Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import Quantity by country

The database contains data on the bilateral trade flows in roundwood, primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world. The main types of primary forest products included in are: roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed...

Countries reporting
160
Highest
41.89 million m3
China
Lowest
0 m3
Yemen
Median
3,175 m3
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
2,948

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import Quantity is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 41.89 million m3 in China; the lowest is 0 m3 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 3,175 m3, and the mean is 584,664 m3.

Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 60,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).

Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 41.89 million m3 2018 up 123.7% volatile
2 Austria 9.03 million m3 2018 up 40.8% rising
3 Germany 8.30 million m3 2018 up 123.5% volatile
4 Sweden 6.61 million m3 2018 up 95.9% falling
5 Republic of Korea 3.89 million m3 2018 down 15.5% falling
6 Canada 3.32 million m3 2018 up 9.3% falling
7 Japan 3.07 million m3 2018 down 42.7% volatile
8 Belgium 2.21 million m3 2018 up 28.7% rising
9 Finland 2.05 million m3 2018 down 64.8% volatile
10 India 1.90 million m3 2018 up 98.5% volatile
11 Czechia 1.25 million m3 2018 up 127.4% rising
12 Romania 1.15 million m3 2018 up 498.1% volatile
13 Italy 1.07 million m3 2018 down 38.7% falling
14 France 921,657 m3 2018 down 37.4% rising
15 Latvia 921,608 m3 2018 up 301.8% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 608,000 m3 2018 up 44.1% rising
17 Luxembourg 510,374 m3 2018 up 44.7% falling
18 Norway 500,473 m3 2018 down 68.1% volatile
19 Poland 476,480 m3 2018 down 32.8% volatile
20 Slovakia 457,439 m3 2018 up 101.5% volatile
21 Spain 412,584 m3 2018 down 56.3% volatile
22 Ireland 280,813 m3 2018 down 2.4% volatile
23 Portugal 263,620 m3 2018 up 48.0% volatile
24 Uzbekistan 238,417 m3 2018 up 255.8% volatile
25 Slovenia 236,892 m3 2018 up 445.8% falling
26 Estonia 176,067 m3 2018 down 59.8% volatile
27 Hungary 131,999 m3 2018 up 6.5% falling
28 Denmark 129,880 m3 2018 up 37.4% falling
29 Kazakhstan 122,238 m3 2018 up 26.4% rising
30 United Arab Emirates 120,289 m3 2018 down 80.4% volatile
31 Switzerland 99,734 m3 2018 down 65.9% falling
32 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 99,000 m3 2018 down 67.8% falling
33 Lithuania 93,985 m3 2018 up 70.1% rising
34 Egypt 90,090 m3 2018 up 12.6% falling
35 Dominican Republic 78,000 m3 2018 up 200.0% volatile
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71,260 m3 2018 up 61.0% volatile
37 Viet Nam 61,374 m3 2018 down 33.3% volatile
38 Greece 51,333 m3 2018 down 56.1% volatile
39 Morocco 50,606 m3 2018 down 53.8% volatile
40 Pakistan 44,670 m3 2018 down 6.9% volatile
41 Bangladesh 44,193 m3 2018 up 58.4% volatile
42 Zambia 35,707 m3 2018 up 842.1% volatile
43 Georgia 30,787 m3 2018 up 90.9% volatile
44 Thailand 28,146 m3 2018 down 56.7% volatile
45 Mozambique 24,022 m3 2018 up 144.6% volatile
46 Serbia and Montenegro 20,000 m3 2005 down 79.9% volatile
47 T�rkiye 19,900 m3 2018 down 98.0% volatile
48 Democratic Republic of the Congo 17,390 m3 2018 up 1,008.4% volatile
49 Libya 15,843 m3 2018 up 112.5% volatile
50 Tajikistan 15,760 m3 2018 volatile
51 Croatia 14,544 m3 2018 down 3.0% volatile
52 Philippines 13,678 m3 2018 up 327.4% volatile
53 Indonesia 13,028 m3 2018 down 80.1% volatile
54 Turkmenistan 12,994 m3 2018 volatile
55 Ghana 12,560 m3 2018 up 383.8% volatile
56 Lebanon 11,683 m3 2018 down 65.3% volatile
57 Tonga 10,638 m3 2017 up 1,776.2% volatile
58 Kyrgyzstan 10,100 m3 2018 up 405.0% volatile
59 Cuba 10,023 m3 2018 up 8,849.1% volatile
60 Jamaica 9,964 m3 2018 up 372.9% volatile
61 Oman 9,606 m3 2018 down 66.0% volatile
62 Belize 8,905 m3 2018 up 168.7% volatile
63 Guyana 8,833 m3 2017 up 2,593.0% volatile
64 United Republic of Tanzania 8,263 m3 2018 up 6,207.6% volatile
65 Bulgaria 7,486 m3 2018 down 86.2% volatile
66 Madagascar 7,263 m3 2018 down 48.8% volatile
67 Bahamas 7,031 m3 2018 down 89.9% volatile
68 Burkina Faso 6,906 m3 2018 up 40,523.5% volatile
69 Israel 6,485 m3 2018 down 70.0% volatile
70 Mauritania 5,754 m3 2018 up 9,180.6% volatile
71 Nicaragua 5,739 m3 2018 up 129.8% volatile
72 Kenya 5,591 m3 2018 up 806.2% volatile
73 New Caledonia 4,891 m3 2018 up 118.8% volatile
74 Suriname 4,407 m3 2016 up 1,841.4% volatile
75 Sudan (former) 4,103 m3 2011 up 24,035.3% volatile
76 Liberia 3,939 m3 2018 up 4,181.5% volatile
