Printing and writing papers — 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
252
Highest
3.45 million 1000 USD
United States
Lowest
0 1000 USD
Niue
Median
16,204 1000 USD
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,103

What the numbers show

Printing and writing papers — Import value is currently reported for 252 countries. The highest value is 3.45 million 1000 USD in United States; the lowest is 0 1000 USD in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 16,204 1000 USD, and the mean is 154,250 1000 USD.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 134 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 16,489.5%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 100.0%).

Printing and writing papers — Import value: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 3.45 million 1000 USD 2024 down 25.3% volatile
2 Germany 2.84 million 1000 USD 2024 down 36.9% volatile
3 France 2.00 million 1000 USD 2024 down 24.8% volatile
4 United Kingdom 1.65 million 1000 USD 2024 down 45.3% volatile
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.65 million 1000 USD 2024 down 45.3% volatile
6 China 1.30 million 1000 USD 2024 down 15.4% volatile
7 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.24 million 1000 USD 1999 up 65.8% volatile
8 Italy 1.09 million 1000 USD 2024 down 24.3% volatile
9 Poland 1.06 million 1000 USD 2024 down 2.5% volatile
10 India 890,571 1000 USD 2024 down 2.3% volatile
11 Spain 812,947 1000 USD 2024 down 27.4% volatile
12 Turkey 777,072 1000 USD 2024 down 11.8% volatile
12 Türkiye 777,072 1000 USD 2024 down 11.8% volatile
14 Mexico 774,452 1000 USD 2024 down 14.0% volatile
15 Belgium 749,991 1000 USD 2024 down 47.9% falling
16 China, mainland 729,456 1000 USD 2024 down 2.5% volatile
17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 718,425 1000 USD 2024 down 18.6% volatile
18 Canada 560,078 1000 USD 2024 down 38.3% volatile
19 Egypt 551,697 1000 USD 2024 up 102.3% volatile
20 Malaysia 516,579 1000 USD 2024 up 0.4% volatile
21 Japan 506,461 1000 USD 2024 down 55.8% volatile
22 Vietnam 477,177 1000 USD 2024 up 36.1% volatile
22 Viet Nam 477,177 1000 USD 2024 up 36.1% volatile
24 China, Taiwan Province of 453,468 1000 USD 2024 down 0.4% volatile
25 United Arab Emirates 436,340 1000 USD 2024 up 48.4% volatile
26 Australia and New Zealand 408,845 1000 USD 2024 down 60.0% volatile
27 Czechia 385,568 1000 USD 2024 down 4.1% rising
28 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 368,936 1000 USD 2024 up 70.1% volatile
29 Republic of Korea 357,966 1000 USD 2024 down 18.2% volatile
30 Philippines 354,193 1000 USD 2024 up 116.2% volatile
31 Australia 346,444 1000 USD 2024 down 57.2% volatile
32 Switzerland 333,273 1000 USD 2024 down 30.3% volatile
33 Thailand 303,734 1000 USD 2024 down 3.9% volatile
34 Saudi Arabia 300,609 1000 USD 2024 down 30.4% volatile
35 Austria 271,102 1000 USD 2024 down 38.4% volatile
36 South Africa 266,572 1000 USD 2024 down 11.2% volatile
37 Romania 238,815 1000 USD 2024 up 7.2% volatile
