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
236
Highest
8.19 million 1000 USD
Germany
Lowest
38 1000 USD
Niue
Median
59,845 1000 USD
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,716

What the numbers show

Paper and paperboard — Import value is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 8.19 million 1000 USD in Germany; the lowest is 38 1000 USD in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 59,845 1000 USD, and the mean is 465,437 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 11,050.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 95.1%).

Paper and paperboard — Import value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 8.19 million 1000 USD 2024 down 20.3% volatile
2 China 7.31 million 1000 USD 2024 up 48.3% volatile
3 China, mainland 6.02 million 1000 USD 2024 up 92.8% volatile
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.79 million 1000 USD 2024 down 19.1% volatile
5 France 4.76 million 1000 USD 2024 down 8.7% volatile
6 Italy 4.51 million 1000 USD 2024 up 0.8% volatile
7 Poland 4.51 million 1000 USD 2024 up 37.1% volatile
8 Mexico 3.87 million 1000 USD 2024 up 26.3% volatile
9 Canada 3.15 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.6% volatile
10 Spain 2.91 million 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.62 million 1000 USD 2024 down 3.5% volatile
12 Belgium 2.53 million 1000 USD 2024 down 25.1% flat
13 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.48 million 1000 USD 1999 up 64.4% volatile
14 India 2.40 million 1000 USD 2024 up 11.3% volatile
15 Türkiye 2.29 million 1000 USD 2024 up 0.6% volatile
16 Viet Nam 1.83 million 1000 USD 2024 up 64.3% volatile
17 Republic of Korea 1.42 million 1000 USD 2024 up 15.1% volatile
18 Czechia 1.31 million 1000 USD 2024 up 9.5% rising
19 Australia and New Zealand 1.31 million 1000 USD 2024 down 30.5% volatile
20 Thailand 1.22 million 1000 USD 2024 up 13.5% volatile
21 Egypt 1.20 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.5% volatile
22 United Arab Emirates 1.18 million 1000 USD 2024 up 49.4% volatile
23 Malaysia 1.18 million 1000 USD 2024 down 16.0% volatile
24 Japan 1.15 million 1000 USD 2024 down 42.3% volatile
25 Saudi Arabia 1.14 million 1000 USD 2024 down 5.6% volatile
26 Austria 1.12 million 1000 USD 2024 down 19.1% volatile
27 China, Taiwan Province of 1.09 million 1000 USD 2024 down 6.9% volatile
28 Philippines 1.08 million 1000 USD 2024 up 75.9% volatile
29 Indonesia 994,179 1000 USD 2024 up 32.5% volatile
30 Australia 950,654 1000 USD 2024 down 30.8% volatile
31 Morocco 893,339 1000 USD 2024 up 97.9% volatile
32 Portugal 870,286 1000 USD 2024 up 29.4% volatile
33 Romania 866,210 1000 USD 2024 up 65.8% volatile
34 Greece 818,751 1000 USD 2024 up 19.1% volatile
35 Russian Federation 786,905 1000 USD 2024 down 59.3% volatile
36 Algeria 777,983 1000 USD 2024 up 47.6% volatile
37 Hungary 769,837 1000 USD 2024 down 4.6% volatile
38 Sweden 754,263 1000 USD 2024 down 6.5% volatile
39 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 740,704 1000 USD 2024 up 1.5% volatile
40 Switzerland 710,422 1000 USD 2024 down 28.9% volatile
41 Caribbean 691,514 1000 USD 2024 up 45.7% volatile
42 Bangladesh 683,014 1000 USD 2024 up 56.2% volatile
43 Brazil 645,704 1000 USD 2024 down 43.8% volatile
44 Denmark 622,239 1000 USD 2024 down 11.4% volatile
45 Colombia 621,342 1000 USD 2024 up 26.3% volatile
46 Chile 564,953 1000 USD 2024 up 2.5% volatile
47 Guatemala 563,896 1000 USD 2024 up 45.7% volatile
48 Peru 559,072 1000 USD 2024 down 2.2% volatile
49 USSR 558,000 1000 USD 1991 down 10.0% volatile
50 Ukraine 536,847 1000 USD 2024 down 29.2% volatile
