Packaging paper and paperboard — 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
237
Highest
5.46 million 1000 USD
China
Lowest
1 1000 USD
Norfolk Island
Median
29,499 1000 USD
Years covered
27
1998–2024
Data points
6,268

What the numbers show

Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value is currently reported for 237 countries. The highest value is 5.46 million 1000 USD in China; the lowest is 1 1000 USD in Norfolk Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 29,499 1000 USD, and the mean is 310,335 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 829.4%), and the largest decrease in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha (down 96.4%).

Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 5.46 million 1000 USD 2024 up 98.9% rising
2 China, mainland 4.91 million 1000 USD 2024 up 132.0% rising
3 United States 4.32 million 1000 USD 2024 up 37.0% rising
4 Germany 4.11 million 1000 USD 2024 down 7.5% rising
5 Italy 3.02 million 1000 USD 2024 up 25.0% rising
6 Poland 2.91 million 1000 USD 2024 up 61.6% volatile
7 Mexico 2.81 million 1000 USD 2024 up 47.0% volatile
8 France 2.32 million 1000 USD 2024 up 11.7% rising
9 Canada 2.31 million 1000 USD 2024 up 49.9% rising
10 United Kingdom 2.27 million 1000 USD 2024 up 10.2% rising
10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.27 million 1000 USD 2024 up 10.2% rising
12 Spain 1.75 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.9% rising
13 Belgium 1.65 million 1000 USD 2024 down 1.3% rising
14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.49 million 1000 USD 2024 up 9.5% rising
15 Turkey 1.35 million 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% volatile
15 Türkiye 1.35 million 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% volatile
17 Vietnam 1.24 million 1000 USD 2024 up 81.5% volatile
17 Viet Nam 1.24 million 1000 USD 2024 up 81.5% volatile
19 India 1.00 million 1000 USD 2024 up 183.6% volatile
20 Thailand 824,124 1000 USD 2024 up 25.5% volatile
21 Republic of Korea 797,156 1000 USD 2024 up 22.6% rising
22 Czechia 778,685 1000 USD 2024 up 26.7% rising
23 Austria 708,665 1000 USD 2024 down 13.5% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 698,647 1000 USD 2024 up 15.1% rising
25 Morocco 667,779 1000 USD 2024 up 160.9% volatile
26 Australia and New Zealand 640,816 1000 USD 2024 up 11.9% rising
27 Indonesia 626,854 1000 USD 2024 up 39.6% volatile
28 Portugal 601,422 1000 USD 2024 up 117.1% rising
29 Philippines 589,228 1000 USD 2024 up 70.1% volatile
30 Japan 584,871 1000 USD 2024 down 22.3% rising
31 United Arab Emirates 580,181 1000 USD 2024 up 65.4% volatile
32 Egypt 572,108 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% volatile
33 Malaysia 523,559 1000 USD 2024 down 28.7% rising
34 China, Taiwan Province of 502,962 1000 USD 2024 up 2.6% rising
35 Russia 502,319 1000 USD 2024 down 56.8% rising
35 Russian Federation 502,319 1000 USD 2024 down 56.8% rising
37 Bangladesh 497,300 1000 USD 2024 up 117.3% volatile
38 Algeria 481,975 1000 USD 2024 up 91.5% volatile
39 Romania 480,597 1000 USD 2024 up 150.5% volatile
40 South Africa 468,454 1000 USD 2024 up 27.1% rising
41 Sweden 456,506 1000 USD 2024 up 0.5% rising
42 Hungary 449,531 1000 USD 2024 up 30.9% rising
43 Guatemala 435,244 1000 USD 2024 up 69.0% volatile
44 Greece 428,155 1000 USD 2024 up 59.4% rising
45 Denmark 420,228 1000 USD 2024 down 4.6% rising
46 Australia 417,578 1000 USD 2024 up 24.3% rising
47 Brazil 375,213 1000 USD 2024 up 11.8% rising
48 Colombia 373,223 1000 USD 2024 up 34.2% rising
