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
255
Highest
9.15 million 1000 USD
United States
Lowest
38 1000 USD
Niue
Median
54,878 1000 USD
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
14,447

What the numbers show

Paper and paperboard — Import value is currently reported for 255 countries. The highest value is 9.15 million 1000 USD in United States; the lowest is 38 1000 USD in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 54,878 1000 USD, and the mean is 509,250 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 103 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 United States 9.15 million 1000 USD 2024 down 5.8% volatile
2 Germany 8.19 million 1000 USD 2024 down 20.3% volatile
3 China 7.31 million 1000 USD 2024 up 48.3% volatile
4 China, mainland 6.02 million 1000 USD 2024 up 92.8% volatile
5 United Kingdom 4.79 million 1000 USD 2024 down 19.1% volatile
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.79 million 1000 USD 2024 down 19.1% volatile
7 France 4.76 million 1000 USD 2024 down 8.7% volatile
8 Italy 4.51 million 1000 USD 2024 up 0.8% volatile
9 Poland 4.51 million 1000 USD 2024 up 37.1% volatile
10 Mexico 3.87 million 1000 USD 2024 up 26.3% volatile
11 Canada 3.15 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.6% volatile
12 Spain 2.91 million 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.62 million 1000 USD 2024 down 3.5% volatile
14 Belgium 2.53 million 1000 USD 2024 down 25.1% flat
15 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.48 million 1000 USD 1999 up 64.4% volatile
16 India 2.40 million 1000 USD 2024 up 11.3% volatile
17 Turkey 2.29 million 1000 USD 2024 up 0.6% volatile
17 Türkiye 2.29 million 1000 USD 2024 up 0.6% volatile
19 Vietnam 1.83 million 1000 USD 2024 up 64.3% volatile
19 Viet Nam 1.83 million 1000 USD 2024 up 64.3% volatile
21 Republic of Korea 1.42 million 1000 USD 2024 up 15.1% volatile
22 Czechia 1.31 million 1000 USD 2024 up 9.5% rising
23 Australia and New Zealand 1.31 million 1000 USD 2024 down 30.5% volatile
24 Thailand 1.22 million 1000 USD 2024 up 13.5% volatile
25 Egypt 1.20 million 1000 USD 2024 up 16.5% volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 1.18 million 1000 USD 2024 up 49.4% volatile
27 Malaysia 1.18 million 1000 USD 2024 down 16.0% volatile
28 Japan 1.15 million 1000 USD 2024 down 42.3% volatile
29 Saudi Arabia 1.14 million 1000 USD 2024 down 5.6% volatile
30 Austria 1.12 million 1000 USD 2024 down 19.1% volatile
31 China, Taiwan Province of 1.09 million 1000 USD 2024 down 6.9% volatile
32 Philippines 1.08 million 1000 USD 2024 up 75.9% volatile
33 Indonesia 994,179 1000 USD 2024 up 32.5% volatile
34 Australia 950,654 1000 USD 2024 down 30.8% volatile
35 Morocco 893,339 1000 USD 2024 up 97.9% volatile
36 Portugal 870,286 1000 USD 2024 up 29.4% volatile
37 Romania 866,210 1000 USD 2024 up 65.8% volatile
38 Greece 818,751 1000 USD 2024 up 19.1% volatile
39 South Africa 804,281 1000 USD 2024 down 0.0% volatile
40 Russia 786,905 1000 USD 2024 down 59.3% volatile
40 Russian Federation 786,905 1000 USD 2024 down 59.3% volatile
