Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — 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...

Countries reporting
226
Highest
1.92 million 1000 USD
France
Lowest
2 1000 USD
Christmas Island
Median
20,592 1000 USD
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
5,953

What the numbers show

Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value is currently reported for 226 countries. The highest value is 1.92 million 1000 USD in France; the lowest is 2 1000 USD in Christmas Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 20,592 1000 USD, and the mean is 118,967 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 175 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Anguilla (up 20,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Norfolk Island (down 98.3%).

Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 1.92 million 1000 USD 2024 up 2.0% rising
2 Germany 1.77 million 1000 USD 2024 up 10.4% rising
3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.49 million 1000 USD 2024 up 67.5% rising
4 Canada 1.23 million 1000 USD 2024 up 51.7% rising
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.22 million 1000 USD 2024 up 21.9% rising
6 Mexico 1.22 million 1000 USD 2024 up 5.1% rising
7 Switzerland 832,287 1000 USD 2024 up 29.1% rising
8 Belgium 793,939 1000 USD 2024 down 1.4% rising
9 Italy 771,987 1000 USD 2024 up 78.5% rising
10 Poland 638,042 1000 USD 2024 up 20.4% rising
11 Spain 629,966 1000 USD 2024 up 33.0% rising
12 Viet Nam 588,377 1000 USD 2024 up 286.3% volatile
13 Australia and New Zealand 570,300 1000 USD 2024 up 69.4% volatile
14 China 563,919 1000 USD 2024 down 15.9% rising
15 United Arab Emirates 501,884 1000 USD 2024 up 202.8% volatile
16 Austria 469,574 1000 USD 2024 up 25.1% rising
17 Australia 469,388 1000 USD 2024 up 66.5% volatile
18 Czechia 433,249 1000 USD 2024 up 36.7% rising
19 Ireland 425,144 1000 USD 2024 up 66.6% rising
20 Japan 397,463 1000 USD 2024 up 4.2% rising
21 Indonesia 373,216 1000 USD 2024 up 33.0% volatile
22 Sweden 359,059 1000 USD 2024 up 27.5% rising
23 Hungary 334,197 1000 USD 2024 up 55.1% rising
24 Denmark 314,640 1000 USD 2024 up 6.6% rising
25 Romania 314,130 1000 USD 2024 up 48.0% rising
26 Greece 313,101 1000 USD 2024 up 190.1% volatile
27 Republic of Korea 303,313 1000 USD 2024 up 112.1% volatile
28 China, Hong Kong SAR 287,482 1000 USD 2024 down 28.3% rising
29 Slovakia 256,915 1000 USD 2024 up 15.2% rising
30 Thailand 255,911 1000 USD 2024 up 87.1% volatile
31 Saudi Arabia 237,980 1000 USD 2024 up 99.6% rising
32 Singapore 233,048 1000 USD 2024 up 53.8% rising
33 Caribbean 214,518 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% rising
34 Portugal 204,620 1000 USD 2024 up 75.9% rising
35 Philippines 183,142 1000 USD 2024 up 188.6% volatile
36 Algeria 181,379 1000 USD 2024 up 76.1% volatile
37 Norway 179,560 1000 USD 2024 down 10.4% rising
38 China, Taiwan Province of 168,816 1000 USD 2024 up 73.1% rising
39 Malaysia 167,835 1000 USD 2024 up 81.9% volatile
40 Russian Federation 145,948 1000 USD 2024 down 59.4% falling
41 Egypt 134,543 1000 USD 2024 up 64.1% volatile
42 India 133,076 1000 USD 2024 up 125.6% volatile
43 Iraq 132,768 1000 USD 2024 up 84.4% volatile
44 Libya 131,529 1000 USD 2024 up 80.4% volatile
45 Lithuania 128,519 1000 USD 2024 up 30.8% rising
46 Morocco 120,304 1000 USD 2024 up 29.2% rising
47 Kazakhstan 118,341 1000 USD 2024 up 45.7% volatile
