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Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — 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
144
Highest
1.76 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
4.5 t
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
4,802

What the numbers show

Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 1.76 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.5 t, and the mean is 34,372 t.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 9,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1.76 million t 2016 up 59.0% volatile
2 China, mainland 1.73 million t 2016 up 78.9% volatile
3 Republic of Korea 311,000 t 2016 up 59.5% rising
4 India 143,595 t 2016 up 20.7% volatile
5 Sweden 137,483 t 2016 up 101.1% volatile
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 117,108 t 2016 up 1,528.1% volatile
7 Italy 107,862 t 2016 up 70.7% volatile
8 Mexico 74,947 t 2016 down 19.4% rising
9 Poland 69,613 t 2016 up 268.3% volatile
10 Viet Nam 62,422 t 2016 up 1,735.9% volatile
11 France 57,749 t 2016 down 49.6% volatile
12 Indonesia 55,555 t 2016 up 0.3% volatile
13 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 50,600 t 2016 up 144.4% volatile
14 Spain 37,626 t 2016 down 19.9% volatile
15 Austria 31,836 t 2016 down 54.5% volatile
16 China, Taiwan Province of 29,916 t 2016 down 78.5% volatile
17 Belgium-Luxembourg 22,000 t 1999 up 2,344.4% volatile
18 Germany 18,304 t 2016 down 87.4% volatile
19 Japan 17,855 t 2016 down 49.0% volatile
20 Pakistan 15,112 t 2016 up 276.5% volatile
21 Australia and New Zealand 12,787 t 2016 down 8.7% volatile
22 Hungary 12,397 t 2016 — volatile
23 Belgium 8,468 t 2016 down 77.5% volatile
24 Australia 7,251 t 2016 down 34.1% volatile
25 Finland 6,036 t 2016 up 3,720.2% volatile
26 New Zealand 5,536 t 2016 up 84.5% volatile
27 Brazil 5,500 t 2016 up 2,650.0% volatile
28 Slovenia 4,788 t 2016 up 9.6% volatile
29 Ukraine 4,620 t 2016 — volatile
30 Türkiye 4,300 t 2016 up 330.0% volatile
31 Slovakia 3,679 t 2016 — volatile
32 Malaysia 2,871 t 2016 down 73.9% volatile
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,230 t 2016 up 4,747.8% volatile
34 Morocco 1,803 t 2016 up 3,119.6% volatile
35 Nigeria 1,623 t 2016 — volatile
36 Belarus 1,500 t 2016 — volatile
37 Greece 1,446 t 2016 up 2,310.0% volatile
38 Yugoslav SFR 1,300 t 1991 up 1,200.0% volatile
39 Singapore 1,147 t 2016 — volatile
40 Denmark 1,105 t 2016 down 93.2% volatile
41 Egypt 969 t 2016 down 96.4% volatile
42 Thailand 899 t 2016 down 96.3% volatile
43 Norway 887 t 2016 up 1,429.3% volatile
44 Libya 857 t 2016 unchanged rising
45 Sri Lanka 790 t 2016 — volatile
46 Bangladesh 622 t 2016 down 42.8% volatile
47 Saudi Arabia 581 t 2016 down 74.4% volatile
48 Ireland 555 t 2016 up 2,675.0% volatile
49 Lebanon 538 t 2016 down 93.4% volatile
50 El Salvador 446 t 2016 down 45.2% volatile
51 Canada 333 t 2016 — volatile
52 Djibouti 300 t 2016 — flat
52 Zimbabwe 300 t 2016 up 9,900.0% volatile
54 Switzerland 279 t 2016 down 99.2% volatile
55 Syrian Arab Republic 192 t 2016 down 85.5% volatile
56 Romania 147 t 2016 up 126.2% volatile
56 Senegal 147 t 2016 — flat
58 Malawi 96 t 2016 up 9,500.0% volatile
59 Iceland 91 t 2016 — volatile
60 Latvia 54 t 2016 up 315.4% volatile
61 Colombia 46 t 2016 down 99.7% volatile
62 Mali 27 t 2016 — volatile
63 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 26 t 2016 down 94.5% volatile
64 Philippines 23 t 2016 down 96.7% volatile
65 Bulgaria 21 t 2016 up 950.0% volatile
66 Sierra Leone 18 t 2016 unchanged falling
67 Panama 17 t 2016 up 112.5% rising
68 Argentina 13 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
69 Czechia 9 t 2016 — volatile
69 Israel 9 t 2016 down 99.5% volatile
71 Cameroon 6 t 2016 — volatile
72 Jamaica 5 t 2011 — volatile
73 Chile 4 t 2016 — volatile
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4 t 2016 down 99.9% volatile
75 Guyana 3 t 2016 — volatile
75 Mozambique 3 t 2016 down 62.5% volatile
75 United Republic of Tanzania 3 t 2016 down 40.0% volatile
78 Nepal 2 t 2016 down 99.0% volatile
79 Afghanistan 1 t 2016 unchanged flat
79 Albania 1 t 2016 unchanged rising
79 Guatemala 1 t 2016 down 99.8% volatile
79 Russian Federation 1 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Angola 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 United Arab Emirates 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Armenia 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Azerbaijan 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Bahrain 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Bahamas 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Barbados 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Costa Rica 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Cyprus 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Dominican Republic 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Algeria 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Ecuador 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Estonia 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Ethiopia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Gabon 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Georgia 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Ghana 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Guinea 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Croatia 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Haiti 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Iraq 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Jordan 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Kazakhstan 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Kenya 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Kyrgyzstan 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Kuwait 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Lithuania 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Luxembourg 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Madagascar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 North Macedonia 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Malta 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Montenegro 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Mauritius 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Namibia 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Nicaragua 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Oman 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Peru 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Portugal 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Paraguay 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 French Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Qatar 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Rwanda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Serbia 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Tajikistan 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Turkmenistan 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Tunisia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Uganda 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Uruguay 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Uzbekistan 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Yemen 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Zambia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Serbia and Montenegro 0 t 2005 down 100.0% volatile
83 Polynesia 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Caribbean 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 Republic of Moldova 0 t 2016 — flat
83 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
83 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 t 2016 — volatile
83 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2016 — flat

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
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
174 places, 4,802 data points, 1961–2016
Last refreshed

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