024 down 86.6% volatile
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 827 m3 2024 up 230.8% volatile
77 Bangladesh 743 m3 2024 up 37,050.0% volatile
78 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 676 m3 2024 up 397.1% volatile
79 Kenya 627 m3 2024 down 75.4% volatile
80 Ethiopia 367 m3 2024 volatile
81 Kyrgyzstan 326 m3 2024 up 14.4% volatile
82 Malta 325 m3 2024 volatile
83 Azerbaijan 280 m3 2024 volatile
84 Melanesia 272 m3 2024 down 84.1% volatile
85 Vanuatu 228 m3 2024 unchanged flat
86 Guinea-Bissau 220 m3 2024 unchanged rising
87 Jordan 214 m3 2024 down 2.7% volatile
88 Belize 206 m3 2024 down 88.7% volatile
89 Niger 162 m3 2024 up 2,214.3% volatile
90 Republic of Moldova 116 m3 2024 up 231.4% volatile
91 Bahrain 97 m3 2024 down 71.4% volatile
92 Panama 96 m3 2024 volatile
93 Colombia 85 m3 2024 down 87.1% volatile
94 Sierra Leone 80 m3 2024 up 1,233.3% volatile
95 Togo 73 m3 2024 up 1,116.7% volatile
96 China, Hong Kong SAR 68 m3 2024 down 97.1% volatile
97 Trinidad and Tobago 51 m3 2024 up 5,000.0% volatile
98 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 50 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
99 Peru 48 m3 2024 down 29.4% volatile
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 44 m3 2024 unchanged flat
101 Fiji 43 m3 2024 down 54.7% volatile
101 Guatemala 43 m3 2024 down 60.2% volatile
101 Israel 43 m3 2024 down 99.3% volatile
101 Paraguay 43 m3 2024 down 6.5% volatile
105 Mauritius 41 m3 2024 volatile
105 El Salvador 41 m3 2024 up 1,266.7% volatile
107 Saint Lucia 35 m3 2024 unchanged flat
108 Oman 33 m3 2024 up 560.0% volatile
109 Qatar 24 m3 2024 down 35.1% volatile
110 Tunisia 22 m3 2024 down 95.3% volatile
111 Morocco 20 m3 2024 down 96.8% volatile
112 Kuwait 19 m3 2024 up 850.0% volatile
113 Rwanda 17 m3 2024 up 1,600.0% volatile
114 Montenegro 15 m3 2024 down 62.5% volatile
115 Armenia 14 m3 2024 volatile
116 Iraq 12 m3 2024 down 91.2% volatile
117 Jamaica 9 m3 2024 up 28.6% rising
118 Cyprus 8 m3 2024 volatile
119 Ghana 7 m3 2024 down 74.1% volatile
119 Honduras 7 m3 2024 down 95.6% volatile
119 Brunei Darussalam 7 m3 2024 unchanged volatile
122 Nigeria 4 m3 2024 down 87.5% volatile
123 Syrian Arab Republic 3 m3 2024 down 98.0% volatile
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3 m3 2024 down 88.5% falling
125 Barbados 1 m3 2024 down 80.0% volatile
125 Madagascar 1 m3 2024 down 92.3% volatile
125 Mongolia 1 m3 2024 down 92.3% volatile
125 Namibia 1 m3 2024 volatile
125 New Caledonia 1 m3 2024 down 99.9% volatile
125 Zimbabwe 1 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
125 China, Macao SAR 1 m3 2024 volatile
132 Afghanistan 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Costa Rica 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Guinea 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Iceland 0 m3 2024 volatile
132 Lesotho 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% falling
132 Mali 0 m3 2024 volatile
132 Myanmar 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Nicaragua 0 m3 2023 down 100.0% volatile
132 Nepal 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Papua New Guinea 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% falling
132 Eswatini 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Tajikistan 0 m3 2024 volatile
132 Turkmenistan 0 m3 2024 volatile
132 Uruguay 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Zambia 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Serbia and Montenegro 0 m3 2005 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.

About this data

Indicator
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 4,164 data points, 1995–2024
Last refreshed

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