42 Algeria 777,983 1000 USD 2024 up 47.6% volatile
43 Hungary 769,837 1000 USD 2024 down 4.6% volatile
44 Sweden 754,263 1000 USD 2024 down 6.5% volatile
45 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 740,704 1000 USD 2024 up 1.5% volatile
46 Switzerland 710,422 1000 USD 2024 down 28.9% volatile
47 Caribbean 691,514 1000 USD 2024 up 45.7% volatile
48 Bangladesh 683,014 1000 USD 2024 up 56.2% volatile
49 Brazil 645,704 1000 USD 2024 down 43.8% volatile
50 Denmark 622,239 1000 USD 2024 down 11.4% volatile
51 Colombia 621,342 1000 USD 2024 up 26.3% volatile
52 Chile 564,953 1000 USD 2024 up 2.5% volatile
53 Guatemala 563,896 1000 USD 2024 up 45.7% volatile
54 Peru 559,072 1000 USD 2024 down 2.2% volatile
55 USSR 558,000 1000 USD 1991 down 10.0% volatile
56 Ukraine 536,847 1000 USD 2024 down 29.2% volatile
57 Argentina 501,972 1000 USD 2024 down 34.7% volatile
58 Serbia 499,153 1000 USD 2024 up 12.6% rising
59 Israel 489,280 1000 USD 2024 down 7.4% volatile
60 Dominican Republic 453,816 1000 USD 2024 up 86.9% volatile
61 Serbia and Montenegro 439,337 1000 USD 2005 up 8,397.8% volatile
62 Bulgaria 407,352 1000 USD 2024 up 31.1% volatile
63 Ireland 405,868 1000 USD 2024 down 10.2% volatile
64 Croatia 398,173 1000 USD 2024 up 28.6% rising
65 Costa Rica 394,340 1000 USD 2024 up 1.1% volatile
66 Slovakia 383,758 1000 USD 2024 down 14.8% rising
67 Pakistan 362,738 1000 USD 2024 down 19.5% volatile
68 New Zealand 359,892 1000 USD 2024 down 30.0% volatile
69 Singapore 350,409 1000 USD 2024 down 67.3% volatile
70 Sri Lanka 346,021 1000 USD 2024 down 18.4% volatile
71 Lithuania 329,062 1000 USD 2024 up 4.6% volatile
72 Kenya 324,989 1000 USD 2024 up 17.9% volatile
73 Slovenia 318,557 1000 USD 2024 up 6.7% rising
74 Cambodia 316,217 1000 USD 2024 up 159.9% volatile
75 Tunisia 313,181 1000 USD 2024 up 37.8% volatile
76 Jordan 298,162 1000 USD 2024 up 53.3% volatile
77 Nigeria 288,651 1000 USD 2024 down 39.3% volatile
78 Finland 286,022 1000 USD 2024 down 28.8% volatile
79 Ecuador 271,126 1000 USD 2024 down 15.1% volatile
80 Norway 268,688 1000 USD 2024 down 34.0% volatile
81 Iraq 267,844 1000 USD 2024 up 444.4% volatile
82 Luxembourg 253,227 1000 USD 2024 up 24.4% rising
83 Kazakhstan 244,646 1000 USD 2024 down 2.7% volatile
84 Uzbekistan 242,488 1000 USD 2024 up 162.9% volatile
85 El Salvador 196,039 1000 USD 2024 up 12.8% volatile
86 China, Hong Kong SAR 195,263 1000 USD 2024 down 68.8% volatile
87 Yugoslav SFR 171,737 1000 USD 1991 up 65.1% volatile
88 Lebanon 170,353 1000 USD 2024 down 23.9% volatile
89 Paraguay 164,215 1000 USD 2024 up 0.5% volatile
90 Cote d'Ivoire 163,387 1000 USD 2024 up 61.7% volatile
90 Côte d'Ivoire 163,387 1000 USD 2024 up 61.7% volatile
92 Latvia 152,191 1000 USD 2024 down 15.8% rising
93 Honduras 146,631 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% volatile
94 Ghana 133,478 1000 USD 2024 up 96.8% volatile
95 Uganda 133,286 1000 USD 2024 up 93.4% volatile
96 Estonia 124,355 1000 USD 2024 down 27.4% volatile
97 United Republic of Tanzania 123,105 1000 USD 2024 up 54.3% volatile
