Roundwood — 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
235
Highest
36.45 million m3
China
Lowest
0 m3
French Southern Territories
Median
3,365 m3
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,726

What the numbers show

Roundwood — Import quantity is currently reported for 235 countries. The highest value is 36.45 million m3 in China; the lowest is 0 m3 in French Southern Territories.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,365 m3, and the mean is 604,862 m3.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Antigua and Barbuda (up 223,125.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Roundwood — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 36.45 million m3 2024 down 30.3% volatile
2 China, mainland 36.12 million m3 2024 down 29.5% volatile
3 Sweden 9.43 million m3 2024 up 10.8% volatile
4 Austria 8.71 million m3 2024 up 7.7% volatile
5 India 4.94 million m3 2024 down 29.3% volatile
6 Germany 4.13 million m3 2024 down 55.1% rising
7 Belgium-Luxembourg 3.87 million m3 1999 up 12.6% rising
8 Belgium 3.58 million m3 2024 down 27.0% rising
9 Finland 3.04 million m3 2024 down 51.7% volatile
10 Portugal 2.95 million m3 2024 up 13.2% volatile
11 Canada 2.89 million m3 2024 down 33.4% rising
12 Czechia 2.11 million m3 2024 down 14.3% volatile
13 Italy 1.87 million m3 2024 down 55.1% falling
14 Japan 1.85 million m3 2024 down 55.3% volatile
15 Viet Nam 1.68 million m3 2024 down 20.5% volatile
16 Republic of Korea 1.55 million m3 2024 down 72.7% rising
17 Latvia 1.22 million m3 2024 down 6.1% volatile
18 France 1.22 million m3 2024 down 29.2% falling
19 Spain 1.20 million m3 2024 down 31.5% volatile
20 Romania 1.20 million m3 2024 down 27.0% volatile
21 Slovakia 1.16 million m3 2024 up 28.6% volatile
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.12 million m3 2024 up 104.9% volatile
23 Poland 964,950 m3 2024 down 64.6% volatile
24 Luxembourg 955,467 m3 2024 up 67.4% flat
25 Denmark 620,674 m3 2024 up 9.6% volatile
26 Slovenia 592,998 m3 2024 up 30.2% rising
27 Estonia 545,804 m3 2024 up 126.9% volatile
28 Norway 494,887 m3 2024 down 9.7% volatile
29 Lithuania 424,559 m3 2024 up 11.8% volatile
30 Eswatini 414,418 m3 2024 up 90.5% volatile
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 362,550 m3 2024 up 16.5% falling
32 Czechoslovakia 356,900 m3 1992 up 346.1% volatile
33 China, Taiwan Province of 326,415 m3 2024 down 61.2% volatile
34 Croatia 297,662 m3 2024 up 1,133.4% volatile
35 Ireland 259,227 m3 2024 up 0.6% volatile
36 Hungary 243,962 m3 2024 down 22.5% volatile
37 Mozambique 241,134 m3 2024 up 1,233.1% volatile
38 Kazakhstan 228,537 m3 2024 up 66.5% volatile
39 Uzbekistan 167,260 m3 2024 down 41.9% volatile
40 Caribbean 152,566 m3 2024 down 6.3% volatile
41 Switzerland 143,126 m3 2024 down 23.8% falling
42 United Arab Emirates 102,796 m3 2024 down 21.4% volatile
43 Oman 82,258 m3 2024 up 415.3% volatile
44 Thailand 73,421 m3 2024 down 48.6% volatile
45 Egypt 70,258 m3 2024 down 15.7% volatile
46 Israel 68,646 m3 2024 up 662.6% volatile
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59,416 m3 2024 up 162.6% volatile
48 Philippines 57,181 m3 2024 down 10.3% volatile