38 Peru 237,877 1000 USD 2024 down 19.0% volatile
39 Algeria 231,629 1000 USD 2024 up 36.8% volatile
40 Brazil 226,620 1000 USD 2024 down 61.9% volatile
41 Hungary 221,198 1000 USD 2024 down 13.8% volatile
42 Indonesia 220,115 1000 USD 2024 up 21.5% volatile
43 Nigeria 216,140 1000 USD 2024 down 6.7% volatile
44 Serbia and Montenegro 199,074 1000 USD 2005 up 16,489.5% volatile
45 Sweden 191,452 1000 USD 2024 down 34.4% volatile
46 Greece 191,223 1000 USD 2024 down 23.4% volatile
47 Portugal 190,832 1000 USD 2024 down 27.7% volatile
48 Colombia 190,598 1000 USD 2024 up 45.2% volatile
49 Argentina 184,910 1000 USD 2024 down 50.0% volatile
50 USSR 180,000 1000 USD 1991 up 16.6% volatile
51 Chile 178,534 1000 USD 2024 down 34.7% volatile
52 Morocco 171,692 1000 USD 2024 up 43.6% volatile
53 Ukraine 166,561 1000 USD 2024 up 36.0% volatile
54 Sri Lanka 165,276 1000 USD 2024 up 5.4% volatile
55 Denmark 162,418 1000 USD 2024 up 4.1% volatile
56 Russia 154,892 1000 USD 2024 down 71.9% volatile
56 Russian Federation 154,892 1000 USD 2024 down 71.9% volatile
58 Caribbean 154,087 1000 USD 2024 up 15.2% volatile
59 Tunisia 148,857 1000 USD 2024 up 148.8% volatile
60 Pakistan 134,324 1000 USD 2024 up 15.3% volatile
61 Israel 129,943 1000 USD 2024 down 11.9% volatile
62 Bangladesh 125,908 1000 USD 2024 down 20.0% volatile
63 Slovakia 122,862 1000 USD 2024 down 37.6% rising
64 Singapore 122,692 1000 USD 2024 down 83.4% volatile
65 China, Hong Kong SAR 116,654 1000 USD 2024 down 64.6% volatile
66 Slovenia 109,064 1000 USD 2024 down 29.1% volatile
67 Kenya 105,544 1000 USD 2024 up 16.3% volatile
68 Croatia 100,058 1000 USD 2024 down 0.3% rising
69 Serbia 99,883 1000 USD 2024 up 16.7% falling
70 Bulgaria 98,479 1000 USD 2024 up 8.9% volatile
71 Uzbekistan 93,290 1000 USD 2024 up 177.9% volatile
72 Ireland 92,428 1000 USD 2024 down 41.3% volatile
73 Lithuania 90,213 1000 USD 2024 down 2.6% volatile
74 Luxembourg 90,120 1000 USD 2024 up 89.3% volatile
75 Guatemala 89,930 1000 USD 2024 up 10.4% volatile
76 Jordan 89,610 1000 USD 2024 up 46.6% volatile
77 Ecuador 88,746 1000 USD 2024 down 35.3% volatile
78 Dominican Republic 87,495 1000 USD 2024 up 53.7% volatile
79 Kazakhstan 85,120 1000 USD 2024 down 16.0% volatile
80 Latvia 78,579 1000 USD 2024 down 4.9% volatile
81 Iraq 73,895 1000 USD 2024 up 326.7% volatile
82 Uganda 67,224 1000 USD 2024 up 100.3% volatile
83 Norway 62,472 1000 USD 2024 down 62.1% volatile
84 New Zealand 62,380 1000 USD 2024 down 70.7% volatile
85 Lebanon 60,435 1000 USD 2024 down 49.3% volatile
86 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 60,214 1000 USD 2024 up 6.8% volatile
87 Myanmar 59,594 1000 USD 2024 down 45.2% volatile
88 Estonia 57,288 1000 USD 2024 down 35.6% volatile
89 Paraguay 56,435 1000 USD 2024 down 11.5% volatile
90 Cambodia 56,289 1000 USD 2024 down 10.0% volatile
91 Ghana 51,226 1000 USD 2024 up 50.2% volatile
92 Finland 50,368 1000 USD 2024 down 51.5% volatile
93 United Republic of Tanzania 49,385 1000 USD 2024 up 35.3% volatile
94 Nepal 49,310 1000 USD 2024 up 73.0% volatile
