Packaging paper and paperboard — 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
215
Highest
8.74 million t
United States
Lowest
0 t
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
1,445 t
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
5,742

What the numbers show

Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 8.74 million t in United States; the lowest is 0 t in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,445 t, and the mean is 388,278 t.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 900,161.0%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).

Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 8.74 million t 2024 down 1.6% rising
2 Germany 8.33 million t 2024 up 22.8% rising
3 Sweden 6.30 million t 2024 up 16.5% rising
4 China 5.98 million t 2024 up 69.7% rising
5 China, mainland 4.69 million t 2024 up 94.0% volatile
6 Finland 3.97 million t 2024 up 18.6% rising
7 Malaysia 2.71 million t 2024 up 1,403.1% volatile
8 France 2.46 million t 2024 up 9.3% rising
9 Austria 2.24 million t 2024 up 71.5% rising
10 Canada 2.04 million t 2024 up 16.1% falling
11 Poland 2.00 million t 2024 up 32.0% rising
12 Russia 1.93 million t 2024 up 75.0% rising
12 Russian Federation 1.93 million t 2024 up 75.0% rising
14 Italy 1.68 million t 2024 up 24.3% rising
15 Belgium 1.59 million t 2024 up 19.7% rising
16 Spain 1.59 million t 2024 up 9.4% rising
17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.55 million t 2024 up 30.9% rising
18 Vietnam 1.50 million t 2024 up 2,165.7% volatile
18 Viet Nam 1.50 million t 2024 up 2,165.7% volatile
20 Indonesia 1.32 million t 2024 up 166.6% volatile
21 China, Taiwan Province of 1.29 million t 2024 up 21.5% rising
22 Japan 1.23 million t 2024 up 64.4% volatile
23 Republic of Korea 1.21 million t 2024 up 84.5% rising
24 India 1.01 million t 2024 up 395.0% volatile
25 Laos 981,284 t 2024 up 900,161.0% volatile
25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 981,284 t 2024 up 900,161.0% volatile
27 Australia and New Zealand 921,026 t 2024 down 11.4% rising
28 Brazil 830,076 t 2024 up 54.9% rising
29 Czechia 828,000 t 2024 up 27.8% rising
30 Hungary 821,638 t 2024 up 21.1% volatile
31 Australia 649,122 t 2024 down 11.2% rising
32 Turkey 555,924 t 2024 up 270.1% volatile
32 Türkiye 555,924 t 2024 up 270.1% volatile
34 Portugal 519,372 t 2024 up 52.1% rising
35 Chile 506,371 t 2024 up 14.8% rising
36 United Kingdom 445,169 t 2024 up 13.3% falling
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 445,169 t 2024 up 13.3% falling
38 Thailand 440,985 t 2024 down 23.4% rising
39 South Africa 367,733 t 2024 up 14.4% falling
40 Switzerland 365,261 t 2024 up 36.4% falling
41 Slovakia 356,080 t 2024 up 391.8% volatile
42 Singapore 325,080 t 2024 up 62.2% volatile
43 New Zealand 271,687 t 2024 down 12.0% rising
44 Romania 267,932 t 2024 up 239.6% volatile
45 United Arab Emirates 247,779 t 2024 up 237.7% volatile
46 Saudi Arabia 227,276 t 2024 up 11.6% volatile
47 Croatia 214,887 t 2024 up 56.4% rising
48 Slovenia 208,465 t 2024 down 7.1% rising
49 Mexico 187,771 t 2024 up 37.2% volatile
50 Serbia 171,000 t 2024 down 3.4% volatile
51 Denmark 152,169 t 2024 up 44.9% rising
52 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 149,911 t 2024 up 5,719.5% volatile
53 Egypt 125,149 t 2024 up 678.6% volatile
54 Norway 115,061 t 2024 up 16.4% volatile
55 Colombia 108,705 t 2024 up 175.0% rising
56 Israel 103,583 t 2024 up 18.3% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98,081 t 2024 up 42.1% rising
58 Bulgaria 94,077 t 2024 down 23.5% rising
59 Greece 90,598 t 2024 up 13.4% volatile
60 Lithuania 82,652 t 2024 down 23.8% rising