51 Argentina 501,972 1000 USD 2024 down 34.7% volatile
52 Serbia 499,153 1000 USD 2024 up 12.6% rising
53 Israel 489,280 1000 USD 2024 down 7.4% volatile
54 Dominican Republic 453,816 1000 USD 2024 up 86.9% volatile
55 Serbia and Montenegro 439,337 1000 USD 2005 up 8,397.8% volatile
56 Bulgaria 407,352 1000 USD 2024 up 31.1% volatile
57 Ireland 405,868 1000 USD 2024 down 10.2% volatile
58 Croatia 398,173 1000 USD 2024 up 28.6% rising
59 Costa Rica 394,340 1000 USD 2024 up 1.1% volatile
60 Slovakia 383,758 1000 USD 2024 down 14.8% rising
61 Pakistan 362,738 1000 USD 2024 down 19.5% volatile
62 New Zealand 359,892 1000 USD 2024 down 30.0% volatile
63 Singapore 350,409 1000 USD 2024 down 67.3% volatile
64 Sri Lanka 346,021 1000 USD 2024 down 18.4% volatile
65 Lithuania 329,062 1000 USD 2024 up 4.6% volatile
66 Kenya 324,989 1000 USD 2024 up 17.9% volatile
67 Slovenia 318,557 1000 USD 2024 up 6.7% rising
68 Cambodia 316,217 1000 USD 2024 up 159.9% volatile
69 Tunisia 313,181 1000 USD 2024 up 37.8% volatile
70 Jordan 298,162 1000 USD 2024 up 53.3% volatile
71 Nigeria 288,651 1000 USD 2024 down 39.3% volatile
72 Finland 286,022 1000 USD 2024 down 28.8% volatile
73 Ecuador 271,126 1000 USD 2024 down 15.1% volatile
74 Norway 268,688 1000 USD 2024 down 34.0% volatile
75 Iraq 267,844 1000 USD 2024 up 444.4% volatile
76 Luxembourg 253,227 1000 USD 2024 up 24.4% rising
77 Kazakhstan 244,646 1000 USD 2024 down 2.7% volatile
78 Uzbekistan 242,488 1000 USD 2024 up 162.9% volatile
79 El Salvador 196,039 1000 USD 2024 up 12.8% volatile
80 China, Hong Kong SAR 195,263 1000 USD 2024 down 68.8% volatile
81 Yugoslav SFR 171,737 1000 USD 1991 up 65.1% volatile
82 Lebanon 170,353 1000 USD 2024 down 23.9% volatile
83 Paraguay 164,215 1000 USD 2024 up 0.5% volatile
84 Côte d'Ivoire 163,387 1000 USD 2024 up 61.7% volatile
85 Latvia 152,191 1000 USD 2024 down 15.8% rising
86 Honduras 146,631 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% volatile
87 Ghana 133,478 1000 USD 2024 up 96.8% volatile
88 Uganda 133,286 1000 USD 2024 up 93.4% volatile
89 Estonia 124,355 1000 USD 2024 down 27.4% volatile
90 United Republic of Tanzania 123,105 1000 USD 2024 up 54.3% volatile
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 120,791 1000 USD 2024 up 7.8% volatile
92 Kuwait 117,237 1000 USD 2024 down 39.0% volatile
93 Azerbaijan 108,036 1000 USD 2024 up 143.7% volatile
94 Myanmar 104,137 1000 USD 2024 down 40.2% volatile
95 Malta 102,911 1000 USD 2024 up 51.2% volatile
96 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 97,327 1000 USD 2024 down 4.0% volatile
97 Cameroon 87,341 1000 USD 2024 up 51.5% volatile
98 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 86,031 1000 USD 2024 down 69.9% volatile
99 Oman 85,618 1000 USD 2024 down 25.8% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 83,122 1000 USD 2024 up 15.8% volatile
101 Yemen 81,907 1000 USD 2024 down 19.9% volatile
102 Sudan (former) 80,656 1000 USD 2011 up 723.7% volatile
103 Uruguay 80,534 1000 USD 2024 up 7.5% volatile
104 Nepal 80,444 1000 USD 2024 up 18.4% volatile
105 Qatar 79,924 1000 USD 2024 up 17.2% volatile
106 Belarus 79,184 1000 USD 2024 down 67.6% volatile
107 Cyprus 76,875 1000 USD 2024 up 17.3% volatile
108 Zimbabwe 75,336 1000 USD 2024 up 14.5% volatile
109 Libya 73,611 1000 USD 2024 up 77.9% volatile
110 Zambia 73,226 1000 USD 2024 up 25.1% volatile
111 Panama 69,314 1000 USD 2024 down 4.2% volatile
112 Georgia 69,148 1000 USD 2024 up 63.5% volatile
113 Melanesia 69,071 1000 USD 2024 up 17.0% volatile
114 North Macedonia 67,090 1000 USD 2024 up 18.5% rising
115 Senegal 66,160 1000 USD 2024 up 26.6% volatile