95 Malta 46,837 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% volatile
96 Kuwait 42,536 1000 USD 2024 down 29.6% volatile
97 Costa Rica 38,416 1000 USD 2024 down 19.3% volatile
98 Cameroon 38,142 1000 USD 2024 up 95.6% volatile
99 Sudan (former) 37,548 1000 USD 2011 up 1,363.3% volatile
100 Cote d'Ivoire 36,803 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% volatile
100 Côte d'Ivoire 36,803 1000 USD 2024 up 31.0% volatile
102 Uruguay 34,207 1000 USD 2024 up 10.2% volatile
103 Belarus 33,771 1000 USD 2024 down 47.5% volatile
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 32,233 1000 USD 2024 down 5.3% volatile
105 El Salvador 31,673 1000 USD 2024 down 23.8% volatile
106 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 30,732 1000 USD 2024 down 70.2% volatile
107 Qatar 30,482 1000 USD 2024 down 8.2% volatile
108 Azerbaijan 30,349 1000 USD 2024 up 164.3% volatile
109 Czechoslovakia 25,946 1000 USD 1992 up 710.8% volatile
110 Angola 24,722 1000 USD 2024 down 5.6% volatile
111 Cuba 24,366 1000 USD 2024 up 38.1% volatile
112 Honduras 24,085 1000 USD 2024 down 16.6% volatile
113 Ethiopia 22,673 1000 USD 2024 down 73.5% volatile
114 Yugoslav SFR 22,038 1000 USD 1991 up 381.0% volatile
115 Djibouti 21,601 1000 USD 2024 up 124.2% volatile
116 Yemen 21,247 1000 USD 2024 down 22.8% volatile
117 Democratic Republic of the Congo 21,134 1000 USD 2024 up 116.4% volatile
118 Nicaragua 19,445 1000 USD 2023 up 95.0% volatile
119 Panama 19,202 1000 USD 2024 down 32.2% volatile
120 Oman 18,148 1000 USD 2024 down 49.2% volatile
121 Melanesia 17,628 1000 USD 2024 down 12.9% volatile
122 Zimbabwe 17,605 1000 USD 2024 down 2.5% volatile
123 Georgia 16,688 1000 USD 2024 up 5.6% volatile
124 North Macedonia 16,387 1000 USD 2024 down 4.3% rising
125 Zambia 16,320 1000 USD 2024 up 10.4% volatile
126 Syria 16,204 1000 USD 2024 down 52.7% volatile
126 Syrian Arab Republic 16,204 1000 USD 2024 down 52.7% volatile
128 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15,811 1000 USD 2024 up 20.2% volatile
129 Cyprus 15,461 1000 USD 2024 down 31.9% volatile
130 Bahrain 15,276 1000 USD 2024 up 3.5% volatile
131 Albania 14,628 1000 USD 2024 down 9.7% volatile
132 Mongolia 14,290 1000 USD 2024 up 29.5% volatile
133 Namibia 14,187 1000 USD 2024 up 97.0% volatile
134 Moldova 13,753 1000 USD 2024 up 47.5% volatile
134 Republic of Moldova 13,753 1000 USD 2024 up 47.5% volatile
136 Libya 13,280 1000 USD 2024 up 51.8% volatile
137 Trinidad and Tobago 12,901 1000 USD 2024 down 34.7% volatile
138 Madagascar 11,947 1000 USD 2024 up 11.5% volatile
139 Malawi 11,045 1000 USD 2024 up 60.0% volatile
140 Armenia 10,872 1000 USD 2024 down 8.8% volatile
141 Mozambique 10,399 1000 USD 2024 down 22.8% volatile
142 Kyrgyzstan 10,069 1000 USD 2024 down 20.3% volatile
143 Gabon 9,950 1000 USD 2024 up 49.6% volatile
144 Mauritius 9,633 1000 USD 2024 down 15.9% volatile
145 Botswana 9,566 1000 USD 2024 up 3.6% rising
146 Jamaica 9,516 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% volatile
147 Turkmenistan 8,353 1000 USD 2024 up 121.9% volatile