61 Paraguay 80,869 t 2024 up 253.5% volatile
62 Oman 77,749 t 2024 up 73,946.7% volatile
63 Kuwait 69,123 t 2024 up 100.9% volatile
64 Estonia 49,246 t 2024 down 40.8% rising
65 Peru 43,269 t 2024 up 0.5% volatile
66 Kazakhstan 39,609 t 2024 up 385.3% volatile
67 Morocco 37,700 t 2024 up 557.1% volatile
68 Costa Rica 37,661 t 2024 up 26.8% volatile
69 Ecuador 37,388 t 2024 down 30.2% volatile
70 Ukraine 28,600 t 2024 down 87.7% rising
71 Pakistan 26,992 t 2024 up 62.7% volatile
72 United Republic of Tanzania 26,375 t 2024 down 2.4% volatile
73 Eswatini 25,826 t 2024 up 26,253.1% volatile
74 Belarus 22,950 t 2024 down 76.7% volatile
75 Guatemala 21,244 t 2024 up 20.7% volatile
76 Philippines 20,230 t 2024 up 4,907.4% volatile
77 Latvia 17,199 t 2024 down 9.1% rising
78 Serbia and Montenegro 15,000 t 2005 — volatile
79 Sri Lanka 14,360 t 2024 up 5,423.1% volatile
80 Qatar 14,247 t 2024 up 5,216.0% volatile
81 Ireland 14,017 t 2024 down 24.7% volatile
82 Panama 12,886 t 2024 up 135.5% volatile
83 Uzbekistan 12,732 t 2024 up 17,105.4% volatile
84 Kenya 9,554 t 2024 up 260.0% volatile
85 Luxembourg 9,388 t 2024 up 62.4% volatile
86 Caribbean 8,613 t 2024 down 2.0% volatile
87 El Salvador 8,205 t 2024 up 63.6% rising
88 North Macedonia 7,973 t 2024 up 309.5% volatile
89 Nepal 7,295 t 2024 up 1,000.3% volatile
90 Honduras 6,594 t 2024 down 89.7% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 6,515 t 2024 down 3.7% volatile
92 Faroe Islands 6,107 t 2024 up 6,538.0% volatile
93 Zimbabwe 5,539 t 2024 up 1,309.4% volatile
94 Ghana 5,331 t 2024 up 231.1% volatile
95 Syria 4,810 t 2024 up 1,441.7% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 4,810 t 2024 up 1,441.7% volatile
97 China, Hong Kong SAR 4,509 t 2024 down 90.6% volatile
98 Uganda 3,365 t 2024 up 765.0% volatile
99 Djibouti 2,882 t 2024 up 3,502.5% volatile
100 Palestine 2,112 t 2024 up 84.1% rising
100 Palestine 2,112 t 2024 up 84.1% rising
102 Argentina 2,031 t 2024 down 95.3% falling
103 Cote d'Ivoire 2,012 t 2024 down 55.5% volatile
103 Côte d'Ivoire 2,012 t 2024 down 55.5% volatile
105 Lebanon 1,939 t 2024 down 87.5% volatile
106 Senegal 1,893 t 2024 up 2.1% volatile
107 Turkmenistan 1,497 t 2024 — volatile
108 Tajikistan 1,445 t 2024 down 36.8% falling
109 Rwanda 1,052 t 2024 up 2,465.8% volatile
110 Mozambique 1,031 t 2024 up 386.3% volatile
111 Jordan 903 t 2024 down 82.0% volatile
112 Nigeria 871 t 2024 up 936.9% volatile
113 Tunisia 852 t 2024 down 88.3% volatile
114 Georgia 843 t 2024 down 59.9% volatile
115 Albania 798 t 2024 down 69.3% volatile
116 Bahrain 765 t 2024 up 315.8% volatile
117 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 700 t 2024 up 96.6% volatile
118 Bangladesh 697 t 2024 up 227.2% volatile
119 Algeria 669 t 2024 up 51.7% volatile
120 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 625 t 2024 up 3,189.5% volatile
121 Sudan (former) 529 t 2011 up 475.0% volatile
122 Sudan 514 t 2024 down 48.0% volatile
123 Gabon 481 t 2024 up 881.6% volatile
124 Myanmar 439 t 2024 up 86.8% volatile
125 Sierra Leone 410 t 2024 down 66.6% volatile
126 Cuba 399 t 2024 up 13,200.0% volatile
127 Polynesia 397 t 2024 up 157.8% volatile
128 Jamaica 381 t 2024 up 38,000.0% volatile
129 Samoa 262 t 2024 up 111.3% volatile
130 Libya 251 t 2024 up 102.4% volatile
131 Angola 247 t 2024 up 11.8% volatile
131 Cambodia 247 t 2024 up 671.9% volatile
133 Benin 229 t 2024 up 138.5% volatile
134 Melanesia 228 t 2024 down 62.4% volatile
135 Moldova 226 t 2024 down 91.2% volatile
135 Republic of Moldova 226 t 2024 down 91.2% volatile
137 Belize 223 t 2024 down 41.5% volatile
138 China, Macao SAR 214 t 2024 up 210.1% volatile