116 Angola 65,352 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
117 Armenia 63,684 1000 USD 2024 up 44.0% volatile
118 Nicaragua 62,946 1000 USD 2023 up 77.5% volatile
119 Syrian Arab Republic 56,744 1000 USD 2024 down 15.7% volatile
120 Czechoslovakia 54,878 1000 USD 1992 up 52.9% volatile
121 Bahrain 49,790 1000 USD 2024 up 14.8% volatile
122 Albania 48,281 1000 USD 2024 up 31.3% volatile
123 Republic of Moldova 46,815 1000 USD 2024 up 22.5% volatile
124 Cuba 46,675 1000 USD 2024 up 18.8% volatile
125 Jamaica 46,657 1000 USD 2024 up 8.7% rising
126 Madagascar 45,162 1000 USD 2024 up 23.7% volatile
127 Namibia 43,590 1000 USD 2024 down 9.4% rising
128 Mauritius 37,391 1000 USD 2024 up 0.1% volatile
129 Ethiopia 35,247 1000 USD 2024 down 76.2% volatile
130 Fiji 33,420 1000 USD 2024 up 38.5% volatile
131 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,165 1000 USD 2024 up 123.8% volatile
132 Andorra 32,140 1000 USD 2024 up 5,009.7% volatile
133 Djibouti 32,063 1000 USD 2024 up 101.7% volatile
134 Democratic Republic of the Congo 31,108 1000 USD 2024 up 97.5% volatile
135 Palestine 30,637 1000 USD 2024 down 50.6% falling
136 Mongolia 29,281 1000 USD 2024 up 1.7% volatile
137 Malawi 28,813 1000 USD 2024 up 28.8% volatile
138 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,967 1000 USD 2024 down 14.6% volatile
139 Mozambique 26,278 1000 USD 2024 down 13.6% volatile
140 Kyrgyzstan 24,777 1000 USD 2024 down 13.0% volatile
141 Papua New Guinea 24,186 1000 USD 2024 up 19.5% volatile
142 Botswana 22,165 1000 USD 2024 down 14.4% volatile
143 Rwanda 18,631 1000 USD 2024 up 87.4% volatile
144 Turkmenistan 17,959 1000 USD 2024 down 44.7% volatile
145 Afghanistan 17,127 1000 USD 2024 up 188.3% volatile
146 Eswatini 14,845 1000 USD 2024 down 19.9% falling
147 Gabon 14,791 1000 USD 2024 up 41.8% volatile
148 Iceland 13,194 1000 USD 2024 down 55.4% volatile
149 Togo 11,947 1000 USD 2024 down 30.9% volatile
150 Congo 11,247 1000 USD 2024 up 9.7% volatile
151 Burkina Faso 11,066 1000 USD 2024 down 33.6% volatile
152 Mauritania 10,823 1000 USD 2024 up 99.6% volatile
153 Benin 10,376 1000 USD 2024 up 6.3% volatile
154 Montenegro 10,355 1000 USD 2024 up 2.7% rising
155 Haiti 9,487 1000 USD 2024 up 39.7% volatile
156 Guinea 9,388 1000 USD 2024 up 114.8% volatile
157 New Caledonia 9,370 1000 USD 2024 down 27.5% volatile
158 Tajikistan 9,342 1000 USD 2024 down 52.6% volatile
159 Faroe Islands 9,165 1000 USD 2024 up 335.8% volatile
160 Bahamas 9,046 1000 USD 2024 down 8.8% volatile
161 Netherlands Antilles (former) 7,800 1000 USD 2010 up 61.9% volatile
162 Barbados 7,785 1000 USD 2024 down 59.5% volatile
163 Seychelles 6,855 1000 USD 2024 up 61.4% volatile
164 Mali 6,609 1000 USD 2024 down 18.5% volatile
165 Guyana 6,602 1000 USD 2024 up 37.9% volatile
166 Martinique 6,494 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
167 Guadeloupe 5,791 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
168 Brunei Darussalam 5,663 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
169 Greenland 5,094 1000 USD 2024 up 151.2% rising
170 Sierra Leone 4,970 1000 USD 2024 up 59.9% volatile
171 Lesotho 4,962 1000 USD 2024 down 16.1% falling
172 Suriname 4,863 1000 USD 2024 down 47.0% volatile
173 Liberia 4,805 1000 USD 2024 up 148.8% volatile
174 China, Macao SAR 4,677 1000 USD 2024 down 60.5% volatile
175 Maldives 4,619 1000 USD 2024 up 27.1% volatile
176 Bhutan 4,397 1000 USD 2024 up 207.5% volatile
177 Equatorial Guinea 4,300 1000 USD 2024 up 10.5% volatile
178 Polynesia 4,252 1000 USD 2024 down 63.8% volatile
179 Somalia 4,215 1000 USD 2024 up 107.1% volatile
