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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
168
Highest
1.33 million t
India
Lowest
1 t
Chad
Median
6,298 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,509

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 168 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 6,298 t, and the mean is 46,943 t.

Over the past decade 48 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
1 Viet Nam 48,041 t 2018 up 21.3% volatile
2 Germany 771,000 t 2018 down 33.2% falling
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42,295 t 2018 down 44.4% rising
2 Cabo Verde 15 t 2018 down 83.3% volatile
3 China 729,484 t 2018 up 6.5% falling
3 United Republic of Tanzania 18,997 t 2018 up 22.1% volatile
4 Italy 518,215 t 2018 down 11.3% rising
4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8,201 t 2018 down 34.6% volatile
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 453,844 t 2018 down 64.5% falling
5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,970 t 2018 down 97.9% falling
6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 301,663 t 2018 down 14.7% falling
6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,255 t 2018 up 240.1% volatile
7 France 249,952 t 2018 down 48.9% falling
7 Republic of Moldova 1,936 t 2018 down 56.0% falling
8 T�rkiye 224,488 t 2018 down 58.2% rising
8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 816 t 2018 down 56.6% volatile
9 Mexico 191,911 t 2018 down 47.3% rising
9 Syrian Arab Republic 673 t 2018 down 92.7% volatile
10 Poland 155,838 t 2018 up 12.2% rising
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 189 t 2018 down 70.9% volatile
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 South Africa 53,479 t 2018 up 2,400.2% volatile
28 Sweden 51,702 t 2018 up 73.9% falling
29 Norway 49,067 t 2018 down 45.4% rising
30 Serbia and Montenegro 49,000 t 2005 up 170.7% 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 Philippines 41,548 t 2018 up 1,631.2% volatile
35 Kenya 41,279 t 2018 down 2.2% volatile
36 Romania 41,141 t 2018 down 34.7% volatile
37 Bangladesh 38,785 t 2018 up 891.7% rising
38 Thailand 38,618 t 2018 down 70.6% falling
39 Portugal 38,005 t 2018 down 62.1% falling
40 Finland 34,769 t 2018 down 57.7% rising
41 Algeria 34,570 t 2018 down 46.4% rising
42 Peru 33,526 t 2018 down 60.0% rising
43 Australia 33,211 t 2018 down 88.1% falling
44 Croatia 29,461 t 2018 down 48.3% flat
45 Kazakhstan 28,635 t 2018 down 25.0% rising
46 Bulgaria 28,365 t 2018 down 40.1% rising
47 United Arab Emirates 26,957 t 2018 down 73.2% volatile
48 Canada 26,556 t 2018 down 64.1% rising
49 Myanmar 25,743 t 2018 up 555.0% volatile
50 Ecuador 22,617 t 2018 down 52.1% falling
51 Morocco 22,060 t 2018 up 30.7% rising
52 Argentina 21,640 t 2018 down 87.2% volatile
53 Guatemala 20,994 t 2018 down 44.4% falling
54 Slovenia 19,342 t 2018 down 82.2% volatile
55 Nigeria 18,269 t 2018 down 41.0% volatile
56 Nepal 17,706 t 2018 up 387.5% volatile
57 Uganda 16,579 t 2018 down 11.6% rising
58 Afghanistan 16,210 t 2018 up 1,860.1% volatile
59 Ghana 16,119 t 2018 up 10.6% rising
60 Dominican Republic 15,985 t 2018 down 46.7% falling
61 Slovakia 15,161 t 2018 down 52.7% falling
62 Estonia 13,669 t 2018 up 9.8% falling
63 Uzbekistan 13,068 t 2018 down 18.3% rising
64 Cuba 12,193 t 2018 up 21.9% volatile
65 Paraguay 9,837 t 2018 down 24.5% falling
66 Panama 9,516 t 2018 down 44.0% falling
67 El Salvador 9,470 t 2018 down 60.1% falling
68 Lithuania 9,408 t 2018 down 50.3% falling
69 Honduras 9,269 t 2018 down 56.9% falling
70 New Zealand 9,128 t 2018 up 128.2% volatile
71 Tunisia 8,676 t 2018 down 56.0% falling
72 Trinidad and Tobago 8,476 t 2018 down 62.0% falling
73 Belarus 8,100 t 2018 down 73.6% volatile
74 Costa Rica 7,771 t 2018 down 75.2% falling