49 Singapore 56,980 m3 2024 up 167.4% volatile
50 Saudi Arabia 55,903 m3 2024 up 404.3% volatile
51 Malaysia 53,458 m3 2024 up 45.3% volatile
52 Greece 50,379 m3 2024 down 83.7% volatile
53 Bahamas 49,667 m3 2024 up 577.6% volatile
54 Botswana 49,434 m3 2024 up 1,515.0% volatile
55 Türkiye 49,036 m3 2024 down 91.5% volatile
56 Albania 46,854 m3 2024 down 61.0% volatile
57 Serbia 46,000 m3 2024 down 62.9% falling
58 South Sudan 45,355 m3 2024 up 7,215.3% volatile
59 Algeria 43,769 m3 2024 up 215.9% volatile
60 Namibia 40,818 m3 2024 up 816.2% volatile
61 Turkmenistan 38,417 m3 2024 up 195.7% volatile
62 Iceland 37,216 m3 2024 up 6,261.7% volatile
63 Polynesia 35,791 m3 2024 up 202.2% volatile
64 Mexico 33,278 m3 2024 up 28.5% volatile
65 Rwanda 33,045 m3 2024 up 18,360.9% volatile
66 USSR 32,177 m3 1991 down 89.8% volatile
67 Peru 30,762 m3 2024 down 37.8% volatile
68 Indonesia 30,406 m3 2024 down 87.0% volatile
69 Lesotho 29,491 m3 2024 up 788.6% volatile
70 Faroe Islands 28,304 m3 2024 up 1,081.3% volatile
71 Serbia and Montenegro 28,000 m3 2005 down 71.8% volatile
72 Cabo Verde 25,904 m3 2024 up 2,000.9% volatile
73 Samoa 22,555 m3 2024 up 4,204.4% volatile
74 Mauritania 21,692 m3 2024 up 4.4% volatile
75 Brazil 19,049 m3 2024 down 38.9% volatile
76 Antigua and Barbuda 17,858 m3 2024 up 223,125.0% volatile
77 Micronesia 17,586 m3 2024 up 298.4% volatile
78 Jamaica 17,581 m3 2024 down 59.9% volatile
79 Dominican Republic 17,308 m3 2024 down 25.8% volatile
80 Kiribati 17,201 m3 2024 up 13,444.1% volatile
81 Yugoslav SFR 16,400 m3 1991 down 99.0% volatile
82 Pakistan 15,839 m3 2024 down 73.0% volatile
83 Bulgaria 14,143 m3 2024 down 56.3% volatile
84 Cambodia 13,889 m3 2024 up 199.3% volatile
85 Libya 13,454 m3 2024 down 74.9% volatile
86 Cyprus 13,162 m3 2024 up 743.7% volatile
87 Ghana 12,898 m3 2024 down 91.2% volatile
88 Zambia 12,888 m3 2024 down 15.4% volatile
89 Kuwait 12,634 m3 2024 up 177.8% volatile
90 Uganda 12,512 m3 2024 up 39.9% volatile
91 Jordan 12,490 m3 2024 up 3.4% volatile
92 Turks and Caicos Islands 11,884 m3 2024 up 6,652.3% volatile
93 Bangladesh 11,470 m3 2024 down 93.0% volatile
94 Tuvalu 11,137 m3 2024 up 17,301.6% volatile
95 Georgia 11,134 m3 2024 down 67.3% volatile
96 Maldives 10,376 m3 2024 up 340.4% volatile
97 Senegal 10,101 m3 2024 up 489.3% volatile
98 Morocco 9,800 m3 2024 down 91.3% volatile
99 Uruguay 9,000 m3 2024 up 263.5% volatile
100 Iraq 8,870 m3 2024 up 4,472.2% volatile
101 Belize 8,753 m3 2024 up 404.8% volatile
102 Tajikistan 8,033 m3 2024 down 49.4% volatile
103 North Macedonia 7,487 m3 2024 down 65.2% volatile
104 Bermuda 6,774 m3 2024 up 106.5% volatile
105 Cuba 6,412 m3 2024 down 2.9% volatile
106 Comoros 5,943 m3 2024 volatile
107 Andorra 5,348 m3 2024 up 98.4% rising
108 Ukraine 5,100 m3 2024 down 64.1% volatile
109 Guadeloupe 4,946 m3 2024 down 6.8% volatile
110 Australia and New Zealand 4,832 m3 2024 down 65.7% volatile
111 Qatar 4,536 m3 2024 down 68.7% volatile
112 Grenada 3,923 m3 2024 up 684.6% volatile
113 Melanesia 3,893 m3 2024 down 35.1% volatile
114 Tunisia 3,744 m3 2024 down 52.9% volatile
115 Republic of Moldova 3,662 m3 2024 down 87.7% volatile