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 120,791 1000 USD 2024 up 7.8% volatile
99 Kuwait 117,237 1000 USD 2024 down 39.0% volatile
100 Azerbaijan 108,036 1000 USD 2024 up 143.7% volatile
101 Myanmar 104,137 1000 USD 2024 down 40.2% volatile
102 Malta 102,911 1000 USD 2024 up 51.2% volatile
103 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 97,327 1000 USD 2024 down 4.0% volatile
104 Cameroon 87,341 1000 USD 2024 up 51.5% volatile
105 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 86,031 1000 USD 2024 down 69.9% volatile
106 Oman 85,618 1000 USD 2024 down 25.8% volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 83,122 1000 USD 2024 up 15.8% volatile
108 Yemen 81,907 1000 USD 2024 down 19.9% volatile
109 Sudan (former) 80,656 1000 USD 2011 up 723.7% volatile
110 Uruguay 80,534 1000 USD 2024 up 7.5% volatile
111 Nepal 80,444 1000 USD 2024 up 18.4% volatile
112 Qatar 79,924 1000 USD 2024 up 17.2% volatile
113 Belarus 79,184 1000 USD 2024 down 67.6% volatile
114 Cyprus 76,875 1000 USD 2024 up 17.3% volatile
115 Zimbabwe 75,336 1000 USD 2024 up 14.5% volatile
116 Libya 73,611 1000 USD 2024 up 77.9% volatile
117 Zambia 73,226 1000 USD 2024 up 25.1% volatile
118 Panama 69,314 1000 USD 2024 down 4.2% volatile
119 Georgia 69,148 1000 USD 2024 up 63.5% volatile
120 Melanesia 69,071 1000 USD 2024 up 17.0% volatile
121 North Macedonia 67,090 1000 USD 2024 up 18.5% rising
122 Senegal 66,160 1000 USD 2024 up 26.6% volatile
123 Angola 65,352 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
124 Armenia 63,684 1000 USD 2024 up 44.0% volatile
125 Nicaragua 62,946 1000 USD 2023 up 77.5% volatile
126 Syria 56,744 1000 USD 2024 down 15.7% volatile
126 Syrian Arab Republic 56,744 1000 USD 2024 down 15.7% volatile
128 Czechoslovakia 54,878 1000 USD 1992 up 52.9% volatile
129 Bahrain 49,790 1000 USD 2024 up 14.8% volatile
130 Albania 48,281 1000 USD 2024 up 31.3% volatile
131 Moldova 46,815 1000 USD 2024 up 22.5% volatile
131 Republic of Moldova 46,815 1000 USD 2024 up 22.5% volatile
133 Cuba 46,675 1000 USD 2024 up 18.8% volatile
134 Jamaica 46,657 1000 USD 2024 up 8.7% rising
135 Madagascar 45,162 1000 USD 2024 up 23.7% volatile
136 Namibia 43,590 1000 USD 2024 down 9.4% rising
137 Mauritius 37,391 1000 USD 2024 up 0.1% volatile
138 Ethiopia 35,247 1000 USD 2024 down 76.2% volatile
139 Fiji 33,420 1000 USD 2024 up 38.5% volatile
140 Laos 33,165 1000 USD 2024 up 123.8% volatile
140 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,165 1000 USD 2024 up 123.8% volatile
142 Andorra 32,140 1000 USD 2024 up 5,009.7% volatile
143 Djibouti 32,063 1000 USD 2024 up 101.7% volatile
144 Democratic Republic of the Congo 31,108 1000 USD 2024 up 97.5% volatile
145 Palestine 30,637 1000 USD 2024 down 50.6% falling
145 Palestine 30,637 1000 USD 2024 down 50.6% falling
147 Mongolia 29,281 1000 USD 2024 up 1.7% volatile
148 Malawi 28,813 1000 USD 2024 up 28.8% volatile
149 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,967 1000 USD 2024 down 14.6% volatile
150 Mozambique 26,278 1000 USD 2024 down 13.6% volatile
151 Kyrgyzstan 24,777 1000 USD 2024 down 13.0% volatile
