Packaging paper and paperboard — Import 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
235
Highest
10.16 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Norfolk Island
Median
29,112 t
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
6,268

What the numbers show

Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity is currently reported for 235 countries. The highest value is 10.16 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Norfolk Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 29,112 t, and the mean is 377,427 t.

Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Seychelles (up 4,430.0%), and the largest decrease in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha (down 98.7%).

Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 10.16 million t 2024 up 318.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 9.63 million t 2024 up 414.2% volatile
3 Germany 5.22 million t 2024 up 8.6% rising
4 Poland 3.84 million t 2024 up 77.9% volatile
5 United States 3.45 million t 2024 up 34.9% rising
6 Italy 3.43 million t 2024 up 30.9% rising
7 Mexico 2.97 million t 2024 up 39.6% rising
8 France 2.37 million t 2024 up 11.7% rising
9 Belgium 2.22 million t 2024 up 12.2% rising
10 United Kingdom 2.19 million t 2024 up 7.2% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.19 million t 2024 up 7.2% rising
12 Canada 2.04 million t 2024 up 26.5% rising
13 Spain 1.91 million t 2024 up 19.8% rising
14 Vietnam 1.63 million t 2024 up 97.1% volatile
14 Viet Nam 1.63 million t 2024 up 97.1% volatile
16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.60 million t 2024 up 5.8% rising
17 Turkey 1.50 million t 2024 up 12.6% rising
17 Türkiye 1.50 million t 2024 up 12.6% rising
19 India 1.28 million t 2024 up 246.3% volatile
20 Czechia 1.09 million t 2024 up 28.9% rising
21 Saudi Arabia 959,602 t 2024 up 32.9% rising
22 Philippines 898,991 t 2024 up 82.8% rising
23 Thailand 847,296 t 2024 up 69.8% volatile
24 Morocco 806,830 t 2024 up 235.4% volatile
25 United Arab Emirates 773,038 t 2024 up 63.3% volatile
26 Austria 759,681 t 2024 down 10.3% rising
27 Algeria 741,927 t 2024 up 185.2% volatile
28 Bangladesh 716,830 t 2024 up 122.0% volatile
29 Republic of Korea 684,355 t 2024 up 39.9% rising
30 Portugal 654,266 t 2024 up 64.5% rising
31 Australia and New Zealand 614,734 t 2024 up 12.6% rising
32 Guatemala 593,974 t 2024 up 62.3% volatile
33 Indonesia 591,586 t 2024 up 63.8% volatile
34 Malaysia 551,662 t 2024 down 36.4% rising
35 Egypt 549,174 t 2024 down 14.4% rising
36 Romania 535,310 t 2024 up 109.1% volatile
37 Greece 527,195 t 2024 up 77.0% rising
38 Hungary 516,780 t 2024 up 39.8% rising
39 China, Taiwan Province of 494,707 t 2024 up 8.9% rising
40 Sweden 449,173 t 2024 down 10.0% rising
41 South Africa 440,321 t 2024 up 46.7% rising
42 Costa Rica 429,334 t 2024 up 20.9% rising
43 Denmark 419,649 t 2024 down 14.6% rising
44 Japan 404,990 t 2024 down 32.9% falling
45 Chile 388,905 t 2024 up 40.7% rising
46 Australia 369,145 t 2024 up 11.7% rising
47 Colombia 361,598 t 2024 up 31.9% rising
48 Serbia 359,000 t 2024 up 36.5% rising