116 British Virgin Islands 3,597 m3 2024 down 3.3% volatile
117 Kyrgyzstan 3,449 m3 2024 up 163.1% volatile
118 New Zealand 3,365 m3 2024 down 53.4% volatile
119 China, Hong Kong SAR 3,205 m3 2024 down 98.7% volatile
120 Liberia 3,169 m3 2024 up 112.8% volatile
121 Palestine 3,150 m3 2024 down 78.2% volatile
122 Guinea 3,135 m3 2024 up 1,641.7% volatile
123 Martinique 3,100 m3 2024 unchanged rising
124 Fiji 3,045 m3 2024 up 121.1% volatile
125 Mauritius 3,002 m3 2024 down 89.7% volatile
126 Saint Lucia 2,870 m3 2024 up 334.8% volatile
127 Costa Rica 2,861 m3 2024 up 66.9% volatile
128 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,671 m3 2024 up 363.7% volatile
129 Cayman Islands 2,591 m3 2024 down 9.0% volatile
130 Honduras 2,426 m3 2024 up 20.0% volatile
131 United Republic of Tanzania 2,394 m3 2024 down 93.5% volatile
132 Malawi 2,319 m3 2024 up 19.2% volatile
132 Syrian Arab Republic 2,319 m3 2024 up 50.3% volatile
134 Montenegro 2,157 m3 2024 up 7,090.0% volatile
135 Trinidad and Tobago 2,049 m3 2024 down 95.4% volatile
136 Colombia 2,022 m3 2024 down 76.4% volatile
137 El Salvador 1,963 m3 2024 up 38.6% volatile
138 Nigeria 1,902 m3 2024 down 37.9% volatile
139 Madagascar 1,898 m3 2024 up 27,014.3% volatile
140 Tonga 1,693 m3 2024 down 84.8% volatile
141 Curaçao 1,594 m3 2024 down 31.5% falling
142 Australia 1,451 m3 2024 down 78.9% volatile
143 Yemen 1,437 m3 2024 down 12.1% volatile
144 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,436 m3 2024 up 78.6% volatile
145 Anguilla 1,427 m3 2024 up 144.3% volatile
146 Guatemala 1,244 m3 2024 down 90.5% volatile
147 Zimbabwe 1,239 m3 2024 up 129.4% volatile
148 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 1,122 m3 2024 volatile
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,070 m3 2024 up 643.1% volatile
150 Armenia 869 m3 2024 up 74.1% volatile
151 Malta 828 m3 2024 down 27.9% volatile
152 Aruba 806 m3 2024 down 34.8% volatile
153 Togo 727 m3 2024 down 52.0% volatile
154 French Guiana 714 m3 2024 unchanged rising
155 Ethiopia 679 m3 2024 down 94.4% volatile
156 Bahrain 665 m3 2024 down 75.6% volatile
157 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 659 m3 2024 down 89.7% volatile
158 Lebanon 655 m3 2024 down 98.7% volatile
159 Vanuatu 646 m3 2024 up 1,053.6% volatile
160 Sudan (former) 637 m3 2011 up 479.1% volatile
161 Greenland 613 m3 2024 up 656.8% volatile
162 Barbados 612 m3 2024 down 80.7% volatile
163 Sri Lanka 568 m3 2024 down 92.3% volatile
164 Brunei Darussalam 563 m3 2024 up 231.2% volatile
165 Cameroon 492 m3 2024 down 33.4% volatile
166 Angola 481 m3 2024 down 80.7% volatile
167 Equatorial Guinea 450 m3 2024 volatile
168 Nepal 428 m3 2024 down 70.8% volatile
169 Netherlands Antilles (former) 380 m3 2010 up 31.9% volatile
170 Myanmar 363 m3 2024 up 43.5% volatile
171 Somalia 321 m3 2024 down 79.5% volatile
172 Benin 304 m3 2024 up 77.8% volatile
173 French Polynesia 298 m3 2024 up 2,880.0% volatile
174 Seychelles 288 m3 2024 down 86.2% volatile
175 China, Macao SAR 285 m3 2024 up 209.8% volatile
176 Congo 267 m3 2024 up 102.3% volatile
177 Haiti 255 m3 2024 down 97.4% volatile