49 Costa Rica 352,670 1000 USD 2024 up 15.5% rising
50 Caribbean 338,881 1000 USD 2024 up 60.3% rising
51 Serbia 316,193 1000 USD 2024 up 14.4% rising
52 Chile 311,983 1000 USD 2024 up 34.1% rising
53 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 304,161 1000 USD 2024 down 8.6% rising
54 Switzerland 302,831 1000 USD 2024 down 28.1% rising
55 Ukraine 294,624 1000 USD 2024 down 30.2% rising
56 Argentina 283,194 1000 USD 2024 down 20.2% rising
57 Dominican Republic 266,156 1000 USD 2024 up 90.8% volatile
58 Ireland 253,994 1000 USD 2024 up 49.5% rising
59 Peru 250,866 1000 USD 2024 up 17.2% volatile
60 Israel 250,492 1000 USD 2024 up 0.0% rising
61 Cambodia 223,640 1000 USD 2024 up 382.3% volatile
62 New Zealand 223,160 1000 USD 2024 down 5.8% rising
63 Slovakia 219,749 1000 USD 2024 up 4.8% rising
64 Bulgaria 208,847 1000 USD 2024 up 41.0% volatile
65 Lithuania 207,686 1000 USD 2024 up 13.1% volatile
66 Croatia 201,934 1000 USD 2024 up 44.2% volatile
67 Pakistan 196,535 1000 USD 2024 down 17.3% volatile
68 Finland 193,919 1000 USD 2024 down 22.2% rising
69 Singapore 186,140 1000 USD 2024 up 6.1% rising
70 Slovenia 183,681 1000 USD 2024 up 48.5% volatile
71 Norway 182,467 1000 USD 2024 up 5.1% rising
72 Jordan 159,297 1000 USD 2024 up 47.8% volatile
73 Sri Lanka 158,352 1000 USD 2024 down 19.6% rising
74 Tunisia 156,129 1000 USD 2024 up 17.0% rising
75 El Salvador 152,125 1000 USD 2024 up 28.2% rising
76 Luxembourg 148,698 1000 USD 2024 up 14.1% rising
77 Kenya 148,681 1000 USD 2024 up 24.3% volatile
78 Ecuador 135,327 1000 USD 2024 up 15.4% rising
79 Iraq 132,078 1000 USD 2024 up 463.5% volatile
80 Uzbekistan 130,257 1000 USD 2024 up 180.5% volatile
81 Kazakhstan 119,831 1000 USD 2024 up 13.8% rising
82 Honduras 115,962 1000 USD 2024 up 23.7% rising
83 Cote d'Ivoire 99,947 1000 USD 2024 up 79.8% volatile
83 Côte d'Ivoire 99,947 1000 USD 2024 up 79.8% volatile
85 Paraguay 84,907 1000 USD 2024 up 18.8% volatile
86 Lebanon 73,781 1000 USD 2024 down 5.3% rising
87 Kuwait 65,707 1000 USD 2024 down 9.2% volatile
88 Oman 62,189 1000 USD 2024 down 5.4% volatile
89 Latvia 60,223 1000 USD 2024 down 25.4% rising
90 Estonia 59,401 1000 USD 2024 down 3.8% rising
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58,271 1000 USD 2024 up 24.4% rising
92 Ghana 57,710 1000 USD 2024 up 130.6% volatile
93 Azerbaijan 53,160 1000 USD 2024 up 124.2% volatile
94 Malta 52,521 1000 USD 2024 up 479.1% volatile
95 Yemen 52,102 1000 USD 2024 down 1.7% rising
96 United Republic of Tanzania 51,939 1000 USD 2024 up 133.0% volatile
97 Libya 50,446 1000 USD 2024 up 122.7% volatile
98 Nigeria 49,725 1000 USD 2024 down 72.4% rising
99 Senegal 49,506 1000 USD 2024 up 38.6% volatile
100 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 48,780 1000 USD 2024 down 48.3% volatile
101 Uganda 48,431 1000 USD 2024 up 116.7% volatile
102 Zambia 44,151 1000 USD 2024 up 50.2% volatile
103 China, Hong Kong SAR 41,312 1000 USD 2024 down 69.6% volatile
104 Serbia and Montenegro 41,041 1000 USD 2005 up 132.5% rising
105 North Macedonia 40,334 1000 USD 2024 up 31.4% rising
106 Nicaragua 40,290 1000 USD 2023 up 109.8% volatile
107 Cameroon 39,824 1000 USD 2024 up 58.3% rising
108 Uruguay 38,562 1000 USD 2024 up 12.9% rising
109 Zimbabwe 38,540 1000 USD 2024 up 25.6% volatile
110 Belarus 38,071 1000 USD 2024 down 74.4% volatile
111 Myanmar 35,236 1000 USD 2024 down 1.5% volatile
112 Cyprus 35,000 1000 USD 2024 up 35.6% rising
113 Melanesia 32,766 1000 USD 2024 up 54.0% rising
114 Trinidad and Tobago 32,730 1000 USD 2024 up 5.4% rising
115 Georgia 32,533 1000 USD 2024 up 79.9% volatile
