Recovered paper — Import 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
230
Highest
5.87 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
781.5 t
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
9,639

What the numbers show

Recovered paper — Import quantity is currently reported for 230 countries. The highest value is 5.87 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 781.5 t, and the mean is 233,978 t.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 857,125.0%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Recovered paper — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 5.87 million t 2024 up 91.2% volatile
2 Germany 4.86 million t 2024 up 22.8% volatile
3 Malaysia 3.96 million t 2024 up 2,595.6% volatile
4 Vietnam 3.63 million t 2024 up 469.2% volatile
4 Viet Nam 3.63 million t 2024 up 469.2% volatile
6 Thailand 2.87 million t 2024 up 234.5% volatile
7 Indonesia 2.74 million t 2024 up 20.4% volatile
8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.22 million t 2024 up 3.9% volatile
9 Mexico 1.80 million t 2024 up 27.9% volatile
10 China 1.77 million t 2024 down 93.8% volatile
11 Austria 1.61 million t 2024 up 38.7% volatile
12 Turkey 1.56 million t 2024 up 750.6% volatile
12 Türkiye 1.56 million t 2024 up 750.6% volatile
14 Spain 1.55 million t 2024 up 3.3% volatile
15 Laos 1.18 million t 2024 up 857,125.0% volatile
15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.18 million t 2024 up 857,125.0% volatile
17 China, Taiwan Province of 1.18 million t 2024 up 51.3% volatile
18 France 1.05 million t 2024 up 10.7% rising
19 United States 996,419 t 2024 up 27.7% volatile
20 Belgium 919,092 t 2024 down 19.9% flat
21 Canada 889,690 t 2024 up 41.4% volatile
22 Republic of Korea 821,635 t 2024 down 46.9% rising
23 Belgium-Luxembourg 678,000 t 1999 up 563.4% volatile
24 China, mainland 585,897 t 2024 down 97.9% volatile
25 Hungary 481,446 t 2024 up 12.5% volatile
26 Poland 438,487 t 2024 down 15.4% volatile
27 Sweden 314,140 t 2024 down 55.2% volatile
28 Italy 289,800 t 2024 down 6.5% falling
29 Switzerland 227,452 t 2024 down 28.8% volatile
30 Croatia 193,106 t 2024 up 95.7% volatile
31 Pakistan 191,869 t 2024 up 74.3% volatile
32 Serbia 173,000 t 2024 up 130.7% volatile
33 Slovenia 157,132 t 2024 down 45.1% rising
34 Ukraine 156,100 t 2024 down 52.6% volatile
35 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 136,296 t 2024 up 29,724.1% volatile
36 United Kingdom 114,000 t 2024 down 16.2% volatile
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 114,000 t 2024 down 16.2% volatile
38 Norway 105,274 t 2024 up 404.5% volatile
39 Yugoslav SFR 96,000 t 1991 down 27.5% rising
40 Slovakia 93,831 t 2024 up 123.7% volatile
41 Chile 93,000 t 2024 down 19.1% volatile
42 Colombia 90,005 t 2024 down 24.8% volatile
43 Guatemala 86,915 t 2024 up 246.1% volatile
44 El Salvador 83,456 t 2024 down 41.6% volatile
45 Lithuania 63,516 t 2024 down 27.3% volatile
46 Egypt 62,391 t 2024 up 2,976.5% volatile
47 Finland 61,491 t 2024 up 17.9% volatile
48 Saudi Arabia 59,555 t 2024 up 30.8% volatile
49 Peru 49,938 t 2024 up 8.2% volatile
50 Uzbekistan 46,687 t 2024 up 730.7% volatile
51 Ecuador 44,303 t 2024 down 46.1% volatile
52 Brazil 42,518 t 2024 up 70.4% volatile
53 South Africa 35,266 t 2024 down 51.1% volatile
54 Czechia 33,000 t 2024 down 27.2% rising
55 Argentina 31,341 t 2024 down 22.7% volatile
56 United Arab Emirates 30,545 t 2024 down 71.2% volatile
57 Denmark 27,886 t 2024 down 33.0% volatile
58 Singapore 26,837 t 2024 down 51.7% volatile
59 Kazakhstan 26,457 t 2024 up 990.6% volatile
60 Philippines 25,854 t 2024 down 55.5% volatile
61 Japan 21,508 t 2024 down 36.7% volatile
62 Portugal 20,370 t 2024 down 20.9% volatile
63 Ghana 19,138 t 2024 up 3,689.7% volatile
64 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18,870 t 2024 up 34.9% volatile
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18,747 t 2024 up 524.9% volatile
66 Romania 17,556 t 2024 up 602.2% volatile
67 Paraguay 16,693 t 2024 up 125.9% volatile
68 Uganda 14,885 t 2024 up 504.8% volatile
