Sawnwood — 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
254
Highest
29.15 million m3
China
Lowest
0 m3
Chad
Median
27,898 m3
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,694

What the numbers show

Sawnwood — Import quantity is currently reported for 254 countries. The highest value is 29.15 million m3 in China; the lowest is 0 m3 in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 27,898 m3, and the mean is 667,801 m3.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 44,473.5%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 100.0%).

Sawnwood — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 29.15 million m3 2024 up 14.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 27.99 million m3 2024 up 17.5% volatile
3 United States 24.47 million m3 2024 up 10.0% rising
4 United Kingdom 6.31 million m3 2024 down 1.7% falling
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.31 million m3 2024 down 1.7% falling
6 Italy 5.23 million m3 2024 up 12.4% rising
7 Japan 3.98 million m3 2024 down 36.2% volatile
8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.27 million m3 2024 up 30.4% rising
9 Germany 3.13 million m3 2024 down 32.2% falling
10 Mexico 2.68 million m3 2024 up 88.7% volatile
11 Uzbekistan 2.55 million m3 2024 up 5.3% volatile
12 Vietnam 2.51 million m3 2024 up 39.5% volatile
12 Viet Nam 2.51 million m3 2024 up 39.5% volatile
14 Egypt 2.33 million m3 2024 down 64.8% volatile
15 Belgium-Luxembourg 2.24 million m3 1999 up 29.7% rising
16 France 2.21 million m3 2024 down 11.9% rising
17 India 2.17 million m3 2024 up 283.5% volatile
18 Republic of Korea 1.90 million m3 2024 up 0.2% volatile
19 Saudi Arabia 1.70 million m3 2024 down 21.4% volatile
20 Austria 1.51 million m3 2024 down 14.9% volatile
21 Belgium 1.43 million m3 2024 down 29.1% rising
22 Canada 1.29 million m3 2024 down 0.0% rising
23 Spain 1.27 million m3 2024 up 25.3% volatile
24 Denmark 1.27 million m3 2024 down 46.9% rising
25 Morocco 1.22 million m3 2024 up 17.8% volatile
26 Algeria 1.15 million m3 2024 down 52.5% volatile
27 Estonia 1.10 million m3 2024 up 12.4% volatile
28 China, Taiwan Province of 1.10 million m3 2024 down 14.7% volatile
29 United Arab Emirates 1.09 million m3 2024 down 14.8% rising
30 Turkey 949,299 m3 2024 down 15.7% volatile
30 Türkiye 949,299 m3 2024 down 15.7% volatile
32 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 867,659 m3 2024 up 26.9% volatile
33 Azerbaijan 840,617 m3 2024 up 292.1% volatile
34 Caribbean 836,070 m3 2024 down 3.4% flat
35 Slovenia 788,744 m3 2024 down 11.2% volatile
36 Poland 775,456 m3 2024 down 5.2% volatile
37 Norway 740,061 m3 2024 down 26.7% rising
38 Australia and New Zealand 715,583 m3 2024 down 4.2% falling
39 Philippines 700,909 m3 2024 up 12.1% volatile
40 Sweden 687,642 m3 2024 up 57.5% rising
41 Australia 659,714 m3 2024 down 5.5% falling
42 Hungary 584,872 m3 2024 up 11.5% falling
43 Lithuania 573,582 m3 2024 up 11.0% volatile
44 Czechia 517,907 m3 2024 down 32.6% rising
45 Israel 466,870 m3 2024 down 9.0% rising
46 Latvia 459,242 m3 2024 down 2.3% volatile
47 Thailand 455,508 m3 2024 down 38.2% volatile
48 Malaysia 449,313 m3 2024 up 44.8% volatile
49 Croatia 447,107 m3 2024 up 29.2% volatile
50 Serbia and Montenegro 356,000 m3 2005 up 23,633.3% volatile
51 Ireland 352,489 m3 2024 up 72.3% rising
52 Switzerland 321,166 m3 2024 down 22.5% falling
53 Serbia 319,000 m3 2024 up 21.3% falling