48 Serbia 114,828 1000 USD 2024 up 93.1% rising
49 Finland 113,529 1000 USD 2024 up 36.0% rising
50 Cambodia 109,136 1000 USD 2024 up 267.9% volatile
51 Costa Rica 107,733 1000 USD 2024 up 77.6% volatile
52 Slovenia 104,109 1000 USD 2024 up 51.3% rising
53 Israel 102,566 1000 USD 2024 up 128.3% volatile
54 New Zealand 100,900 1000 USD 2024 up 84.1% volatile
55 China, mainland 97,539 1000 USD 2024 down 40.3% falling
56 Chile 92,350 1000 USD 2024 up 83.8% rising
57 Honduras 87,497 1000 USD 2024 up 91.9% rising
58 Croatia 87,021 1000 USD 2024 up 129.7% rising
59 Dominican Republic 81,305 1000 USD 2024 up 48.1% rising
60 Azerbaijan 78,310 1000 USD 2024 up 477.4% volatile
61 Bulgaria 77,859 1000 USD 2024 up 59.9% rising
62 Türkiye 76,136 1000 USD 2024 up 14.4% rising
63 Guatemala 72,996 1000 USD 2024 up 111.3% rising
64 Ukraine 70,750 1000 USD 2024 down 18.3% rising
65 Brazil 69,341 1000 USD 2024 down 49.2% volatile
66 Panama 60,304 1000 USD 2024 up 220.1% volatile
67 Estonia 53,883 1000 USD 2024 up 45.6% rising
68 Luxembourg 52,561 1000 USD 2024 up 7.5% rising
69 Latvia 52,509 1000 USD 2024 up 58.7% rising
70 Kuwait 51,788 1000 USD 2024 down 52.3% volatile
71 Bangladesh 50,349 1000 USD 2024 up 629.2% volatile
72 Nicaragua 49,267 1000 USD 2023 up 421.1% volatile
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48,319 1000 USD 2024 up 28.1% rising
74 Argentina 48,264 1000 USD 2024 up 44.3% rising
75 Senegal 48,022 1000 USD 2024 up 221.8% volatile
76 Colombia 44,111 1000 USD 2024 up 35.4% volatile
77 Jamaica 43,683 1000 USD 2024 up 59.8% rising
78 Ghana 43,531 1000 USD 2024 up 72.8% volatile
79 Qatar 42,062 1000 USD 2024 up 52.1% volatile
80 Iceland 40,587 1000 USD 2024 up 42.4% rising
81 Armenia 40,575 1000 USD 2024 up 920.8% volatile
82 Albania 40,379 1000 USD 2024 up 34.6% rising
83 Mozambique 39,873 1000 USD 2024 up 138.8% volatile
84 Seychelles 38,631 1000 USD 2024 up 1,378.4% volatile
85 Kenya 35,147 1000 USD 2024 up 170.6% volatile
86 Uruguay 35,028 1000 USD 2024 down 3.5% rising
87 North Macedonia 34,459 1000 USD 2024 up 26.9% rising
88 Georgia 34,125 1000 USD 2024 up 104.2% volatile
89 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 34,100 1000 USD 2024 down 6.8% flat
90 Jordan 33,913 1000 USD 2024 down 22.9% flat
91 Paraguay 32,573 1000 USD 2024 up 52.7% rising
92 Tunisia 32,492 1000 USD 2024 up 11.1% rising
93 Uzbekistan 28,602 1000 USD 2024 up 321.0% volatile
94 Oman 28,435 1000 USD 2024 down 26.3% rising
95 Côte d'Ivoire 27,739 1000 USD 2024 up 39.7% volatile
96 El Salvador 26,484 1000 USD 2024 up 43.5% rising
97 Burkina Faso 26,183 1000 USD 2024 up 298.9% volatile
98 Cyprus 25,865 1000 USD 2024 up 98.3% rising
99 Republic of Moldova 25,682 1000 USD 2024 up 169.5% volatile
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25,648 1000 USD 2024 up 752.9% volatile
101 Myanmar 25,643 1000 USD 2024 up 894.7% volatile
102 United Republic of Tanzania 25,355 1000 USD 2024 up 19.3% rising
103 Malawi 25,299 1000 USD 2024 down 5.5% volatile
104 Peru 25,246 1000 USD 2024 down 31.7% rising
105 Mauritania 24,929 1000 USD 2024 up 132.5% volatile
106 Namibia 24,872 1000 USD 2024 up 15.8% rising
107 Serbia and Montenegro 24,535 1000 USD 2005 up 272.1% volatile
108 Melanesia 24,076 1000 USD 2024 up 52.4% rising
109 Zimbabwe 23,197 1000 USD 2024 up 29.7% volatile
110 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21,669 1000 USD 2024 down 88.6% volatile