69 Sri Lanka 14,742 t 2024 up 3,478.2% volatile
70 Greece 12,509 t 2024 down 35.7% volatile
71 Israel 12,093 t 2024 down 55.9% volatile
72 Serbia and Montenegro 11,501 t 2005 down 54.0% falling
73 Panama 10,560 t 2024 down 20.7% volatile
74 Kenya 10,489 t 2024 up 1,007.6% volatile
75 Latvia 10,226 t 2024 up 63.6% volatile
76 Nigeria 9,426 t 2024 down 72.7% volatile
77 Kyrgyzstan 8,488 t 2024 up 1,443.3% volatile
78 Senegal 7,583 t 2024 up 234.2% volatile
79 Bangladesh 7,121 t 2024 down 92.5% volatile
80 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,069 t 2024 up 236.8% volatile
81 Eswatini 6,960 t 2024 up 16,086.0% volatile
82 Caribbean 6,897 t 2024 down 40.7% rising
83 United Republic of Tanzania 6,618 t 2024 up 248.5% volatile
84 Russia 6,304 t 2024 down 49.0% volatile
84 Russian Federation 6,304 t 2024 down 49.0% volatile
86 Estonia 5,776 t 2024 up 672.2% volatile
87 Tunisia 5,639 t 2024 down 59.4% volatile
88 Australia and New Zealand 4,814 t 2024 up 3.1% volatile
89 Australia 4,750 t 2024 up 5.0% volatile
90 Zambia 4,173 t 2024 up 331.5% volatile
91 Zimbabwe 3,636 t 2024 up 290.5% volatile
92 Afghanistan 3,390 t 2024 up 1,256.0% volatile
93 Costa Rica 3,303 t 2024 down 86.7% volatile
94 Dominican Republic 3,179 t 2024 down 30.1% volatile
95 Angola 2,757 t 2024 up 14,410.5% volatile
96 China, Macao SAR 2,140 t 2024 — volatile
97 Bulgaria 2,079 t 2024 down 89.3% volatile
98 Uruguay 2,000 t 2024 down 51.4% volatile
99 Nicaragua 1,998 t 2023 up 213.7% volatile
100 Luxembourg 1,776 t 2024 down 42.7% volatile
101 Armenia 1,709 t 2024 — volatile
102 Bahrain 1,604 t 2024 up 1,204.1% volatile
103 Trinidad and Tobago 1,486 t 2024 up 19.3% volatile
104 Syria 1,479 t 2024 up 143.3% volatile
104 Syrian Arab Republic 1,479 t 2024 up 143.3% volatile
106 Djibouti 1,291 t 2024 up 43.1% volatile
107 Oman 1,271 t 2024 up 689.4% volatile
108 East Timor 1,245 t 2024 up 599.4% volatile
108 Timor-Leste 1,245 t 2024 up 599.4% volatile
110 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,184 t 2024 down 98.2% volatile
111 Ethiopia 1,139 t 2024 down 72.1% volatile
112 Ireland 1,089 t 2024 down 84.6% volatile
113 Tajikistan 977 t 2024 up 5.1% volatile
114 Morocco 880 t 2024 down 69.7% volatile
115 Anguilla 785 t 2024 down 44.1% falling
116 Lebanon 778 t 2024 down 25.3% volatile
117 Cuba 697 t 2024 down 87.0% volatile
118 Cyprus 695 t 2024 — volatile
119 Jordan 668 t 2024 up 626.1% volatile
120 Mauritania 662 t 2024 up 438.2% volatile
121 Botswana 615 t 2024 up 61,400.0% volatile
122 Qatar 587 t 2024 down 0.7% volatile
123 Yemen 489 t 2024 down 67.8% volatile
124 Jamaica 464 t 2024 up 1,618.5% volatile
125 Algeria 459 t 2024 up 16.2% volatile
126 Madagascar 449 t 2024 up 340.2% volatile
127 Belize 416 t 2024 down 44.0% volatile
128 Nepal 400 t 2024 down 59.8% volatile
129 North Macedonia 380 t 2024 down 67.1% volatile
130 Togo 350 t 2024 — volatile
131 Benin 336 t 2024 down 11.1% volatile
132 Liberia 300 t 2024 up 328.6% volatile
133 Honduras 256 t 2024 down 94.2% volatile
134 Sudan (former) 188 t 2011 down 9.6% volatile
135 Somalia 185 t 2024 up 115.1% volatile
136 Congo 184 t 2024 down 87.4% volatile
137 Iraq 182 t 2024 up 208.5% volatile
138 Mozambique 172 t 2024 up 2,050.0% volatile
139 Malawi 157 t 2024 up 390.6% volatile
140 Curacao 138 t 2024 up 86.5% falling
140 Curaçao 138 t 2024 up 86.5% falling
142 Reunion 126 t 2024 unchanged rising
142 Réunion 126 t 2024 unchanged rising
144 Netherlands Antilles (former) 116 t 2010 down 71.6% volatile
145 French Guiana 103 t 2024 unchanged flat
146 Mauritius 97 t 2024 down 82.4% volatile
146 Rwanda 97 t 2024 up 18.3% volatile
148 Gambia 94 t 2024 up 88.0% volatile
149 Cote d'Ivoire 84 t 2024 down 69.0% volatile
149 Côte d'Ivoire 84 t 2024 down 69.0% volatile
151 Chad 78 t 2024 down 89.2% volatile
152 Moldova 71 t 2024 down 9.0% volatile
152 Republic of Moldova 71 t 2024 down 9.0% volatile
154 Melanesia 64 t 2024 up 28.0% volatile
155 Faroe Islands 63 t 2024 up 800.0% volatile
156 New Zealand 62 t 2024 down 56.6% volatile
157 Haiti 60 t 2024 — volatile