54 Pakistan 315,754 m3 2024 down 27.0% volatile
55 Slovakia 301,806 m3 2024 down 4.1% volatile
56 Kenya 297,000 m3 2024 up 11,938.9% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 294,937 m3 2024 up 12.4% volatile
58 Romania 289,983 m3 2024 up 261.6% volatile
59 Greece 283,844 m3 2024 up 1.4% flat
60 Portugal 280,619 m3 2024 up 92.5% volatile
61 South Africa 273,927 m3 2024 down 14.0% falling
62 Indonesia 247,042 m3 2024 up 0.4% volatile
63 Tunisia 225,886 m3 2024 down 57.6% volatile
64 Oman 205,377 m3 2024 down 6.1% rising
65 Somalia 199,178 m3 2024 up 50.8% volatile
66 Libya 196,711 m3 2024 down 0.3% volatile
67 Moldova 193,876 m3 2024 up 36.7% rising
67 Republic of Moldova 193,876 m3 2024 up 36.7% rising
69 Tajikistan 178,869 m3 2024 down 82.6% volatile
70 USSR 175,000 m3 1991 down 54.9% falling
71 Kazakhstan 171,500 m3 2024 down 49.3% volatile
72 Iraq 166,546 m3 2024 down 52.5% volatile
73 Mozambique 160,954 m3 2024 up 409.5% volatile
74 Yemen 156,006 m3 2024 down 62.8% volatile
75 Jamaica 155,496 m3 2024 up 31.1% rising
76 Qatar 154,589 m3 2024 down 29.2% volatile
77 Kuwait 143,755 m3 2024 down 42.6% volatile
78 Botswana 141,077 m3 2024 up 79.8% volatile
79 Guatemala 141,042 m3 2024 up 149.9% volatile
80 Jordan 127,212 m3 2024 down 67.2% volatile
81 Bahrain 122,649 m3 2024 up 11.5% volatile
82 Costa Rica 121,790 m3 2024 down 1.9% volatile
83 Polynesia 117,854 m3 2024 up 53.7% rising
84 Cambodia 115,891 m3 2024 up 44,473.5% volatile
85 Senegal 114,423 m3 2024 up 162.1% volatile
86 El Salvador 113,777 m3 2024 up 177.3% volatile
87 Armenia 112,089 m3 2024 up 354.7% volatile
88 Peru 106,637 m3 2024 down 5.3% volatile
89 Afghanistan 103,069 m3 2024 down 57.2% volatile
90 Luxembourg 95,429 m3 2024 up 5.2% rising
91 Singapore 90,386 m3 2024 down 68.0% volatile
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 89,849 m3 2024 down 17.6% volatile
93 Bulgaria 89,224 m3 2024 up 347.0% volatile
94 Reunion 84,695 m3 2024 unchanged rising
94 Réunion 84,695 m3 2024 unchanged rising
96 Mauritius 83,356 m3 2024 up 185.8% volatile
97 Lebanon 83,071 m3 2024 down 78.1% volatile
98 Ethiopia 79,496 m3 2024 up 81.4% volatile
99 Kyrgyzstan 79,205 m3 2024 down 82.2% volatile
100 Maldives 76,587 m3 2024 up 111.5% volatile
101 Yugoslav SFR 74,600 m3 1991 down 76.4% volatile
102 Djibouti 73,157 m3 2024 up 139.7% volatile
103 Bahamas 62,875 m3 2024 up 16.8% volatile
104 China, Hong Kong SAR 60,638 m3 2024 down 79.7% volatile
105 Faroe Islands 59,566 m3 2024 up 418.1% volatile
106 Finland 57,446 m3 2024 down 84.5% volatile
107 Georgia 54,999 m3 2024 up 266.7% volatile
108 New Zealand 54,572 m3 2024 up 13.4% rising
109 Albania 54,558 m3 2024 down 22.5% volatile
110 Iceland 53,059 m3 2024 down 44.5% rising
111 Brazil 52,799 m3 2024 up 61.8% volatile
112 Belize 52,528 m3 2024 up 235.9% volatile
113 Cyprus 49,487 m3 2024 up 49.2% volatile
114 Sri Lanka 49,109 m3 2024 up 85.7% volatile
115 Guadeloupe 45,994 m3 2024 unchanged rising
116 Sudan (former) 45,213 m3 2011 up 3.9% falling
117 Niger 44,103 m3 2024 up 307.0% volatile
118 Namibia 42,275 m3 2024 down 12.9% rising
119 Trinidad and Tobago 40,805 m3 2024 down 60.4% volatile
120 Andorra 35,505 m3 2024 up 254.2% volatile
121 Sudan 33,524 m3 2024 down 63.6% falling
122 Lesotho 32,928 m3 2024 up 211.8% volatile
123 Samoa 32,685 m3 2024 up 225.1% volatile
124 North Macedonia 31,547 m3 2024 down 26.1% volatile
125 Czechoslovakia 29,600 m3 1992 down 74.1% falling