116 Armenia 30,888 1000 USD 2024 up 41.6% volatile
117 Sudan (former) 30,170 1000 USD 2011 up 674.8% volatile
118 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 29,620 1000 USD 2024 up 18.5% rising
119 Angola 29,499 1000 USD 2024 up 254.2% volatile
120 Moldova 27,914 1000 USD 2024 up 16.9% volatile
120 Republic of Moldova 27,914 1000 USD 2024 up 16.9% volatile
122 Bahrain 27,777 1000 USD 2024 up 46.4% volatile
123 Nepal 27,534 1000 USD 2024 up 21.0% volatile
124 Syria 26,799 1000 USD 2024 up 11.0% volatile
124 Syrian Arab Republic 26,799 1000 USD 2024 up 11.0% volatile
126 Namibia 26,665 1000 USD 2024 down 23.1% volatile
127 Panama 26,061 1000 USD 2024 up 15.5% rising
128 Qatar 23,492 1000 USD 2024 up 96.3% volatile
129 Laos 23,309 1000 USD 2024 up 356.8% volatile
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23,309 1000 USD 2024 up 356.8% volatile
131 Madagascar 22,699 1000 USD 2024 up 127.1% volatile
132 Fiji 18,398 1000 USD 2024 up 115.2% volatile
133 Jamaica 18,368 1000 USD 2024 up 56.5% flat
134 Mauritius 17,625 1000 USD 2024 up 9.9% rising
135 Albania 15,093 1000 USD 2024 up 35.1% volatile
136 Mozambique 13,439 1000 USD 2024 up 71.8% volatile
137 Afghanistan 13,282 1000 USD 2024 up 546.6% volatile
138 Papua New Guinea 12,526 1000 USD 2024 up 19.1% rising
139 Rwanda 12,413 1000 USD 2024 up 399.9% volatile
140 Cuba 11,437 1000 USD 2024 down 12.7% rising
141 Malawi 11,241 1000 USD 2024 up 14.1% rising
142 Djibouti 9,641 1000 USD 2024 up 107.7% volatile
143 Mauritania 9,596 1000 USD 2024 up 226.7% volatile
144 Eswatini 9,445 1000 USD 2024 down 28.8% volatile
145 Togo 8,893 1000 USD 2024 up 214.7% volatile
146 Botswana 8,778 1000 USD 2024 down 16.0% falling
147 Kyrgyzstan 8,510 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
148 Turkmenistan 8,412 1000 USD 2024 down 57.6% volatile
149 Ethiopia 8,401 1000 USD 2024 down 80.8% volatile
150 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8,328 1000 USD 2024 down 7.7% volatile
151 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,063 1000 USD 2024 up 154.1% volatile
152 Iceland 6,516 1000 USD 2024 down 44.4% volatile
153 Mongolia 5,998 1000 USD 2024 down 61.8% volatile
154 Palestine 5,615 1000 USD 2024 down 50.9% flat
154 Palestine 5,615 1000 USD 2024 down 50.9% flat
156 Tajikistan 5,124 1000 USD 2024 up 110.2% volatile
157 Guinea 4,904 1000 USD 2024 up 415.1% volatile
158 Gabon 4,304 1000 USD 2024 up 430.7% volatile
159 Seychelles 3,832 1000 USD 2024 up 688.5% volatile
160 Burkina Faso 3,710 1000 USD 2024 down 20.2% volatile
161 Congo 3,548 1000 USD 2024 up 18.3% volatile
162 Guyana 3,494 1000 USD 2024 up 344.0% volatile
163 Faroe Islands 3,232 1000 USD 2024 up 78.2% rising
164 Barbados 3,033 1000 USD 2024 down 20.7% volatile
165 Lesotho 2,792 1000 USD 2024 down 7.6% flat
166 Bhutan 2,605 1000 USD 2024 up 173.3% volatile
167 Montenegro 2,238 1000 USD 2024 up 24.3% rising
168 Andorra 2,179 1000 USD 2024 up 286.3% rising
169 Mali 2,171 1000 USD 2024 up 4.2% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 2,123 1000 USD 2024 up 31.9% volatile
171 Equatorial Guinea 2,111 1000 USD 2024 up 420.0% volatile
172 Benin 1,923 1000 USD 2024 down 8.9% volatile
173 Liberia 1,782 1000 USD 2024 up 352.3% volatile
174 Maldives 1,705 1000 USD 2024 up 53.6% rising
175 New Caledonia 1,609 1000 USD 2024 down 21.1% rising
176 Brunei 1,344 1000 USD 2024 down 30.6% rising
176 Brunei Darussalam 1,344 1000 USD 2024 down 30.6% rising
178 Belize 1,320 1000 USD 2024 up 92.4% volatile
179 Greenland 1,274 1000 USD 2024 up 294.4% volatile