148 Benin 8,248 1000 USD 2024 up 44.6% volatile
149 Laos 7,537 1000 USD 2024 up 129.9% volatile
149 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,537 1000 USD 2024 up 129.9% volatile
151 Senegal 7,487 1000 USD 2024 down 34.6% volatile
152 Fiji 7,477 1000 USD 2024 down 2.3% volatile
153 Papua New Guinea 6,617 1000 USD 2024 up 23.7% rising
154 Haiti 6,041 1000 USD 2024 up 114.3% volatile
155 Congo 5,867 1000 USD 2024 up 33.3% volatile
156 Reunion 5,654 1000 USD 1997 up 190.4% volatile
156 Réunion 5,654 1000 USD 1997 up 190.4% volatile
158 Faroe Islands 5,447 1000 USD 2024 up 447.4% volatile
159 Montenegro 5,412 1000 USD 2024 up 12.1% rising
160 Burkina Faso 4,697 1000 USD 2024 down 19.8% volatile
161 Palestine 4,676 1000 USD 2024 down 89.8% falling
161 Palestine 4,676 1000 USD 2024 down 89.8% falling
163 Guinea 3,956 1000 USD 2024 up 56.4% volatile
164 Iceland 3,695 1000 USD 2024 down 55.5% volatile
165 Andorra 3,673 1000 USD 2024 up 43.9% rising
166 Eswatini 3,640 1000 USD 2024 up 7.9% rising
167 Brunei 3,596 1000 USD 2024 up 11.2% volatile
167 Brunei Darussalam 3,596 1000 USD 2024 up 11.2% volatile
169 China, Macao SAR 3,505 1000 USD 2024 down 48.9% volatile
170 Barbados 3,382 1000 USD 2024 down 55.9% volatile
171 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2,956 1000 USD 2010 up 349.2% volatile
172 Bahamas 2,949 1000 USD 2024 down 15.6% volatile
173 Somalia 2,857 1000 USD 2024 up 67.2% volatile
174 Tajikistan 2,403 1000 USD 2024 down 26.9% volatile
175 Togo 2,379 1000 USD 2024 down 82.1% volatile
176 New Caledonia 2,261 1000 USD 2024 down 63.0% volatile
177 South Sudan 2,210 1000 USD 2024 up 6,806.2% volatile
178 Mali 2,042 1000 USD 2024 up 147.5% volatile
179 Sierra Leone 2,032 1000 USD 2024 down 1.8% volatile
180 Lesotho 1,972 1000 USD 2024 down 20.5% falling
181 Polynesia 1,965 1000 USD 2024 down 66.6% volatile
182 Maldives 1,958 1000 USD 2024 down 18.2% rising
183 East Timor 1,919 1000 USD 2024 up 83.1% volatile
183 Timor-Leste 1,919 1000 USD 2024 up 83.1% volatile
185 Sudan 1,909 1000 USD 2024 down 93.5% falling
186 Liberia 1,906 1000 USD 2024 up 70.0% volatile
187 Rwanda 1,861 1000 USD 2024 down 55.8% volatile
188 Afghanistan 1,828 1000 USD 2024 down 26.6% volatile
189 Suriname 1,717 1000 USD 2024 down 50.3% volatile
190 Guyana 1,691 1000 USD 2024 down 11.1% volatile
191 Curacao 1,577 1000 USD 2024 down 51.7% falling
191 Curaçao 1,577 1000 USD 2024 down 51.7% falling
193 Cabo Verde 1,544 1000 USD 2024 up 6.0% volatile
194 Bermuda 1,502 1000 USD 2024 down 10.9% falling
195 Bhutan 1,477 1000 USD 2024 up 823.1% volatile
196 Micronesia 1,284 1000 USD 2024 up 382.7% volatile
197 Aruba 1,270 1000 USD 2024 down 39.2% volatile
198 Greenland 1,267 1000 USD 2024 up 150.9% rising
199 Ethiopia PDR 1,180 1000 USD 1992 up 69.3% volatile
200 Niger 1,176 1000 USD 2024 down 50.1% volatile
201 Gibraltar 910 1000 USD 2024 down 9.2% volatile
202 Guadeloupe 867 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
203 Guinea-Bissau 826 1000 USD 2024 up 372.0% volatile