111 Greenland 21,336 1000 USD 2024 up 446.2% volatile
112 Ecuador 21,316 1000 USD 2024 up 35.2% rising
113 Trinidad and Tobago 20,657 1000 USD 2024 up 103.0% rising
114 Cuba 20,527 1000 USD 2024 down 31.9% falling
115 Malta 20,439 1000 USD 2024 up 44.0% rising
116 Eswatini 20,264 1000 USD 2024 up 238.4% volatile
117 Faroe Islands 19,919 1000 USD 2024 up 117.7% volatile
118 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19,874 1000 USD 2024 up 55.1% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 18,336 1000 USD 2024 up 131.3% volatile
120 Mali 17,908 1000 USD 2024 up 215.6% volatile
121 Sudan (former) 17,786 1000 USD 2011 up 140.9% rising
122 Botswana 17,357 1000 USD 2024 down 19.6% rising
123 Guinea 17,353 1000 USD 2024 up 479.8% volatile
124 Democratic Republic of the Congo 17,194 1000 USD 2024 up 333.4% volatile
125 Bahrain 16,802 1000 USD 2024 down 27.2% rising
126 Haiti 16,386 1000 USD 2024 up 7.9% volatile
127 Lebanon 15,549 1000 USD 2024 down 31.1% rising
128 Uganda 15,302 1000 USD 2024 up 202.8% volatile
129 Nepal 14,455 1000 USD 2024 up 3,994.9% volatile
130 Pakistan 13,997 1000 USD 2024 down 3.8% rising
131 Benin 13,864 1000 USD 2024 up 603.4% volatile
132 Nigeria 13,821 1000 USD 2024 up 212.4% volatile
133 Mongolia 13,650 1000 USD 2024 up 415.9% volatile
134 Syrian Arab Republic 12,660 1000 USD 2024 up 4.9% volatile
135 Ethiopia 12,466 1000 USD 2024 up 52.2% volatile
136 Polynesia 12,333 1000 USD 2024 up 1.6% rising
137 Togo 12,327 1000 USD 2024 up 59.1% rising
138 Mauritius 12,312 1000 USD 2024 up 62.9% rising
139 Andorra 12,080 1000 USD 2024 up 84.8% rising
140 Djibouti 12,014 1000 USD 2024 up 79.9% rising
141 Papua New Guinea 11,531 1000 USD 2024 up 107.6% volatile
142 Yemen 11,300 1000 USD 2024 up 35.6% volatile
143 Cameroon 11,116 1000 USD 2024 down 56.2% rising
144 Zambia 10,868 1000 USD 2024 up 115.8% rising
145 Sri Lanka 10,295 1000 USD 2024 up 38.7% rising
146 China, Macao SAR 10,082 1000 USD 2024 up 22.6% rising
147 Belarus 9,357 1000 USD 2024 down 89.4% volatile
148 Palestine 9,232 1000 USD 2024 up 10.8% rising
149 Montenegro 9,089 1000 USD 2024 up 150.5% rising
150 Sudan 8,822 1000 USD 2024 down 73.4% falling
151 Angola 8,400 1000 USD 2024 down 83.8% volatile
152 Barbados 7,704 1000 USD 2024 up 12.6% rising
153 Belize 7,216 1000 USD 2024 down 35.9% rising
154 Suriname 7,199 1000 USD 2024 down 5.7% rising
155 Congo 7,110 1000 USD 2024 up 105.7% volatile
156 Guyana 6,035 1000 USD 2024 up 42.5% rising
157 Bahamas 5,883 1000 USD 2024 down 42.2% rising
158 French Polynesia 5,797 1000 USD 2024 down 5.4% rising
159 Madagascar 5,780 1000 USD 2024 up 13.0% rising
160 Rwanda 5,467 1000 USD 2024 down 45.4% volatile
161 Tajikistan 5,212 1000 USD 2024 up 43.6% volatile
162 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,080 1000 USD 2024 down 69.5% volatile
163 Gabon 5,065 1000 USD 2024 up 4.6% rising
164 Fiji 4,925 1000 USD 2024 up 38.2% rising
165 Brunei Darussalam 4,746 1000 USD 2024 up 97.7% rising
166 New Caledonia 4,659 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% rising
167 Curaçao 4,139 1000 USD 2024 up 16.6% rising
168 Maldives 3,738 1000 USD 2024 up 126.4% volatile
169 Cabo Verde 3,688 1000 USD 2024 up 85.9% volatile
170 Lesotho 3,620 1000 USD 2024 up 26.4% rising
171 Burundi 3,583 1000 USD 2024 up 113.9% volatile
172 Netherlands Antilles (former) 3,559 1000 USD 2010 up 65.5% rising
