Others (adjustment) — 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
169
Highest
1.93 million t
Canada
Lowest
-806,829 t
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
-302 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,728

What the numbers show

Others (adjustment) — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 1.93 million t in Canada; the lowest is -806,829 t in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is -302 t, and the mean is 15,463 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Bangladesh (up 4,789,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 2,208,250.0%).

Others (adjustment) — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 1.93 million t 2018 up 4,316.3% volatile
2 China 1.31 million t 2018 up 451.0% volatile
3 Germany 1.27 million t 2018 up 370.5% volatile
4 Australia 291,818 t 2018 up 183.3% volatile
5 T�rkiye 226,882 t 2018 up 172.8% volatile
6 Serbia and Montenegro 178,036 t 2005 up 1,557.7% volatile
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 118,319 t 2018 up 32.4% volatile
8 Brazil 83,642 t 2018 down 30.1% volatile
9 Bangladesh 47,892 t 2018 up 4,789,100.0% volatile
10 Denmark 31,979 t 2018 up 1,412.7% volatile
11 Russian Federation 30,071 t 2018 down 72.3% volatile
12 Romania 22,723 t 2018 up 118.9% volatile
13 Yemen 21,269 t 2005 up 2,126,800.0% volatile
14 Ethiopia 18,692 t 2018 up 155,667.0% volatile
15 Sudan (former) 17,953 t 2010 volatile
16 Republic of Korea 12,846 t 2018 down 82.2% volatile
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,282 t 2018 up 272.2% volatile
18 Estonia 9,580 t 2018 down 13.9% volatile
19 Kazakhstan 9,497 t 2018 up 135.1% volatile
20 Ukraine 9,105 t 2018 up 139.0% volatile
21 Slovakia 9,080 t 2018 up 150.2% volatile
22 Turkmenistan 8,645 t 2018 up 261.6% volatile
23 Latvia 7,765 t 2018 down 36.6% volatile
24 Afghanistan 7,450 t 2018 up 124,067.0% volatile
25 Thailand 6,941 t 2018 up 77,022.2% volatile
26 Iceland 5,730 t 2018 up 471.3% volatile
27 Israel 4,722 t 2018 up 103.3% volatile
28 Costa Rica 3,340 t 2018 up 30,263.6% volatile
29 Belarus 2,295 t 2018 up 102.9% volatile
30 Burundi 2,204 t 2018 up 43,980.0% volatile
31 Finland 2,203 t 2018 up 102.9% volatile
32 Panama 1,577 t 2018 up 127.3% volatile
33 Kuwait 1,472 t 2018 up 20,928.6% volatile
34 Uganda 1,354 t 2018 up 11,183.3% volatile
35 Mozambique 1,231 t 2018 up 15,287.5% volatile
36 Suriname 1,154 t 2018 down 29.4% volatile
37 Luxembourg 854 t 2018 up 104.2% volatile
38 Mali 772 t 2018 up 19,200.0% volatile
39 Nepal 707 t 2018 up 35,250.0% volatile
40 Kenya 523 t 2018 up 5,711.1% volatile
41 Eritrea 487 t 2018 up 0.8% volatile
42 Colombia 386 t 2018 up 105.4% volatile
43 Republic of Moldova 336 t 2018 down 98.6% volatile
44 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 325 t 2018 up 4,542.9% volatile
45 Gambia 313 t 2018 up 1,465.0% volatile
46 Mongolia 306 t 2018 down 79.3% volatile
47 Ghana 255 t 2018 up 102.4% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 254 t 2018 up 8,366.7% volatile
49 C�te d'Ivoire 253 t 2018 up 2,200.0% volatile
