Pulp for paper — Export 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
182
Highest
18.57 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
314 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,819

What the numbers show

Pulp for paper — Export quantity is currently reported for 182 countries. The highest value is 18.57 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 314 t, and the mean is 389,609 t.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 56,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).

Pulp for paper — Export quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 18.57 million t 2024 up 74.9% volatile
2 Canada 7.65 million t 2024 down 15.5% rising
3 United States 6.45 million t 2024 down 9.4% volatile
4 Indonesia 4.78 million t 2024 up 36.6% volatile
5 Chile 4.75 million t 2024 up 1.7% volatile
6 Uruguay 4.14 million t 2024 up 116.7% volatile
7 Finland 3.97 million t 2024 up 38.3% volatile
8 Sweden 3.27 million t 2024 up 11.8% rising
9 Russia 2.37 million t 2024 up 14.8% rising
9 Russian Federation 2.37 million t 2024 up 14.8% rising
11 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.64 million t 2024 up 161.0% volatile
12 Germany 1.34 million t 2024 up 9.2% volatile
13 Portugal 1.28 million t 2024 up 11.6% rising
14 Spain 971,995 t 2024 down 7.7% volatile
15 Australia and New Zealand 673,428 t 2024 down 25.0% rising
16 New Zealand 673,021 t 2024 down 24.8% rising
17 USSR 600,000 t 1991 down 28.9% rising
18 Belgium 486,288 t 2024 down 38.4% falling
19 France 462,377 t 2024 down 1.1% rising
20 Belgium-Luxembourg 454,270 t 1999 up 129.7% rising
21 Japan 403,474 t 2024 up 16.0% volatile
22 China 401,568 t 2024 up 186.2% volatile
23 Singapore 300,488 t 2024 down 42.6% volatile
24 China, mainland 285,129 t 2024 up 193.8% volatile
25 Austria 230,835 t 2024 up 14.0% rising
26 Norway 215,524 t 2024 up 2.3% falling
27 Czechoslovakia 206,300 t 1992 up 222.3% volatile
28 Estonia 195,065 t 2024 up 12.4% volatile
29 Poland 179,405 t 2024 up 10.3% volatile
30 Italy 149,850 t 2024 up 327.9% volatile
31 South Africa 132,749 t 2024 down 29.3% rising
32 Argentina 123,238 t 2024 down 33.3% rising
33 China, Taiwan Province of 114,723 t 2024 up 168.0% volatile
34 Turkey 110,273 t 2024 up 184.8% volatile
34 Türkiye 110,273 t 2024 up 184.8% volatile
36 Belarus 100,982 t 2024 up 5,532.0% volatile
37 Bulgaria 96,292 t 2024 down 13.5% volatile
38 Czechia 85,800 t 2024 down 42.1% volatile
39 United Arab Emirates 84,908 t 2024 up 26,351.1% volatile
40 Republic of Korea 79,204 t 2024 up 2,133.0% volatile
41 Thailand 76,365 t 2024 down 34.7% volatile
42 Yugoslav SFR 54,600 t 1991 down 37.3% volatile
43 Slovakia 53,306 t 2024 down 77.0% volatile
44 Croatia 42,387 t 2024 up 31.4% rising
45 Latvia 34,656 t 2024 up 31,988.9% volatile
46 Hungary 22,128 t 2024 down 34.2% volatile
47 Uzbekistan 19,484 t 2024 up 930.9% volatile
48 Philippines 18,185 t 2024 down 21.1% volatile
49 Romania 10,269 t 2024 up 522.4% volatile
50 Kazakhstan 9,472 t 2024 up 518.3% volatile
51 Denmark 9,464 t 2024 down 90.1% volatile
52 Greece 7,400 t 2024 up 128.3% volatile
53 Slovenia 5,165 t 2024 down 82.9% volatile
54 United Kingdom 5,016 t 2024 down 62.9% volatile
54 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,016 t 2024 down 62.9% volatile
56 Lithuania 4,425 t 2024 down 81.4% volatile
57 Malaysia 3,548 t 2024 down 94.9% volatile
58 India 3,191 t 2024 down 41.9% volatile
59 Oman 3,171 t 2024 up 6,371.4% volatile
60 Tunisia 2,627 t 2024 up 6.8% volatile
61 Colombia 2,342 t 2024 up 19.6% volatile
62 China, Hong Kong SAR 1,716 t 2024 up 267.5% volatile
63 Jordan 1,618 t 2024 up 38.6% volatile
64 Algeria 1,402 t 2024 up 5,741.7% volatile
65 Eswatini 1,298 t 2024 — volatile
66 Vietnam 1,281 t 2024 down 97.0% volatile
66 Viet Nam 1,281 t 2024 down 97.0% volatile
68 Serbia 1,000 t 2024 unchanged volatile
68 Serbia and Montenegro 1,000 t 2005 down 92.3% volatile
70 Kuwait 840 t 2024 down 12.2% falling
71 Angola 706 t 2024 unchanged volatile
72 Guatemala 699 t 2024 up 9,885.7% volatile
73 Pakistan 619 t 2024 down 27.1% volatile
74 Ireland 564 t 2024 up 56,300.0% volatile
75 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 559 t 2024 up 29.1% volatile
76 Sudan (former) 525 t 2010 up 2,000.0% rising
77 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 518 t 2024 up 1,972.0% volatile
78 Sierra Leone 508 t 2024 unchanged volatile
79 Egypt 494 t 2024 up 888.0% volatile
80 Bahrain 486 t 2024 up 56.3% rising
81 North Macedonia 476 t 2024 up 632.3% volatile
82 Seychelles 444 t 2024 — volatile
83 Cambodia 432 t 2024 up 1,628.0% volatile
84 Honduras 429 t 2024 up 1,550.0% volatile
85 Peru 348 t 2024 up 159.7% volatile