180 Cayman Islands 3,777 1000 USD 2024 down 54.1% volatile
181 Saint Lucia 3,689 1000 USD 2024 up 26.9% falling
182 Sudan 3,595 1000 USD 2024 down 95.1% falling
183 Curaçao 3,545 1000 USD 2024 down 53.3% falling
184 Bermuda 3,230 1000 USD 2024 down 0.2% rising
185 Timor-Leste 3,129 1000 USD 2024 up 154.6% volatile
186 South Sudan 3,039 1000 USD 2024 up 5,858.8% volatile
187 Aruba 2,272 1000 USD 2024 down 42.0% volatile
188 Niger 2,182 1000 USD 2024 down 34.9% volatile
189 Belize 2,135 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
190 Micronesia 1,947 1000 USD 2024 up 190.2% volatile
191 Cabo Verde 1,920 1000 USD 2024 down 8.4% volatile
192 Grenada 1,825 1000 USD 2024 up 22.4% volatile
193 Gibraltar 1,693 1000 USD 2024 up 1,067.6% volatile
194 Gambia 1,654 1000 USD 2024 down 51.3% volatile
195 French Polynesia 1,566 1000 USD 2024 down 83.2% volatile
196 Dominica 1,447 1000 USD 2024 down 6.9% volatile
197 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,444 1000 USD 2024 up 344.3% volatile
198 Samoa 1,416 1000 USD 2024 down 6.3% volatile
199 Eritrea 1,221 1000 USD 2024 up 56.1% falling
200 Ethiopia PDR 1,190 1000 USD 1992 down 72.3% volatile
201 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,131 1000 USD 2024 down 27.6% volatile
202 Solomon Islands 1,108 1000 USD 2024 up 49.1% volatile
203 Guinea-Bissau 1,031 1000 USD 2024 up 63.4% volatile
204 Burundi 1,029 1000 USD 2024 down 61.6% volatile
205 Vanuatu 987 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
206 British Virgin Islands 982 1000 USD 2024 up 69.3% volatile
207 Saint Martin (French part) 868 1000 USD 2024 unchanged flat
208 Chad 790 1000 USD 2024 down 55.3% volatile
209 French Southern Territories 743 1000 USD 2024 down 22.0% falling
210 Anguilla 697 1000 USD 2024 up 46.4% rising
211 Guam 657 1000 USD 2024 down 73.1% volatile
212 Tonga 610 1000 USD 2024 down 23.8% rising
213 Sao Tome and Principe 557 1000 USD 2024 up 43.9% volatile
214 Saint Kitts and Nevis 535 1000 USD 2024 up 101.9% volatile
215 French Guiana 386 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
216 Antigua and Barbuda 370 1000 USD 2024 down 6.3% volatile
217 Northern Mariana Islands 355 1000 USD 2024 up 1,988.2% volatile
218 Marshall Islands 245 1000 USD 2024 up 775.0% volatile
219 Comoros 237 1000 USD 2024 up 192.6% volatile
220 Kiribati 223 1000 USD 2024 up 11,050.0% volatile
221 Micronesia (Federated States of) 207 1000 USD 2024 down 21.3% volatile
222 Cook Islands 186 1000 USD 2024 volatile
223 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 180 1000 USD 2024 up 386.5% volatile
224 Nauru 146 1000 USD 2024 up 630.0% volatile
225 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 132 1000 USD 2024 down 15.9% falling
226 Norfolk Island 117 1000 USD 2024 up 963.6% volatile
227 Palau 114 1000 USD 2024 down 66.6% volatile
228 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 108 1000 USD 2024 up 227.3% volatile
229 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 97 1000 USD 2024 up 102.1% volatile
230 Wallis and Futuna Islands 77 1000 USD 2024 up 413.3% volatile
231 Tuvalu 76 1000 USD 2024 up 1,166.7% volatile
231 Tokelau 76 1000 USD 2024 volatile
233 Montserrat 59 1000 USD 2024 up 1,866.7% volatile
234 Christmas Island 51 1000 USD 2024 up 200.0% rising
235 Pitcairn 43 1000 USD 2024 up 95.5% rising
236 Niue 38 1000 USD 2024 up 81.0% rising

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
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
269 places, 13,716 data points, 1961–2024
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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