152 Papua New Guinea 24,186 1000 USD 2024 up 19.5% volatile
153 Botswana 22,165 1000 USD 2024 down 14.4% volatile
154 Rwanda 18,631 1000 USD 2024 up 87.4% volatile
155 Turkmenistan 17,959 1000 USD 2024 down 44.7% volatile
156 Afghanistan 17,127 1000 USD 2024 up 188.3% volatile
157 Eswatini 14,845 1000 USD 2024 down 19.9% falling
158 Gabon 14,791 1000 USD 2024 up 41.8% volatile
159 Iceland 13,194 1000 USD 2024 down 55.4% volatile
160 Togo 11,947 1000 USD 2024 down 30.9% volatile
161 Congo 11,247 1000 USD 2024 up 9.7% volatile
162 Burkina Faso 11,066 1000 USD 2024 down 33.6% volatile
163 Mauritania 10,823 1000 USD 2024 up 99.6% volatile
164 Benin 10,376 1000 USD 2024 up 6.3% volatile
165 Montenegro 10,355 1000 USD 2024 up 2.7% rising
166 Haiti 9,487 1000 USD 2024 up 39.7% volatile
167 Guinea 9,388 1000 USD 2024 up 114.8% volatile
168 New Caledonia 9,370 1000 USD 2024 down 27.5% volatile
169 Tajikistan 9,342 1000 USD 2024 down 52.6% volatile
170 Faroe Islands 9,165 1000 USD 2024 up 335.8% volatile
171 Bahamas 9,046 1000 USD 2024 down 8.8% volatile
172 Netherlands Antilles (former) 7,800 1000 USD 2010 up 61.9% volatile
173 Barbados 7,785 1000 USD 2024 down 59.5% volatile
174 Seychelles 6,855 1000 USD 2024 up 61.4% volatile
175 Mali 6,609 1000 USD 2024 down 18.5% volatile
176 Guyana 6,602 1000 USD 2024 up 37.9% volatile
177 Reunion 6,581 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
177 Réunion 6,581 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
179 Martinique 6,494 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
180 Guadeloupe 5,791 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
181 Brunei 5,663 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
181 Brunei Darussalam 5,663 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
183 Greenland 5,094 1000 USD 2024 up 151.2% rising
184 Sierra Leone 4,970 1000 USD 2024 up 59.9% volatile
185 Lesotho 4,962 1000 USD 2024 down 16.1% falling
186 Suriname 4,863 1000 USD 2024 down 47.0% volatile
187 Liberia 4,805 1000 USD 2024 up 148.8% volatile
188 China, Macao SAR 4,677 1000 USD 2024 down 60.5% volatile
189 Maldives 4,619 1000 USD 2024 up 27.1% volatile
190 Bhutan 4,397 1000 USD 2024 up 207.5% volatile
191 Equatorial Guinea 4,300 1000 USD 2024 up 10.5% volatile
192 Polynesia 4,252 1000 USD 2024 down 63.8% volatile
193 Somalia 4,215 1000 USD 2024 up 107.1% volatile
194 Cayman Islands 3,777 1000 USD 2024 down 54.1% volatile
195 Saint Lucia 3,689 1000 USD 2024 up 26.9% falling
196 Sudan 3,595 1000 USD 2024 down 95.1% falling
197 Curacao 3,545 1000 USD 2024 down 53.3% falling
197 Curaçao 3,545 1000 USD 2024 down 53.3% falling
199 Bermuda 3,230 1000 USD 2024 down 0.2% rising
200 East Timor 3,129 1000 USD 2024 up 154.6% volatile
200 Timor-Leste 3,129 1000 USD 2024 up 154.6% volatile
202 South Sudan 3,039 1000 USD 2024 up 5,858.8% volatile
203 Aruba 2,272 1000 USD 2024 down 42.0% volatile
204 Niger 2,182 1000 USD 2024 down 34.9% volatile
205 Belize 2,135 1000 USD 2024 down 34.1% volatile
206 Micronesia 1,947 1000 USD 2024 up 190.2% volatile