77 Qatar 3,797 m3 2018 up 1,149.0% volatile
78 Kuwait 3,774 m3 2018 up 1,233.6% volatile
79 Eritrea 3,347 m3 2013 volatile
80 Bahrain 3,321 m3 2018 up 48.7% volatile
81 Azerbaijan 3,029 m3 2018 up 385.4% volatile
82 Mauritius 2,966 m3 2018 up 72.7% volatile
83 Samoa 2,899 m3 2018 up 290.7% volatile
84 Cambodia 2,800 m3 2018 up 27,900.0% volatile
85 Belarus 2,700 m3 2018 down 89.0% volatile
86 Cyprus 2,670 m3 2018 up 53,300.0% volatile
87 Mexico 2,289 m3 2018 down 98.6% volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 2,141 m3 2018 down 90.4% volatile
89 Costa Rica 2,132 m3 2018 down 89.2% volatile
90 French Polynesia 1,955 m3 2018 down 20.5% volatile
91 Afghanistan 1,921 m3 2018 up 4,585.4% volatile
92 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,848 m3 2015 volatile
93 Niger 1,822 m3 2018 up 1,556.4% volatile
94 Haiti 1,817 m3 2018 up 202.8% volatile
95 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1,767 m3 2010 up 5,421.9% volatile
96 El Salvador 1,721 m3 2018 up 398.8% volatile
97 Somalia 1,656 m3 2018 up 48.7% volatile
98 Angola 1,488 m3 2018 up 59.3% volatile
99 Ethiopia 1,463 m3 2016 volatile
100 Malaysia 1,424 m3 2018 down 99.2% volatile
101 Iraq 1,394 m3 2018 down 6.1% volatile
102 Peru 1,386 m3 2018 down 84.8% volatile
103 Sri Lanka 1,212 m3 2018 up 471.7% volatile
104 Uruguay 1,205 m3 2013 volatile
105 Fiji 1,104 m3 2018 up 1,333.8% volatile
106 Russian Federation 1,086 m3 2018 down 99.6% volatile
107 Armenia 1,003 m3 2018 down 10.4% volatile
108 Ecuador 949 m3 2018 up 830.4% volatile
109 Colombia 889 m3 2018 up 176.9% volatile
110 Syrian Arab Republic 847 m3 2018 down 94.2% volatile
111 Albania 672 m3 2018 up 81.6% volatile
112 Algeria 640 m3 2018 down 95.0% volatile
113 Sao Tome and Principe 610 m3 2018 up 60,900.0% volatile
114 Mali 597 m3 2012 up 1,765.6% volatile
115 Panama 596 m3 2018 down 90.0% volatile
116 Guinea 587 m3 2018 up 135.7% volatile
117 Dominica 535 m3 2018 down 30.2% volatile
118 Mongolia 505 m3 2018 down 84.3% volatile
119 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 496 m3 2018 down 91.7% volatile
120 Sierra Leone 482 m3 2018 up 487.8% volatile
121 Malta 480 m3 2016 up 860.0% volatile
122 Zimbabwe 450 m3 2018 down 74.2% volatile
123 Ukraine 367 m3 2018 down 90.1% volatile
124 Republic of Moldova 316 m3 2017 down 98.4% rising
125 Nigeria 303 m3 2018 up 471.7% volatile
126 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 294 m3 2018 down 99.0% volatile
127 Uganda 264 m3 2018 down 36.4% volatile
128 Myanmar 222 m3 2016 up 158.1% volatile
129 Tunisia 200 m3 2018 down 66.9% volatile
130 Jordan 193 m3 2018 down 34.8% volatile
131 Togo 186 m3 2018 down 63.7% volatile
132 Malawi 167 m3 2018 up 475.9% volatile
133 Vanuatu 143 m3 2018 up 81.0% volatile
134 Iceland 138 m3 2018 down 90.5% volatile
135 Cabo Verde 122 m3 2018 down 95.9% volatile
136 New Zealand 108 m3 2018 down 89.2% volatile
137 Guatemala 104 m3 2018 down 95.0% volatile
138 Djibouti 86 m3 2018 down 97.2% volatile
139 Australia 81 m3 2018 volatile
139 Brazil 81 m3 2017 down 92.9% volatile
141 Trinidad and Tobago 78 m3 2018 down 96.1% volatile
142 Gambia 72 m3 2018 down 85.4% volatile
143 Gabon 35 m3 2013 volatile
144 Senegal 31 m3 2018 down 99.6% volatile
145 C�te d'Ivoire 30 m3 2018 down 97.5% volatile
146 Equatorial Guinea 26 m3 2017 down 78.7% volatile
147 Rwanda 15 m3 2018 down 99.8% volatile
148 Brunei Darussalam 14 m3 2018 down 71.4% volatile
149 Papua New Guinea 6 m3 2018 down 98.4% volatile
149 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6 m3 2017 volatile
151 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5 m3 2018 down 96.6% volatile
152 Chile 4 m3 2017 volatile
152 Cameroon 4 m3 2017 down 97.3% volatile
154 Burundi 3 m3 2012 down 98.7% volatile
155 Barbados 1 m3 2018 down 99.9% volatile
155 Honduras 1 m3 2018 down 100.0% volatile
155 Nepal 1 m3 2018 down 99.1% volatile
158 Argentina 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
158 Singapore 0 m3 2017 down 100.0% volatile
158 Yemen 0 m3 2005 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
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import Quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
162 places, 2,948 data points, 1997–2018
Last refreshed

The database contains data on the bilateral trade flows in roundwood, primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world. The main types of primary forest products included in are: roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further. The definitions are available. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/forestry/statistics/80572/en/