126 Martinique 29,329 m3 2024 unchanged rising
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28,047 m3 2024 up 1,257.5% volatile
128 French Polynesia 27,748 m3 2024 down 26.2% rising
129 Greenland 26,619 m3 2024 up 152.4% rising
130 Melanesia 26,212 m3 2024 down 51.6% rising
131 Haiti 25,136 m3 2024 down 54.2% volatile
132 Chile 23,800 m3 2024 down 21.9% volatile
133 Nigeria 23,690 m3 2024 up 130.3% volatile
134 Panama 23,093 m3 2024 down 5.1% volatile
135 Seychelles 20,558 m3 2024 up 111.6% volatile
136 Curacao 20,472 m3 2024 down 34.6% volatile
136 Curaçao 20,472 m3 2024 down 34.6% volatile
138 American Samoa 20,267 m3 2024 up 152.6% volatile
139 Tuvalu 19,913 m3 2024 up 2,620.4% volatile
140 Turks and Caicos Islands 19,511 m3 2024 up 352.9% volatile
141 Antigua and Barbuda 18,726 m3 2024 down 19.7% rising
142 Uruguay 18,000 m3 2024 up 77.3% volatile
143 Micronesia 17,756 m3 2024 up 24.1% rising
144 Colombia 17,654 m3 2024 down 71.9% volatile
145 Syria 17,021 m3 2024 down 90.7% volatile
145 Syrian Arab Republic 17,021 m3 2024 down 90.7% volatile
147 Malawi 16,588 m3 2024 up 24,294.1% volatile
148 Honduras 16,524 m3 2024 up 29.0% volatile
149 Barbados 16,406 m3 2024 down 53.4% falling
150 Aruba 16,283 m3 2024 up 2.8% falling
151 British Virgin Islands 15,728 m3 2024 up 19.5% volatile
152 Saint Lucia 14,370 m3 2024 down 13.9% rising
153 Netherlands Antilles (former) 14,110 m3 2010 down 55.3% rising
154 Vanuatu 13,395 m3 2024 up 97.7% volatile
155 Comoros 11,693 m3 2024 up 289.2% volatile
156 Cabo Verde 11,442 m3 2024 up 40.4% volatile
157 Malta 10,545 m3 2024 down 18.1% volatile
158 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 10,448 m3 2024 up 511.7% volatile
159 Zimbabwe 10,209 m3 2024 up 216.8% volatile
160 Burkina Faso 9,996 m3 2024 up 175.9% volatile
161 Tonga 9,858 m3 2024 down 35.6% rising
162 Bangladesh 9,136 m3 2024 down 29.5% volatile
163 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,468 m3 2024 up 289.2% rising
164 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,258 m3 2024 up 599.8% volatile
165 Ukraine 7,900 m3 2024 up 13.5% volatile
166 Paraguay 7,032 m3 2024 up 342.0% volatile
167 New Caledonia 6,909 m3 2024 down 75.9% volatile
168 Nicaragua 6,648 m3 2023 up 48.5% volatile
169 Marshall Islands 6,235 m3 2024 up 110.4% falling
170 Anguilla 5,997 m3 2024 down 37.2% falling
171 Saint Martin (French Part) 5,529 m3 2024 unchanged flat
172 Cook Islands 5,526 m3 2024 up 50.5% rising
173 Dominica 5,198 m3 2024 down 16.8% volatile
174 Mali 4,885 m3 2024 up 59.6% volatile
175 Montenegro 4,798 m3 2024 up 5.1% volatile
176 Mauritania 4,535 m3 2024 up 75.2% volatile
177 Argentina 4,519 m3 2024 down 88.5% volatile
178 Kiribati 4,231 m3 2024 up 67.9% volatile
179 Fiji 4,199 m3 2024 down 72.0% volatile
180 Guinea 4,149 m3 2024 up 144.2% volatile
181 Gambia 3,979 m3 2024 up 1,551.0% volatile
182 Cuba 3,780 m3 2024 down 79.9% volatile
183 South Sudan 3,601 m3 2024 up 19,905.6% volatile
184 Brunei 3,490 m3 2024 up 526.6% volatile
184 Brunei Darussalam 3,490 m3 2024 up 526.6% volatile
186 Uganda 3,409 m3 2024 down 50.8% volatile
187 Eswatini 3,383 m3 2024 up 286.2% volatile
188 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,066 m3 2024 down 4.7% falling
189 Guinea-Bissau 3,034 m3 2024 up 690.1% volatile
190 Ecuador 2,778 m3 2024 down 45.8% volatile
191 Rwanda 2,740 m3 2024 down 15.3% volatile