204 Eritrea 825 1000 USD 2024 up 94.6% volatile
205 French Polynesia 787 1000 USD 2024 down 83.8% rising
206 Martinique 783 1000 USD 2024 unchanged volatile
207 Gambia 750 1000 USD 2024 down 68.6% volatile
208 Seychelles 711 1000 USD 2024 down 61.5% volatile
209 Mauritania 703 1000 USD 2024 down 12.8% volatile
210 Saint Lucia 689 1000 USD 2024 up 48.2% falling
211 Solomon Islands 679 1000 USD 2024 up 35.0% volatile
212 Cayman Islands 667 1000 USD 2024 down 88.6% volatile
213 Samoa 626 1000 USD 2024 up 20.6% volatile
214 Vanuatu 594 1000 USD 2024 down 2.8% volatile
215 Equatorial Guinea 582 1000 USD 2024 down 70.8% volatile
216 Guam 567 1000 USD 2024 down 68.4% volatile
217 Burundi 548 1000 USD 2024 down 18.1% volatile
218 Central African Republic 518 1000 USD 2024 up 86.3% volatile
219 Belize 516 1000 USD 2024 down 24.7% volatile
220 Sao Tome and Principe 442 1000 USD 2024 up 124.4% volatile
221 Dominica 436 1000 USD 2024 up 75.8% volatile
222 Chad 336 1000 USD 2024 up 9.4% volatile
223 Turks and Caicos Islands 252 1000 USD 2024 up 129.1% volatile
224 French Guiana 238 1000 USD 1997 down 85.0% volatile
225 British Virgin Islands 220 1000 USD 2024 down 5.6% rising
226 French Southern Territories 214 1000 USD 2024 down 48.9% falling
227 Tonga 209 1000 USD 2024 down 57.3% volatile
228 Grenada 198 1000 USD 2024 up 50.0% rising
229 Kiribati 184 1000 USD 2024 up 7.6% volatile
230 Micronesia (Federated States of) 181 1000 USD 2024 up 217.5% volatile
231 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 170 1000 USD 1997 up 117.9% rising
232 Comoros 162 1000 USD 2024 up 19.1% volatile
233 American Samoa 158 1000 USD 2024 — volatile
234 Marshall Islands 141 1000 USD 2024 up 403.6% volatile
235 Northern Mariana Islands 124 1000 USD 2024 up 1,450.0% volatile
236 Saint Kitts and Nevis 122 1000 USD 2024 up 27.1% rising
237 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 121 1000 USD 2024 up 348.1% volatile
238 Antigua and Barbuda 120 1000 USD 2024 down 33.7% volatile
239 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118 1000 USD 2024 down 34.8% volatile
240 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 91 1000 USD 2024 down 56.9% volatile
241 Tuvalu 73 1000 USD 2024 up 1,360.0% volatile
242 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 70 1000 USD 2024 down 59.3% volatile
243 Cook Islands 64 1000 USD 2024 down 28.1% rising
244 Palau 55 1000 USD 2024 down 67.1% volatile
245 Anguilla 50 1000 USD 2024 up 177.8% volatile
246 Wallis and Futuna Islands 48 1000 USD 2024 up 380.0% volatile
247 Saint Martin (French Part) 46 1000 USD 2024 unchanged flat
248 Nauru 32 1000 USD 2024 up 433.3% volatile
248 Nauru 32 1000 USD 2024 up 433.3% volatile
250 Montserrat 22 1000 USD 2024 up 633.3% volatile
251 Norfolk Island 13 1000 USD 2024 up 62.5% rising
252 Niue 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Printing and writing papers — Import value
Unit
1000 USD
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
281 places, 13,103 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