75 Luxembourg 7,318 t 2018 down 48.5% falling
76 Turkmenistan 7,129 t 2018 up 118,717.0% volatile
77 Kuwait 6,928 t 2018 down 88.3% volatile
78 Jordan 6,818 t 2018 down 78.2% flat
79 Lebanon 6,546 t 2018 down 60.3% falling
80 Iceland 6,311 t 2018 down 22.2% flat
81 Latvia 6,284 t 2018 down 69.6% falling
82 Zimbabwe 6,132 t 2018 up 227.6% volatile
83 Uruguay 5,920 t 2018 down 40.8% falling
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,850 t 2018 down 47.0% rising
85 Zambia 5,049 t 2018 up 25.7% volatile
86 Mauritius 4,867 t 2018 down 53.3% rising
87 Japan 4,533 t 2018 down 97.5% volatile
88 C�te d'Ivoire 4,301 t 2018 up 14.6% rising
89 Madagascar 4,017 t 2018 down 1.3% volatile
90 Sudan (former) 3,980 t 2011 down 33.7% volatile
91 Qatar 3,810 t 2018 down 76.7% volatile
92 Ethiopia 3,744 t 2018 down 3.2% volatile
93 Yemen 3,096 t 2005 up 203.2% volatile
94 Senegal 2,995 t 2018 up 13.7% rising
95 Jamaica 2,979 t 2018 down 70.2% falling
96 Azerbaijan 2,900 t 2018 down 29.1% falling
97 Cyprus 2,823 t 2018 down 74.9% falling
98 Oman 2,767 t 2018 down 60.5% rising
99 Guyana 2,509 t 2018 up 32.9% rising
100 Indonesia 2,472 t 2018 up 76.6% volatile
101 Netherlands Antilles (former) 2,325 t 2010 up 8.0% rising
102 Tajikistan 2,030 t 2018 up 147.0% volatile
103 Barbados 1,534 t 2018 down 73.2% falling
104 Kyrgyzstan 1,500 t 2018 down 46.4% falling
105 Cameroon 1,478 t 2018 down 52.6% volatile
106 Bahamas 1,437 t 2018 up 127.4% volatile
107 Mozambique 1,430 t 2018 down 12.9% volatile
108 Iraq 1,335 t 2018 down 8.2% volatile
109 Angola 1,301 t 2018 up 2,223.2% volatile
110 Georgia 1,297 t 2018 down 69.6% rising
111 Albania 1,279 t 2018 down 53.7% falling
112 Suriname 1,231 t 2018 down 38.5% volatile
113 Nicaragua 1,223 t 2018 down 85.7% falling
114 Malta 1,171 t 2018 down 68.7% falling
114 Malawi 1,171 t 2018 down 65.6% volatile
116 Chile 1,134 t 2018 up 140.3% volatile
117 Haiti 936 t 2018 down 64.0% volatile
118 Fiji 913 t 2018 up 45,550.0% volatile
119 Brunei Darussalam 903 t 2018 down 48.3% volatile
120 Russian Federation 868 t 2018 down 85.5% volatile
121 Cambodia 837 t 2018 down 73.3% volatile
122 Burkina Faso 750 t 2018 up 65.9% volatile
123 Mongolia 678 t 2018 down 72.4% rising
124 Libya 641 t 2018 down 11.6% volatile
125 Armenia 594 t 2018 down 57.5% falling
126 Gabon 571 t 2018 up 33.4% volatile
127 Mali 566 t 2018 down 30.7% volatile
128 Eritrea 408 t 2018 up 48.4% volatile
129 French Polynesia 393 t 2018 down 84.5% volatile
130 Togo 376 t 2018 up 24.1% falling
131 Benin 343 t 2018 down 71.0% volatile
132 Belize 325 t 2018 down 27.3% volatile
133 Bahrain 223 t 2018 down 96.2% volatile
134 Samoa 215 t 2018 up 975.0% volatile
135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 214 t 2018 down 35.2% volatile
136 Solomon Islands 211 t 2018 up 1,818.2% volatile
137 Sierra Leone 139 t 2018 up 178.0% volatile
138 Dominica 120 t 2015 up 823.1% volatile
139 Republic of Korea 108 t 2018 down 97.3% volatile
140 Rwanda 90 t 2018 down 77.6% volatile
141 Niger 84 t 2017 down 43.6% volatile
142 Papua New Guinea 69 t 2018 down 94.3% volatile
143 Liberia 54 t 2018 down 5.3% volatile
144 Tonga 46 t 2017 up 360.0% volatile
145 New Caledonia 34 t 2018 down 99.0% volatile
146 Congo 33 t 2018 down 29.8% volatile
147 Djibouti 32 t 2018 down 98.4% volatile
148 Vanuatu 28 t 2018 up 211.1% volatile
149 Gambia 25 t 2018 up 4.2% volatile
150 Burundi 22 t 2018 down 40.5% volatile
150 Mauritania 22 t 2018 up 22.2% volatile
152 Bhutan 20 t 2018 up 100.0% volatile
153 Guinea 16 t 2018 down 91.3% volatile
154 Somalia 4 t 2018 up 100.0% volatile
155 Guinea-Bissau 2 t 2015 down 66.7% volatile
155 Sao Tome and Principe 2 t 2013 down 96.0% volatile
157 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.

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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/