192 Palau 2,515 m3 2024 down 37.1% falling
193 Guyana 2,418 m3 2024 down 29.7% volatile
194 Russia 2,216 m3 2024 down 94.1% volatile
194 Russian Federation 2,216 m3 2024 down 94.1% volatile
196 Palestine 1,898 m3 2024 down 77.8% falling
196 Palestine 1,898 m3 2024 down 77.8% falling
198 Belarus 1,893 m3 2024 down 92.4% volatile
199 Grenada 1,868 m3 2024 down 78.3% falling
200 Nauru 1,685 m3 2024 up 9.1% volatile
200 Nauru 1,685 m3 2024 up 9.1% volatile
202 Burundi 1,592 m3 2024 up 975.7% volatile
203 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,483 m3 2024 down 17.7% volatile
204 United Republic of Tanzania 1,426 m3 2024 down 96.7% volatile
205 Papua New Guinea 1,410 m3 2024 down 59.4% volatile
206 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1,286 m3 2024 up 30.7% falling
207 Myanmar 1,274 m3 2024 up 174.6% volatile
208 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,227 m3 2024 down 63.3% volatile
209 Madagascar 1,219 m3 2024 up 4,103.4% volatile
210 Norfolk Island 1,037 m3 2024 up 92.0% rising
211 Cayman Islands 1,028 m3 2024 down 92.3% falling
212 Ghana 994 m3 2024 down 55.2% volatile
213 Equatorial Guinea 975 m3 2024 up 189.3% volatile
214 Turkmenistan 918 m3 2024 down 99.8% volatile
215 Zambia 889 m3 2024 down 84.7% volatile
216 Gibraltar 839 m3 2024 down 46.2% volatile
217 China, Macao SAR 802 m3 2024 down 94.4% volatile
218 French Guiana 752 m3 2024 unchanged rising
219 Bermuda 640 m3 2024 down 79.8% falling
220 Togo 467 m3 2024 up 168.4% volatile
221 Cote d'Ivoire 461 m3 2024 up 65.8% volatile
221 Côte d'Ivoire 461 m3 2024 up 65.8% volatile
223 Sao Tome and Principe 440 m3 2024 up 877.8% volatile
224 Niue 341 m3 2024 up 6.2% volatile
225 Laos 331 m3 2024 up 1,847.1% volatile
225 Lao People's Democratic Republic 331 m3 2024 up 1,847.1% volatile
227 Congo 318 m3 2024 up 98.8% volatile
228 Angola 309 m3 2024 down 93.6% volatile
229 Solomon Islands 299 m3 2024 up 3.5% volatile
230 Cameroon 270 m3 2024 up 33.7% volatile
231 Liberia 184 m3 2024 down 52.9% volatile
232 Tokelau 171 m3 2024 up 8,450.0% volatile
233 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 158 m3 2024 — volatile
234 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 111 m3 2024 down 92.8% volatile
235 Christmas Island 102 m3 2024 — volatile
236 Sierra Leone 95 m3 2024 up 63.8% volatile
237 Montserrat 87 m3 2024 down 92.0% volatile
238 Eritrea 86 m3 2024 down 97.1% volatile
239 Nepal 85 m3 2024 down 98.7% volatile
240 East Timor 83 m3 2024 up 654.5% volatile
240 Timor-Leste 83 m3 2024 up 654.5% volatile
242 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 78 m3 2024 down 66.4% volatile
243 Pitcairn 59 m3 2024 up 268.8% volatile
244 French Southern Territories 50 m3 2024 down 99.1% volatile
245 Benin 35 m3 2024 down 97.2% volatile
246 Mongolia 26 m3 2024 down 99.9% volatile
247 Northern Mariana Islands 24 m3 2024 down 61.3% volatile
248 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9 m3 2024 down 99.7% volatile
249 Bhutan 6 m3 2024 — volatile
250 Gabon 4 m3 2024 down 60.0% volatile
251 Central African Republic 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
251 Guam 0 m3 2024 — volatile
251 Suriname 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile
251 Chad 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Sawnwood — Import quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
283 places, 13,694 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