49 Cambodia 349,865 t 2024 up 321.0% volatile
50 Russia 315,611 t 2024 down 61.2% rising
50 Russian Federation 315,611 t 2024 down 61.2% rising
52 Peru 308,010 t 2024 up 52.4% volatile
53 Caribbean 301,646 t 2024 up 60.2% rising
54 Slovenia 293,784 t 2024 up 47.7% volatile
55 Argentina 283,093 t 2024 down 22.2% rising
56 Israel 278,702 t 2024 down 13.4% rising
57 Bulgaria 277,897 t 2024 up 67.5% volatile
58 Brazil 272,541 t 2024 up 20.2% rising
59 Ireland 269,579 t 2024 up 64.4% rising
60 Ukraine 265,700 t 2024 down 26.1% rising
61 Slovakia 259,971 t 2024 up 8.7% rising
62 New Zealand 245,503 t 2024 up 13.9% rising
63 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 241,536 t 2024 down 27.4% rising
64 Dominican Republic 238,330 t 2024 up 85.7% rising
65 Sri Lanka 237,893 t 2024 down 26.8% rising
66 Switzerland 233,906 t 2024 down 23.7% falling
67 Croatia 229,723 t 2024 up 33.8% volatile
68 Singapore 222,374 t 2024 down 6.8% falling
69 Lithuania 221,035 t 2024 up 18.9% volatile
70 Jordan 219,531 t 2024 up 61.3% rising
71 Pakistan 213,554 t 2024 down 1.3% rising
72 Iraq 189,382 t 2024 up 699.0% volatile
73 Finland 186,900 t 2024 down 31.6% rising
74 Kenya 180,802 t 2024 up 16.7% rising
75 Tunisia 174,800 t 2024 up 24.3% rising
76 Norway 173,445 t 2024 down 4.6% falling
77 El Salvador 163,590 t 2024 up 29.6% rising
78 Honduras 158,347 t 2024 up 35.8% rising
79 Ecuador 127,806 t 2024 up 31.3% volatile
80 Cote d'Ivoire 122,230 t 2024 up 86.8% rising
80 Côte d'Ivoire 122,230 t 2024 up 86.8% rising
82 Kazakhstan 94,861 t 2024 down 13.8% rising
83 Luxembourg 92,046 t 2024 up 5.4% rising
84 Oman 90,700 t 2024 down 2.6% rising
85 Uzbekistan 90,640 t 2024 up 118.0% volatile
86 Ghana 83,520 t 2024 up 161.3% volatile
87 Lebanon 81,601 t 2024 down 1.3% rising
88 United Republic of Tanzania 76,237 t 2024 up 152.9% volatile
89 Kuwait 72,656 t 2024 down 20.9% rising
90 Paraguay 71,763 t 2024 up 64.5% volatile
91 Yemen 67,967 t 2024 down 13.4% rising
92 Senegal 66,760 t 2024 up 60.6% volatile
93 Latvia 66,561 t 2024 down 26.3% rising
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61,593 t 2024 up 57.9% rising
95 Estonia 60,913 t 2024 up 1.7% rising
96 Uganda 59,120 t 2024 up 82.3% volatile
97 Myanmar 56,408 t 2024 down 4.0% volatile
98 North Macedonia 55,309 t 2024 up 49.7% rising
99 Azerbaijan 53,860 t 2024 up 78.3% volatile
100 Cameroon 50,959 t 2024 up 74.7% rising
101 Nigeria 49,197 t 2024 down 76.9% rising
102 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 44,589 t 2024 down 30.7% volatile
103 Zambia 44,374 t 2024 up 71.6% volatile
104 Melanesia 43,999 t 2024 up 64.1% rising
105 Laos 42,564 t 2024 up 319.7% volatile
105 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42,564 t 2024 up 319.7% volatile
107 Libya 41,763 t 2024 up 208.2% volatile
108 Syria 41,456 t 2024 up 3.3% falling
108 Syrian Arab Republic 41,456 t 2024 up 3.3% falling
110 Bahrain 39,016 t 2024 up 55.5% rising
111 Nicaragua 36,971 t 2023 up 118.3% volatile
112 Georgia 36,054 t 2024 up 99.4% volatile
113 Madagascar 35,804 t 2024 up 176.0% volatile
114 China, Hong Kong SAR 35,214 t 2024 down 64.3% volatile