86 Turkmenistan 331 t 2024 — volatile
87 Switzerland 327 t 2024 down 96.8% volatile
88 Nepal 324 t 2024 up 1.2% volatile
89 Laos 319 t 2024 up 219.0% volatile
89 Melanesia 319 t 2024 up 4.6% volatile
89 Lao People's Democratic Republic 319 t 2024 up 219.0% volatile
92 Australia 309 t 2024 down 89.7% volatile
92 Kenya 309 t 2024 up 202.9% volatile
94 Costa Rica 308 t 2024 down 7.2% volatile
95 Papua New Guinea 305 t 2024 unchanged volatile
96 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 300 t 2024 up 63.9% volatile
97 Caribbean 282 t 2024 down 2.1% volatile
98 Mozambique 215 t 2024 up 8.0% rising
99 Iraq 206 t 2024 up 610.3% volatile
99 Saudi Arabia 206 t 2024 down 84.3% volatile
101 Bahamas 200 t 2024 up 0.5% volatile
101 Ukraine 200 t 2024 — volatile
103 Guinea-Bissau 193 t 2024 unchanged flat
103 Lebanon 193 t 2024 up 394.9% volatile
105 Ecuador 190 t 2024 up 18,900.0% volatile
106 Belize 185 t 2024 down 78.7% volatile
107 Paraguay 178 t 2024 up 14.1% volatile
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 160 t 2024 up 45.5% volatile
109 Mongolia 159 t 2024 up 62.2% volatile
110 Eritrea 157 t 2024 down 64.0% falling
111 Nigeria 144 t 2024 down 83.0% volatile
112 Botswana 120 t 2024 — volatile
113 Burundi 104 t 2024 up 477.8% volatile
114 Norfolk Island 98 t 2024 up 40.0% rising
115 Zambia 73 t 2024 up 180.8% volatile
116 Senegal 67 t 2024 up 3,250.0% volatile
117 Barbados 55 t 2024 up 77.4% volatile
118 Morocco 50 t 2024 down 84.9% volatile
119 Burkina Faso 49 t 2024 down 31.0% falling
120 Qatar 46 t 2024 down 35.2% volatile
121 Sri Lanka 41 t 2024 down 83.0% volatile
121 Mauritius 41 t 2024 up 1,266.7% volatile
123 Moldova 40 t 2024 — volatile
123 Republic of Moldova 40 t 2024 — volatile
125 Myanmar 33 t 2024 down 99.1% volatile
126 Georgia 32 t 2024 — volatile
126 Ghana 32 t 2024 — volatile
126 United Republic of Tanzania 32 t 2024 down 42.9% volatile
129 Luxembourg 31 t 2024 — volatile
130 Jamaica 26 t 2024 down 54.4% volatile
130 Malta 26 t 2024 — volatile
132 Zimbabwe 25 t 2024 up 150.0% volatile
133 Bhutan 24 t 2024 up 26.3% volatile
133 Gabon 24 t 2024 unchanged falling
133 Mexico 24 t 2024 down 82.4% volatile
136 Nicaragua 23 t 2023 down 32.4% volatile
137 Somalia 20 t 2024 unchanged volatile
138 New Caledonia 14 t 2024 — volatile
139 Togo 10 t 2024 down 23.1% falling
140 Syria 8 t 2024 unchanged volatile
140 Syrian Arab Republic 8 t 2024 unchanged volatile
142 Bangladesh 6 t 2024 down 97.7% volatile
143 Panama 4 t 2024 — volatile
144 Ethiopia 3 t 2024 — volatile
144 Libya 3 t 2024 — volatile
144 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3 t 2024 down 98.2% volatile
147 Israel 2 t 2024 down 99.6% volatile
147 Niger 2 t 2024 unchanged volatile
147 Reunion 2 t 2024 unchanged flat
147 Réunion 2 t 2024 unchanged flat
151 Brunei 1 t 2024 down 96.0% volatile
151 Central African Republic 1 t 2024 unchanged volatile
151 Dominica 1 t 2024 unchanged volatile
151 East Timor 1 t 2024 unchanged flat
151 Timor-Leste 1 t 2024 unchanged flat
151 Brunei Darussalam 1 t 2024 down 96.0% volatile
157 Afghanistan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Albania 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Armenia 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Azerbaijan 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Benin 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Cote d'Ivoire 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Congo 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Cyprus 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Djibouti 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Dominican Republic 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Fiji 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Haiti 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Iceland 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Lesotho 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Mali 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Malawi 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Namibia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Rwanda 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 El Salvador 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Chad 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Uganda 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
157 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t 2024 — volatile
157 China, Macao SAR 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.

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Indicator
Pulp for paper — Export quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 7,819 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