50 Somalia 209 t 2018 up 703.8% volatile
51 Brunei Darussalam 190 t 2018 up 6,233.3% volatile
52 Timor-Leste 186 t 2018 up 295.7% volatile
53 Congo 168 t 2018 up 500.0% volatile
54 Cabo Verde 108 t 2018 up 2,060.0% volatile
55 Lebanon 96 t 2018 down 97.6% volatile
56 Solomon Islands 88 t 2018 up 1,000.0% volatile
57 Niger 74 t 2018 up 335.3% volatile
58 Samoa 71 t 2018 up 222.7% volatile
59 Chad 70 t 2018 up 29.6% volatile
60 Barbados 66 t 2018 up 1,000.0% volatile
61 Bahamas 48 t 2018 up 860.0% volatile
62 Equatorial Guinea 36 t 2018 up 414.3% volatile
63 Netherlands Antilles (former) 31 t 2010 volatile
64 Sao Tome and Principe 30 t 2018 up 1,400.0% volatile
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 t 2018 up 81.8% volatile
66 Bhutan 11 t 2018 up 100.4% volatile
67 Guinea-Bissau 6 t 2018 down 62.5% volatile
68 Sierra Leone -1 t 2018 down 133.3% volatile
69 Zambia -15 t 2018 down 266.7% volatile
70 Liberia -59 t 2018 up 90.1% volatile
71 Lithuania -68 t 2018 down 100.5% volatile
72 Dominica -82 t 2018 down 310.3% volatile
73 Nicaragua -83 t 2018 down 1,760.0% volatile
74 Haiti -99 t 2018 down 102.1% volatile
75 Benin -122 t 2018 down 608.3% volatile
76 Vanuatu -124 t 2018 down 1,871.4% volatile
77 Tonga -129 t 2018 down 1,942.9% volatile
78 Guyana -130 t 2018 down 108.6% volatile
79 Rwanda -155 t 2018 down 2,314.3% volatile
80 Belize -194 t 2018 down 2,871.4% volatile
81 Malawi -214 t 2018 down 2,775.0% volatile
82 Gabon -224 t 2018 down 3,833.3% volatile
83 Malaysia -230 t 2018 down 100.2% volatile
84 Jordan -238 t 2018 down 3,075.0% volatile
85 Senegal -302 t 2018 down 2,616.7% volatile
86 Mauritius -330 t 2018 down 4,814.3% volatile
87 Guinea -336 t 2018 down 4,900.0% volatile
88 Malta -413 t 2018 up 98.9% volatile
89 Armenia -419 t 2018 up 97.7% volatile
90 Georgia -433 t 2018 up 70.9% volatile
90 Paraguay -433 t 2018 down 5,512.5% volatile
92 French Polynesia -443 t 2018 down 5,022.2% volatile
93 United Republic of Tanzania -446 t 2018 down 9,020.0% volatile
94 Qatar -526 t 2018 down 2,048.2% volatile
95 Ireland -857 t 2018 down 101.7% volatile
96 Uzbekistan -885 t 2018 up 94.0% volatile
97 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -898 t 2018 down 8,263.6% volatile
98 Italy -959 t 2018 down 100.3% volatile
99 Papua New Guinea -994 t 2018 down 24,950.0% volatile
100 El Salvador -1,106 t 2018 down 13,925.0% volatile
101 Togo -1,123 t 2018 down 612.8% volatile
102 Jamaica -1,210 t 2018 up 29.4% volatile
103 Democratic Republic of the Congo -1,386 t 2018 down 15,500.0% volatile
104 Mauritania -1,450 t 2018 down 13,281.8% volatile
105 Trinidad and Tobago -1,467 t 2018 up 97.8% volatile
106 Libya -1,550 t 2018 down 25,933.3% volatile
107 Algeria -1,567 t 2018 down 156,800.0% volatile
108 Lao People's Democratic Republic -1,644 t 2018 volatile
109 Austria -1,756 t 2018 down 101.7% volatile
110 New Caledonia -2,075 t 2018 down 23,155.6% volatile
111 Azerbaijan -2,174 t 2018 down 123.5% volatile
112 Singapore -2,286 t 2018 up 98.8% volatile
113 Cuba -2,287 t 2018 down 108.9% volatile