180 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1,251 1000 USD 2010 up 116.4% volatile
181 Haiti 1,178 1000 USD 2024 down 41.3% rising
182 Sudan 1,149 1000 USD 2024 down 94.5% volatile
183 Polynesia 974 1000 USD 2024 up 18.3% rising
184 South Sudan 720 1000 USD 2024 up 115.6% volatile
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 691 1000 USD 2024 down 29.2% falling
186 Dominica 655 1000 USD 2024 down 14.9% volatile
187 Bahamas 562 1000 USD 2024 down 76.0% volatile
188 French Southern Territories 529 1000 USD 2024 down 0.9% flat
189 Anguilla 472 1000 USD 2024 up 50.8% volatile
190 Samoa 470 1000 USD 2024 up 10.6% volatile
191 Suriname 457 1000 USD 2024 down 3.8% volatile
192 Chad 329 1000 USD 2024 down 75.6% volatile
193 Somalia 328 1000 USD 2024 up 43.9% volatile
194 Niger 303 1000 USD 2024 down 37.8% volatile
195 French Polynesia 292 1000 USD 2024 down 22.5% rising
196 Aruba 288 1000 USD 2024 down 46.2% rising
197 Curacao 281 1000 USD 2024 down 77.1% falling
197 Curaçao 281 1000 USD 2024 down 77.1% falling
199 Bermuda 248 1000 USD 2024 up 9.7% rising
200 Sierra Leone 246 1000 USD 2024 down 4.3% volatile
201 Grenada 226 1000 USD 2024 up 48.7% rising
202 Cabo Verde 215 1000 USD 2024 up 21.5% volatile
203 Gibraltar 207 1000 USD 2024 down 15.9% falling
204 Cayman Islands 203 1000 USD 2024 down 89.3% volatile
205 Antigua and Barbuda 192 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% rising
206 Gambia 185 1000 USD 2024 down 54.1% volatile
207 Burundi 183 1000 USD 2024 down 84.6% volatile
208 China, Macao SAR 168 1000 USD 2024 down 72.8% volatile
209 East Timor 158 1000 USD 2024 up 829.4% volatile
209 Timor-Leste 158 1000 USD 2024 up 829.4% volatile
211 Tonga 141 1000 USD 2024 up 571.4% volatile
212 Micronesia 136 1000 USD 2024 up 43.2% volatile
213 Guinea-Bissau 131 1000 USD 2024 down 68.7% volatile
213 Solomon Islands 131 1000 USD 2024 up 367.9% volatile
215 Eritrea 121 1000 USD 2024 up 31.5% volatile
216 Vanuatu 102 1000 USD 2024 down 26.6% volatile
217 Central African Republic 100 1000 USD 2024 down 32.0% volatile
218 Turks and Caicos Islands 82 1000 USD 2024 up 173.3% rising
219 Saint Martin (French Part) 68 1000 USD 2024 unchanged flat
220 Sao Tome and Principe 59 1000 USD 2024 down 35.9% volatile
221 Saint Kitts and Nevis 58 1000 USD 2024 down 45.3% volatile
222 Marshall Islands 55 1000 USD 2024 down 92.2% volatile
223 British Virgin Islands 47 1000 USD 2024 down 81.0% volatile
224 Comoros 38 1000 USD 2024 down 73.6% volatile
225 Palau 30 1000 USD 2024 down 54.5% volatile
226 Cook Islands 28 1000 USD 2024 down 9.7% falling
226 Wallis and Futuna Islands 28 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% volatile
228 Kiribati 24 1000 USD 2024 up 242.9% volatile
229 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 17 1000 USD 2024 down 22.7% volatile
230 Micronesia (Federated States of) 14 1000 USD 2024 down 51.7% falling
230 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 14 1000 USD 2024 up 55.6% volatile
232 Guam 12 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% volatile
233 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 11 1000 USD 2024 down 96.4% volatile
234 Niue 7 1000 USD 2024 up 75.0% rising
235 Pitcairn 2 1000 USD 2024 down 33.3% falling
236 Northern Mariana Islands 1 1000 USD 2024 down 90.0% volatile
236 Norfolk Island 1 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value
Unit
1000 USD
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
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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