Total FAO — Newsprint — 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
167
Highest
1.33 million t
India
Lowest
1 t
Chad
Median
6,284 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,509

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 1.33 million t in India; the lowest is 1 t in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,284 t, and the mean is 46,904 t.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 120 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 118,717.0%), and the largest decrease in New Caledonia (down 99.0%).

Total FAO — Newsprint — Import Quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 1.33 million t 2018 up 19.4% rising
2 Germany 771,000 t 2018 down 33.2% falling
3 China 729,484 t 2018 up 6.5% falling
4 Italy 518,215 t 2018 down 11.3% rising
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 453,844 t 2018 down 64.5% falling
6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 301,663 t 2018 down 14.7% falling
7 France 249,952 t 2018 down 48.9% falling
8 T�rkiye 224,488 t 2018 down 58.2% rising
9 Mexico 191,911 t 2018 down 47.3% rising
10 Poland 155,838 t 2018 up 12.2% rising
11 Belgium 154,651 t 2018 down 51.8% falling
12 Spain 152,403 t 2018 down 60.5% falling
13 Egypt 114,093 t 2018 down 14.3% falling
14 Brazil 109,195 t 2018 down 78.7% falling
15 Denmark 107,013 t 2018 down 55.2% falling
16 Pakistan 94,043 t 2018 down 6.0% rising
17 Hungary 90,267 t 2018 down 20.6% rising
18 Austria 90,049 t 2018 down 17.4% falling
19 Switzerland 81,772 t 2018 down 42.8% falling
20 Czechia 77,079 t 2018 down 33.1% rising
21 Singapore 76,126 t 2018 down 43.7% falling
22 Israel 69,619 t 2018 down 59.0% falling
23 Malaysia 66,994 t 2018 down 53.7% falling
24 Greece 59,299 t 2018 down 50.9% falling
25 Sri Lanka 55,542 t 2018 up 24.0% rising
26 Colombia 54,143 t 2018 down 42.8% falling
27 Sweden 51,702 t 2018 up 73.9% falling
28 Norway 49,067 t 2018 down 45.4% rising
29 Serbia and Montenegro 49,000 t 2005 up 170.7% volatile
30 Viet Nam 48,041 t 2018 up 21.3% volatile
31 Ireland 46,036 t 2018 down 67.9% falling
32 Ukraine 45,000 t 2018 down 64.3% rising
33 Saudi Arabia 42,540 t 2018 down 54.0% rising
34 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,295 t 2018 down 44.4% rising
35 Philippines 41,548 t 2018 up 1,631.2% volatile
36 Kenya 41,279 t 2018 down 2.2% volatile
37 Romania 41,141 t 2018 down 34.7% volatile
38 Bangladesh 38,785 t 2018 up 891.7% rising
39 Thailand 38,618 t 2018 down 70.6% falling
40 Portugal 38,005 t 2018 down 62.1% falling
41 Finland 34,769 t 2018 down 57.7% rising
42 Algeria 34,570 t 2018 down 46.4% rising
43 Peru 33,526 t 2018 down 60.0% rising
44 Australia 33,211 t 2018 down 88.1% falling
45 Croatia 29,461 t 2018 down 48.3% flat
46 Kazakhstan 28,635 t 2018 down 25.0% rising
47 Bulgaria 28,365 t 2018 down 40.1% rising
48 United Arab Emirates 26,957 t 2018 down 73.2% volatile
49 Canada 26,556 t 2018 down 64.1% rising
50 Myanmar 25,743 t 2018 up 555.0% volatile
51 Ecuador 22,617 t 2018 down 52.1% falling
52 Morocco 22,060 t 2018 up 30.7% rising
53 Argentina 21,640 t 2018 down 87.2% volatile
54 Guatemala 20,994 t 2018 down 44.4% falling
55 Slovenia 19,342 t 2018 down 82.2% volatile
56 United Republic of Tanzania 18,997 t 2018 up 22.1% volatile
57 Nigeria 18,269 t 2018 down 41.0% volatile
58 Nepal 17,706 t 2018 up 387.5% volatile
59 Uganda 16,579 t 2018 down 11.6% rising
60 Afghanistan 16,210 t 2018 up 1,860.1% volatile
61 Ghana 16,119 t 2018 up 10.6% rising
62 Dominican Republic 15,985 t 2018 down 46.7% falling
63 Slovakia 15,161 t 2018 down 52.7% falling
64 Estonia 13,669 t 2018 up 9.8% falling
65 Uzbekistan 13,068 t 2018 down 18.3% rising
66 Cuba 12,193 t 2018 up 21.9% volatile
67 Paraguay 9,837 t 2018 down 24.5% falling
68 Panama 9,516 t 2018 down 44.0% falling
69 El Salvador 9,470 t 2018 down 60.1% falling
70 Lithuania 9,408 t 2018 down 50.3% falling
71 Honduras 9,269 t 2018 down 56.9% falling
72 New Zealand 9,128 t 2018 up 128.2% volatile
73 Tunisia 8,676 t 2018 down 56.0% falling
74 Trinidad and Tobago 8,476 t 2018 down 62.0% falling
75 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,201 t 2018 down 34.6% volatile
76 Belarus 8,100 t 2018 down 73.6% volatile
77 Costa Rica 7,771 t 2018 down 75.2% falling
78 Luxembourg 7,318 t 2018 down 48.5% falling
79 Turkmenistan 7,129 t 2018 up 118,717.0% volatile