173 Timor-Leste 3,130 1000 USD 2024 up 831.5% volatile
174 Bermuda 2,988 1000 USD 2024 up 15.1% rising
175 Gambia 2,815 1000 USD 2024 up 318.9% volatile
176 Afghanistan 2,634 1000 USD 2024 down 75.8% volatile
177 Micronesia 2,577 1000 USD 2024 up 70.8% volatile
178 Aruba 2,493 1000 USD 2024 down 4.0% volatile
179 Cayman Islands 2,389 1000 USD 2024 up 245.7% volatile
180 Sierra Leone 2,366 1000 USD 2024 up 81.2% volatile
181 Samoa 2,280 1000 USD 2024 up 69.0% rising
182 Solomon Islands 2,168 1000 USD 2024 up 128.9% volatile
183 Bhutan 1,958 1000 USD 2024 up 215.8% volatile
184 Grenada 1,668 1000 USD 2024 up 122.1% rising
185 Saint Lucia 1,655 1000 USD 2024 up 123.6% volatile
186 Equatorial Guinea 1,618 1000 USD 2024 down 71.0% volatile
187 Somalia 1,607 1000 USD 2024 up 802.8% volatile
188 Antigua and Barbuda 1,540 1000 USD 2024 up 95.2% rising
189 Guinea-Bissau 1,513 1000 USD 2024 up 2,926.0% volatile
190 Turkmenistan 1,442 1000 USD 2024 down 54.9% rising
191 South Sudan 1,430 1000 USD 2024 up 169.8% volatile
192 Gibraltar 1,389 1000 USD 2024 up 1,942.7% volatile
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,166 1000 USD 2024 down 5.7% flat
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,078 1000 USD 2024 up 670.0% volatile
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 897 1000 USD 2024 up 47.5% rising
196 Marshall Islands 869 1000 USD 2024 down 41.7% volatile
197 Guam 852 1000 USD 2024 down 26.3% volatile
197 Liberia 852 1000 USD 2024 up 261.0% volatile
199 Vanuatu 793 1000 USD 2024 up 104.4% rising
200 Mayotte 670 1000 USD 2024 unchanged rising
201 Niger 648 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% rising
202 Anguilla 618 1000 USD 2024 up 20,500.0% volatile
203 Dominica 491 1000 USD 2024 down 69.4% falling
204 Chad 442 1000 USD 2024 down 86.1% falling
205 Tonga 441 1000 USD 2024 up 204.1% falling
206 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 439 1000 USD 2024 up 575.4% volatile
207 Comoros 435 1000 USD 2024 up 278.3% volatile
208 Micronesia (Federated States of) 327 1000 USD 2024 up 1,716.7% volatile
209 Cook Islands 282 1000 USD 2024 up 84.3% rising
210 Northern Mariana Islands 256 1000 USD 2024 up 63.1% volatile
211 Eritrea 253 1000 USD 2024 up 212.3% volatile
212 British Virgin Islands 199 1000 USD 2024 up 43.2% rising
213 Kiribati 158 1000 USD 2024 up 36.2% falling
214 Sao Tome and Principe 122 1000 USD 2024 up 76.8% rising
215 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 120 1000 USD 2024 down 9.8% rising
216 Palau 101 1000 USD 2024 down 24.6% volatile
217 Wallis and Futuna Islands 55 1000 USD 2024 up 34.1% rising
218 Montserrat 40 1000 USD 2024 up 110.5% rising
219 French Southern Territories 34 1000 USD 2024 unchanged rising
220 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 32 1000 USD 2024 down 5.9% volatile
221 Nauru 14 1000 USD 2024 down 17.6% volatile
222 Norfolk Island 10 1000 USD 2024 down 98.3% volatile
223 Niue 6 1000 USD 2024 up 20.0% falling
224 Pitcairn 5 1000 USD 2024 up 66.7% volatile
225 Tuvalu 3 1000 USD 2024 volatile
226 Christmas Island 2 1000 USD 2024 down 93.3% 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
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value
Unit
1000 USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
258 places, 5,953 data points, 2000–2024
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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