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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- United States of America 1.53 million t
- South Africa 53,479 t
About this data
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/