158 Equatorial Guinea 59 t 2024 up 1,080.0% volatile
159 Comoros 55 t 2024 — volatile
160 Polynesia 45 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
161 Cameroon 38 t 2024 down 40.6% volatile
161 Papua New Guinea 38 t 2024 up 137.5% volatile
163 Iceland 32 t 2024 up 1,500.0% volatile
164 Andorra 26 t 2024 — volatile
164 Solomon Islands 26 t 2024 up 766.7% volatile
166 Georgia 25 t 2024 down 98.8% volatile
166 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 25 t 2024 — volatile
168 Samoa 24 t 2024 down 14.3% volatile
169 Saint Lucia 20 t 2024 down 47.4% volatile
169 Micronesia 20 t 2024 down 80.6% volatile
171 Greenland 19 t 2024 up 1,800.0% volatile
172 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18 t 2024 down 71.0% volatile
173 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16 t 2024 down 36.0% volatile
174 Guyana 15 t 2024 down 99.2% volatile
174 Guadeloupe 15 t 2024 unchanged flat
176 Maldives 13 t 2024 down 13.3% volatile
177 Palestine 9 t 2024 down 10.0% volatile
177 Palestine 9 t 2024 down 10.0% volatile
179 Brunei 8 t 2024 down 96.8% volatile
179 Brunei Darussalam 8 t 2024 down 96.8% volatile
181 Gibraltar 6 t 2024 down 40.0% volatile
181 Kuwait 6 t 2024 down 99.8% volatile
181 Niger 6 t 2024 — volatile
184 Burkina Faso 5 t 2024 up 25.0% volatile
185 Bahamas 3 t 2024 up 50.0% volatile
185 Gabon 3 t 2024 down 83.3% volatile
185 Sao Tome and Principe 3 t 2024 unchanged volatile
188 Bhutan 2 t 2024 down 97.9% volatile
188 Central African Republic 2 t 2024 down 99.0% volatile
188 Cayman Islands 2 t 2024 — volatile
188 Palau 2 t 2024 down 95.1% volatile
188 Sudan 2 t 2024 down 94.7% volatile
188 Tonga 2 t 2024 unchanged volatile
188 Cabo Verde 2 t 2024 — volatile
195 Lesotho 1 t 2024 down 99.7% volatile
195 Mali 1 t 2024 down 99.4% volatile
195 Montenegro 1 t 2024 down 95.0% volatile
195 Sierra Leone 1 t 2024 down 96.9% volatile
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 t 2024 down 99.7% volatile
200 Aruba 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Albania 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Azerbaijan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Burundi 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Belarus 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Barbados 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Dominica 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Eritrea 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Fiji 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Guinea 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Guinea-Bissau 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling
200 Grenada 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Cambodia 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Libya 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Marshall Islands 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Malta 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Myanmar 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Mongolia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Namibia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 New Caledonia 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 French Polynesia 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 South Sudan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Suriname 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Seychelles 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Turkmenistan 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Vanuatu 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
200 Martinique 0 t 2024 — volatile
200 Montserrat 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling
200 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 t 2024 down 100.0% falling
200 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Recovered paper — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
260 places, 9,639 data points, 1970–2024
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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