114 Japan -2,449 t 2018 up 94.9% volatile
115 Czechia -2,502 t 2018 down 101.6% volatile
116 Djibouti -2,680 t 2018 down 268,100.0% volatile
117 Philippines -2,684 t 2018 up 98.8% volatile
118 Cameroon -2,973 t 2018 down 99,200.0% volatile
119 Pakistan -3,187 t 2018 down 105.5% volatile
120 Kyrgyzstan -3,195 t 2018 up 0.7% volatile
121 Angola -3,211 t 2018 down 35,777.8% volatile
122 Morocco -3,294 t 2018 down 164,800.0% volatile
123 Burkina Faso -4,862 t 2018 down 2,926.7% volatile
124 Dominican Republic -4,941 t 2018 down 112.5% volatile
125 Fiji -5,062 t 2018 down 253,200.0% volatile
126 Tunisia -5,254 t 2018 down 58,477.8% volatile
127 Madagascar -5,528 t 2018 down 55,380.0% volatile
128 Uruguay -5,704 t 2018 down 360.6% volatile
129 Egypt -6,151 t 2018 down 104.4% volatile
130 Indonesia -6,439 t 2018 down 30.4% volatile
131 Cyprus -6,674 t 2018 down 537.6% volatile
132 Tajikistan -6,710 t 2018 down 185.4% volatile
133 Slovenia -7,247 t 2018 down 102.5% volatile
134 Ecuador -7,644 t 2018 up 60.5% volatile
135 Saudi Arabia -9,122 t 2018 down 101.0% volatile
136 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -9,896 t 2018 down 494,900.0% volatile
137 Syrian Arab Republic -12,671 t 2018 down 633,650.0% volatile
138 Iraq -12,705 t 2018 down 423,600.0% volatile
139 Chile -12,859 t 2018 down 139.1% volatile
140 Argentina -13,523 t 2018 down 101.8% volatile
141 Myanmar -13,659 t 2018 down 218.8% volatile
142 Bahrain -13,789 t 2018 down 229,917.0% volatile
143 Albania -16,786 t 2018 down 252.6% volatile
144 Oman -17,248 t 2018 up 63.1% volatile
145 Cambodia -21,593 t 2018 down 719,867.0% volatile
146 Spain -22,030 t 2018 down 104.0% volatile
147 Bulgaria -24,886 t 2018 down 16.9% volatile
148 Mexico -26,160 t 2018 down 102.5% volatile
149 Guatemala -32,319 t 2018 down 404,088.0% volatile
150 Croatia -36,162 t 2018 up 34.1% volatile
151 Hungary -37,009 t 2018 down 220.5% volatile
152 Nigeria -37,011 t 2018 down 740,320.0% volatile
153 Sweden -40,941 t 2018 up 48.9% volatile
154 Sri Lanka -42,741 t 2018 down 534,362.0% volatile
155 Belgium -47,084 t 2018 down 110.4% volatile
156 Switzerland -51,312 t 2018 down 409.3% volatile
157 Honduras -59,220 t 2018 down 30.4% volatile
158 India -60,244 t 2018 down 602,540.0% volatile
159 Portugal -73,392 t 2018 down 158.9% volatile
160 Poland -78,440 t 2018 down 123.1% volatile
161 Peru -88,326 t 2018 down 2,208,250.0% volatile
162 United Arab Emirates -105,017 t 2018 down 617,847.0% volatile
163 Norway -108,386 t 2018 up 57.7% volatile
164 New Zealand -136,925 t 2018 up 1.2% volatile
165 Greece -136,979 t 2018 up 59.0% volatile
166 France -208,002 t 2018 up 22.9% volatile
167 Viet Nam -285,007 t 2018 down 3,563.9% volatile
168 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -287,631 t 2018 down 392.5% volatile
169 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -806,829 t 2018 down 361.9% 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
Others (adjustment) — 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
172 places, 3,728 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/