139 Guyana 202 t 2024 up 1.5% volatile
140 Azerbaijan 193 t 2024 down 93.7% volatile
141 Iceland 189 t 2024 — volatile
142 Malta 172 t 2024 up 8,500.0% volatile
143 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 171 t 2024 down 85.1% volatile
144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 167 t 2024 down 21.6% volatile
145 Sao Tome and Principe 166 t 2024 unchanged volatile
146 Trinidad and Tobago 159 t 2024 down 16.3% volatile
147 Iraq 148 t 2024 up 492.0% volatile
148 Botswana 146 t 2024 down 35.1% volatile
149 Saint Lucia 143 t 2024 down 80.4% volatile
149 Mali 143 t 2024 down 66.7% volatile
151 Fiji 139 t 2024 down 74.7% volatile
152 Curacao 117 t 2024 up 387.5% volatile
152 Curaçao 117 t 2024 up 387.5% volatile
154 Madagascar 110 t 2024 down 36.8% volatile
155 Namibia 108 t 2024 down 98.9% volatile
156 Togo 107 t 2024 down 41.5% volatile
157 Bhutan 96 t 2024 down 85.0% volatile
157 Gibraltar 96 t 2024 — volatile
159 Dominica 92 t 2024 down 54.2% falling
160 Kyrgyzstan 86 t 2024 up 514.3% volatile
161 Ethiopia 85 t 2024 — volatile
162 Andorra 84 t 2024 — volatile
163 Bahamas 82 t 2024 down 18.0% rising
164 Niger 79 t 2024 up 46.3% volatile
165 Cameroon 78 t 2024 down 96.9% volatile
166 Cyprus 77 t 2024 up 7,600.0% volatile
167 Brunei 69 t 2024 down 87.4% volatile
167 Mauritius 69 t 2024 down 65.8% volatile
167 Brunei Darussalam 69 t 2024 down 87.4% volatile
170 Central African Republic 66 t 2024 down 1.5% rising
171 Liberia 64 t 2024 up 23.1% rising
172 Guinea 63 t 2024 down 84.7% volatile
173 New Caledonia 56 t 2024 up 69.7% volatile
174 Yemen 55 t 2024 down 66.9% volatile
175 Netherlands Antilles (former) 54 t 2010 down 71.0% volatile
176 Armenia 52 t 2024 — volatile
177 Cook Islands 51 t 2024 — volatile
178 Burkina Faso 50 t 2024 down 64.0% volatile
179 Tokelau 47 t 2024 — volatile
180 Seychelles 46 t 2024 down 91.0% volatile
181 Eritrea 45 t 2024 down 26.2% rising
181 Malawi 45 t 2024 down 35.7% volatile
183 Barbados 44 t 2024 down 85.4% volatile
184 Lesotho 42 t 2024 up 740.0% volatile
185 Zambia 41 t 2024 down 91.3% volatile
186 Tonga 37 t 2024 up 23.3% volatile
187 Congo 26 t 2024 up 766.7% volatile
187 Papua New Guinea 26 t 2024 up 2,500.0% volatile
189 Somalia 24 t 2024 down 14.3% rising
190 Equatorial Guinea 20 t 2024 unchanged volatile
191 Afghanistan 18 t 2024 down 91.7% volatile
192 Mauritania 16 t 2024 up 14.3% volatile
192 Nicaragua 16 t 2023 down 93.7% volatile
194 Burundi 14 t 2024 down 30.0% rising
195 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 t 2024 down 78.9% volatile
196 Guinea-Bissau 7 t 2024 down 50.0% volatile
196 Solomon Islands 7 t 2024 — volatile
196 Uruguay 7 t 2024 down 78.8% volatile
199 Gambia 6 t 2024 up 20.0% volatile
200 Montenegro 3 t 2024 down 96.2% volatile
201 Greenland 2 t 2024 — volatile
201 Mongolia 2 t 2024 unchanged volatile
201 Chad 2 t 2024 — volatile
204 Antigua and Barbuda 1 t 2024 down 97.7% volatile
205 Aruba 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Guam 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Haiti 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Suriname 0 t 2024 — volatile
205 East Timor 0 t 2024 — volatile
205 British Virgin Islands 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Vanuatu 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Micronesia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Timor-Leste 0 t 2024 — volatile
205 Cabo Verde 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
205 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
245 places, 5,742 data points, 1998–2024
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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