207 Cabo Verde 1,920 1000 USD 2024 down 8.4% volatile
208 Grenada 1,825 1000 USD 2024 up 22.4% volatile
209 Gibraltar 1,693 1000 USD 2024 up 1,067.6% volatile
210 Gambia 1,654 1000 USD 2024 down 51.3% volatile
211 French Polynesia 1,566 1000 USD 2024 down 83.2% volatile
212 Dominica 1,447 1000 USD 2024 down 6.9% volatile
213 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,444 1000 USD 2024 up 344.3% volatile
214 Samoa 1,416 1000 USD 2024 down 6.3% volatile
215 Eritrea 1,221 1000 USD 2024 up 56.1% falling
216 Ethiopia PDR 1,190 1000 USD 1992 down 72.3% volatile
217 Central African Republic 1,164 1000 USD 2024 up 31.7% volatile
218 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,131 1000 USD 2024 down 27.6% volatile
219 Solomon Islands 1,108 1000 USD 2024 up 49.1% volatile
220 Guinea-Bissau 1,031 1000 USD 2024 up 63.4% volatile
221 Burundi 1,029 1000 USD 2024 down 61.6% volatile
222 Vanuatu 987 1000 USD 2024 down 0.5% volatile
223 British Virgin Islands 982 1000 USD 2024 up 69.3% volatile
224 Saint Martin (French Part) 868 1000 USD 2024 unchanged flat
225 Chad 790 1000 USD 2024 down 55.3% volatile
226 French Southern Territories 743 1000 USD 2024 down 22.0% falling
227 Anguilla 697 1000 USD 2024 up 46.4% rising
228 Guam 657 1000 USD 2024 down 73.1% volatile
229 Tonga 610 1000 USD 2024 down 23.8% rising
230 Sao Tome and Principe 557 1000 USD 2024 up 43.9% volatile
231 Saint Kitts and Nevis 535 1000 USD 2024 up 101.9% volatile
232 French Guiana 386 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
233 Antigua and Barbuda 370 1000 USD 2024 down 6.3% volatile
234 Northern Mariana Islands 355 1000 USD 2024 up 1,988.2% volatile
235 Marshall Islands 245 1000 USD 2024 up 775.0% volatile
236 Comoros 237 1000 USD 2024 up 192.6% volatile
237 Kiribati 223 1000 USD 2024 up 11,050.0% volatile
238 Micronesia (Federated States of) 207 1000 USD 2024 down 21.3% volatile
239 Cook Islands 186 1000 USD 2024 — volatile
240 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 180 1000 USD 2024 up 386.5% volatile
241 American Samoa 164 1000 USD 2024 up 178.0% volatile
242 Nauru 146 1000 USD 2024 up 630.0% volatile
242 Nauru 146 1000 USD 2024 up 630.0% volatile
244 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 132 1000 USD 2024 down 15.9% falling
245 Norfolk Island 117 1000 USD 2024 up 963.6% volatile
246 Palau 114 1000 USD 2024 down 66.6% volatile
247 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 108 1000 USD 2024 up 227.3% volatile
248 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 97 1000 USD 2024 up 102.1% volatile
249 Wallis and Futuna Islands 77 1000 USD 2024 up 413.3% volatile
250 Tuvalu 76 1000 USD 2024 up 1,166.7% volatile
250 Tokelau 76 1000 USD 2024 — volatile
252 Montserrat 59 1000 USD 2024 up 1,866.7% volatile
253 Christmas Island 51 1000 USD 2024 up 200.0% rising
254 Pitcairn 43 1000 USD 2024 up 95.5% rising
255 Niue 38 1000 USD 2024 up 81.0% rising

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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
284 places, 14,447 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