115 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 34,031 t 2024 up 27.2% rising
116 Serbia and Montenegro 34,000 t 2005 up 76.2% rising
117 Sudan (former) 32,215 t 2011 up 297.7% volatile
118 Zimbabwe 29,112 t 2024 down 22.5% rising
119 Namibia 28,254 t 2024 down 9.1% rising
120 Uruguay 28,080 t 2024 up 3.7% falling
121 Panama 27,420 t 2024 up 2.6% falling
122 Moldova 26,831 t 2024 up 20.3% rising
122 Republic of Moldova 26,831 t 2024 up 20.3% rising
124 Fiji 26,677 t 2024 up 186.9% rising
125 Trinidad and Tobago 25,646 t 2024 down 15.9% falling
126 Armenia 24,372 t 2024 up 53.4% volatile
127 Cyprus 23,356 t 2024 up 28.9% falling
128 Qatar 22,528 t 2024 up 47.2% volatile
129 Mauritius 20,557 t 2024 up 2.8% rising
130 Nepal 20,536 t 2024 down 42.5% volatile
131 Belarus 19,289 t 2024 down 84.3% volatile
132 Angola 18,204 t 2024 up 177.2% volatile
133 Jamaica 17,747 t 2024 up 95.5% volatile
134 Eswatini 16,448 t 2024 down 7.5% falling
135 Papua New Guinea 16,210 t 2024 down 2.1% rising
136 Rwanda 16,190 t 2024 up 621.8% volatile
137 Albania 13,882 t 2024 up 38.8% volatile
138 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,500 t 2024 up 159.7% volatile
139 Cuba 12,724 t 2024 up 23.2% rising
140 Mozambique 12,437 t 2024 down 6.4% volatile
141 Malta 11,462 t 2024 up 94.1% rising
142 Malawi 11,020 t 2024 up 21.1% rising
143 Afghanistan 10,984 t 2024 up 711.2% volatile
144 Ethiopia 10,774 t 2024 down 72.8% volatile
145 Mauritania 10,287 t 2024 up 176.2% volatile
146 Palestine 9,609 t 2024 down 26.8% falling
146 Palestine 9,609 t 2024 down 26.8% falling
148 Botswana 9,259 t 2024 down 11.0% rising
149 Togo 9,117 t 2024 up 190.0% volatile
150 Djibouti 9,000 t 2024 up 32.5% volatile
151 Seychelles 8,607 t 2024 up 4,430.0% volatile
152 Kyrgyzstan 7,105 t 2024 down 59.2% rising
153 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,833 t 2024 down 30.1% volatile
154 Turkmenistan 6,740 t 2024 down 53.6% falling
155 Guinea 6,105 t 2024 up 278.7% volatile
156 Mongolia 5,390 t 2024 down 63.8% volatile
157 Tajikistan 4,942 t 2024 up 51.6% volatile
158 Guyana 4,253 t 2024 up 501.6% volatile
159 Gabon 4,218 t 2024 up 665.5% volatile
160 Lesotho 4,135 t 2024 up 13.8% rising
161 Benin 3,209 t 2024 up 92.4% rising
162 Burkina Faso 2,738 t 2024 down 16.1% volatile
163 Congo 2,732 t 2024 down 40.8% volatile
164 Saint Lucia 2,620 t 2024 up 44.4% volatile
165 Maldives 1,968 t 2024 up 49.0% rising
166 Iceland 1,889 t 2024 down 82.6% volatile
167 Bhutan 1,866 t 2024 up 65.7% volatile
168 Belize 1,806 t 2024 up 360.7% volatile
169 Mali 1,769 t 2024 up 63.2% volatile
170 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1,607 t 2010 up 138.8% volatile
171 Liberia 1,523 t 2024 up 1,393.1% volatile
172 Montenegro 1,487 t 2024 down 15.0% rising
173 Sudan 1,309 t 2024 down 95.6% falling
174 Dominica 1,076 t 2024 up 294.1% volatile
175 New Caledonia 1,019 t 2024 up 10.9% rising
176 Haiti 789 t 2024 down 61.0% falling
177 Equatorial Guinea 736 t 2024 up 224.2% volatile
178 Barbados 732 t 2024 down 21.8% volatile
179 Niger 706 t 2024 up 13.1% volatile
180 South Sudan 693 t 2024 up 2.5% volatile