178 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 253 m3 2024 down 98.1% volatile
179 Kenya 242 m3 2024 down 87.9% volatile
180 Niger 209 m3 2024 down 73.7% volatile
181 Côte d'Ivoire 208 m3 2024 up 96.2% volatile
182 Azerbaijan 199 m3 2024 down 95.0% volatile
183 Micronesia (Federated States of) 195 m3 2024 down 50.1% volatile
184 Djibouti 175 m3 2024 down 84.1% volatile
185 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 174 m3 2024 down 99.2% volatile
186 Dominica 172 m3 2024 down 94.5% volatile
187 Panama 171 m3 2024 down 73.9% volatile
188 New Caledonia 162 m3 2024 down 95.9% volatile
189 Palau 146 m3 2024 down 96.2% volatile
190 Chile 118 m3 2024 volatile
191 Nicaragua 115 m3 2023 down 32.0% volatile
192 Sudan 113 m3 2024 down 85.8% volatile
193 Gambia 105 m3 2024 down 98.9% volatile
194 Saint Martin (French part) 101 m3 2024 unchanged flat
195 Burkina Faso 100 m3 2024 down 96.0% volatile
196 Cook Islands 87 m3 2024 volatile
197 Guyana 76 m3 2024 down 47.2% volatile
198 Mongolia 74 m3 2024 down 95.5% volatile
199 Montserrat 72 m3 2024 down 45.9% volatile
200 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 49 m3 2024 down 23.4% volatile
201 Afghanistan 43 m3 2024 up 230.8% volatile
201 Marshall Islands 43 m3 2024 up 34.4% volatile
203 Papua New Guinea 40 m3 2024 down 93.1% volatile
204 Gibraltar 37 m3 2024 down 69.4% volatile
205 Argentina 32 m3 2024 up 68.4% volatile
206 Paraguay 25 m3 2024 up 25.0% volatile
206 Russian Federation 25 m3 2024 down 99.8% volatile
208 Bhutan 22 m3 2024 down 92.7% volatile
209 Suriname 21 m3 2024 down 99.3% volatile
210 Wallis and Futuna Islands 19 m3 2024 down 82.1% falling
211 Norfolk Island 15 m3 2024 volatile
212 Gabon 10 m3 2024 up 900.0% volatile
212 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 10 m3 2024 volatile
214 Sao Tome and Principe 5 m3 2024 down 91.2% volatile
215 Ecuador 4 m3 2024 down 88.9% volatile
215 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 m3 2024 down 92.6% volatile
217 Timor-Leste 3 m3 2024 down 99.8% volatile
218 Niue 2 m3 2024 volatile
219 Nauru 1 m3 2024 down 66.7% volatile
219 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
219 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1 m3 2024 volatile
222 Burundi 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Belarus 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Eritrea 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Guinea-Bissau 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Guam 0 m3 2024 flat
222 Mali 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Northern Mariana Islands 0 m3 2024 flat
222 Solomon Islands 0 m3 2024 volatile
222 Sierra Leone 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Chad 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
222 Tokelau 0 m3 2024 volatile
222 Christmas Island 0 m3 2024 volatile
222 Pitcairn 0 m3 2024 volatile
222 French Southern Territories 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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
Roundwood — Import quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
268 places, 11,726 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