80 Kuwait 6,928 t 2018 down 88.3% volatile
81 Jordan 6,818 t 2018 down 78.2% flat
82 Lebanon 6,546 t 2018 down 60.3% falling
83 Iceland 6,311 t 2018 down 22.2% flat
84 Latvia 6,284 t 2018 down 69.6% falling
85 Zimbabwe 6,132 t 2018 up 227.6% volatile
86 Uruguay 5,920 t 2018 down 40.8% falling
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,850 t 2018 down 47.0% rising
88 Zambia 5,049 t 2018 up 25.7% volatile
89 Mauritius 4,867 t 2018 down 53.3% rising
90 Japan 4,533 t 2018 down 97.5% volatile
91 C�te d'Ivoire 4,301 t 2018 up 14.6% rising
92 Madagascar 4,017 t 2018 down 1.3% volatile
93 Sudan (former) 3,980 t 2011 down 33.7% volatile
94 Qatar 3,810 t 2018 down 76.7% volatile
95 Ethiopia 3,744 t 2018 down 3.2% volatile
96 Yemen 3,096 t 2005 up 203.2% volatile
97 Senegal 2,995 t 2018 up 13.7% rising
98 Jamaica 2,979 t 2018 down 70.2% falling
99 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,970 t 2018 down 97.9% falling
100 Azerbaijan 2,900 t 2018 down 29.1% falling
101 Cyprus 2,823 t 2018 down 74.9% falling
102 Oman 2,767 t 2018 down 60.5% rising
103 Guyana 2,509 t 2018 up 32.9% rising
104 Indonesia 2,472 t 2018 up 76.6% volatile
105 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2,325 t 2010 up 8.0% rising
106 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,255 t 2018 up 240.1% volatile
107 Tajikistan 2,030 t 2018 up 147.0% volatile
108 Republic of Moldova 1,936 t 2018 down 56.0% falling
109 Barbados 1,534 t 2018 down 73.2% falling
110 Kyrgyzstan 1,500 t 2018 down 46.4% falling
111 Cameroon 1,478 t 2018 down 52.6% volatile
112 Bahamas 1,437 t 2018 up 127.4% volatile
113 Mozambique 1,430 t 2018 down 12.9% volatile
114 Iraq 1,335 t 2018 down 8.2% volatile
115 Angola 1,301 t 2018 up 2,223.2% volatile
116 Georgia 1,297 t 2018 down 69.6% rising
117 Albania 1,279 t 2018 down 53.7% falling
118 Suriname 1,231 t 2018 down 38.5% volatile
119 Nicaragua 1,223 t 2018 down 85.7% falling
120 Malta 1,171 t 2018 down 68.7% falling
120 Malawi 1,171 t 2018 down 65.6% volatile
122 Chile 1,134 t 2018 up 140.3% volatile
123 Haiti 936 t 2018 down 64.0% volatile
124 Fiji 913 t 2018 up 45,550.0% volatile
125 Brunei Darussalam 903 t 2018 down 48.3% volatile
126 Russian Federation 868 t 2018 down 85.5% volatile
127 Cambodia 837 t 2018 down 73.3% volatile
128 Lao People's Democratic Republic 816 t 2018 down 56.6% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 750 t 2018 up 65.9% volatile
130 Mongolia 678 t 2018 down 72.4% rising
131 Syrian Arab Republic 673 t 2018 down 92.7% volatile
132 Libya 641 t 2018 down 11.6% volatile
133 Armenia 594 t 2018 down 57.5% falling
134 Gabon 571 t 2018 up 33.4% volatile
135 Mali 566 t 2018 down 30.7% volatile
136 Eritrea 408 t 2018 up 48.4% volatile
137 French Polynesia 393 t 2018 down 84.5% volatile
138 Togo 376 t 2018 up 24.1% falling
139 Benin 343 t 2018 down 71.0% volatile
140 Belize 325 t 2018 down 27.3% volatile
141 Bahrain 223 t 2018 down 96.2% volatile
142 Samoa 215 t 2018 up 975.0% volatile
143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 214 t 2018 down 35.2% volatile
144 Solomon Islands 211 t 2018 up 1,818.2% volatile
145 Democratic Republic of the Congo 189 t 2018 down 70.9% volatile
146 Sierra Leone 139 t 2018 up 178.0% volatile
147 Dominica 120 t 2015 up 823.1% volatile
148 Republic of Korea 108 t 2018 down 97.3% volatile
149 Rwanda 90 t 2018 down 77.6% volatile
150 Niger 84 t 2017 down 43.6% volatile
151 Papua New Guinea 69 t 2018 down 94.3% volatile
152 Liberia 54 t 2018 down 5.3% volatile
153 Tonga 46 t 2017 up 360.0% volatile
154 New Caledonia 34 t 2018 down 99.0% volatile
155 Congo 33 t 2018 down 29.8% volatile
156 Djibouti 32 t 2018 down 98.4% volatile
157 Vanuatu 28 t 2018 up 211.1% volatile
158 Gambia 25 t 2018 up 4.2% volatile
159 Burundi 22 t 2018 down 40.5% volatile
159 Mauritania 22 t 2018 up 22.2% volatile
161 Bhutan 20 t 2018 up 100.0% volatile
162 Guinea 16 t 2018 down 91.3% volatile
163 Cabo Verde 15 t 2018 down 83.3% volatile
164 Somalia 4 t 2018 up 100.0% volatile
165 Guinea-Bissau 2 t 2015 down 66.7% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 2 t 2013 down 96.0% volatile
167 Chad 1 t 2011 down 94.7% 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 — Newsprint — Import Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
169 places, 3,509 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/