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 641 t 2024 down 42.0% volatile
182 Greenland 559 t 2024 up 645.3% volatile
183 Faroe Islands 518 t 2024 down 20.3% falling
184 Brunei 494 t 2024 down 67.5% volatile
184 Brunei Darussalam 494 t 2024 down 67.5% volatile
186 French Southern Territories 415 t 2024 up 8.9% rising
187 Polynesia 381 t 2024 down 7.5% volatile
188 Andorra 336 t 2024 up 104.9% rising
189 Anguilla 322 t 2024 up 427.9% volatile
190 Suriname 279 t 2024 down 19.8% volatile
191 Bahamas 266 t 2024 down 70.0% volatile
192 Somalia 248 t 2024 up 42.5% volatile
193 Samoa 246 t 2024 down 14.6% volatile
194 Sierra Leone 239 t 2024 up 66.0% volatile
195 Burundi 199 t 2024 down 91.3% volatile
196 Eritrea 187 t 2024 up 228.1% volatile
197 Chad 185 t 2024 down 8.0% volatile
198 Aruba 181 t 2024 up 35.1% rising
199 Curacao 155 t 2024 down 80.5% falling
199 Curaçao 155 t 2024 down 80.5% falling
201 Gambia 153 t 2024 down 42.5% volatile
202 East Timor 129 t 2024 up 545.0% volatile
202 Timor-Leste 129 t 2024 up 545.0% volatile
204 Cayman Islands 128 t 2024 down 92.6% volatile
205 Turks and Caicos Islands 86 t 2024 up 760.0% volatile
206 Guinea-Bissau 84 t 2024 down 48.1% volatile
207 Central African Republic 83 t 2024 down 61.4% volatile
208 Cabo Verde 82 t 2024 up 51.9% volatile
209 French Polynesia 81 t 2024 down 25.0% volatile
210 Solomon Islands 67 t 2024 up 378.6% volatile
211 Antigua and Barbuda 58 t 2024 down 19.4% rising
212 Comoros 57 t 2024 down 70.9% volatile
213 Micronesia 56 t 2024 down 30.0% volatile
214 China, Macao SAR 55 t 2024 down 86.5% volatile
215 British Virgin Islands 52 t 2024 down 62.0% falling
216 Tonga 48 t 2024 up 200.0% volatile
217 Gibraltar 35 t 2024 down 10.3% falling
217 Grenada 35 t 2024 down 63.5% falling
219 Bermuda 34 t 2024 up 6.2% volatile
220 Vanuatu 26 t 2024 down 18.8% volatile
221 Micronesia (Federated States of) 25 t 2024 up 150.0% rising
222 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23 t 2024 down 4.2% volatile
223 Saint Martin (French Part) 22 t 2024 unchanged flat
224 Marshall Islands 19 t 2024 down 98.2% volatile
225 Palau 9 t 2024 down 87.1% volatile
225 Sao Tome and Principe 9 t 2024 down 84.2% volatile
227 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 4 t 2024 down 98.7% volatile
227 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 4 t 2024 unchanged volatile
229 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 t 2024 down 78.6% falling
229 Wallis and Futuna Islands 3 t 2024 down 89.7% volatile
231 Kiribati 2 t 2024 down 50.0% volatile
231 Cook Islands 2 t 2024 down 75.0% volatile
233 Guam 1 t 2024 unchanged volatile
233 Pitcairn 1 t 2024 unchanged flat
235 Norfolk Island 0 t 2024 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity by country. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/packaging-paper-and-paperboard-import-quantity/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/packaging-paper-and-paperboard-import-quantity/">Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
266 places, 6,268 data points, 1998–2024
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