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Total FAO — Paper and paperboard, excluding 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
171
Highest
10.84 million t
Germany
Lowest
121 t
Central African Republic
Median
100,312 t
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,728

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 10.84 million t in Germany; the lowest is 121 t in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 100,312 t, and the mean is 575,816 t.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 89,584.

Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 1,815.8%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 97.4%).

Total FAO — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 10.84 million t 2018 up 8.6% rising
1 Viet Nam 1.60 million t 2018 up 162.3% volatile
2 China 7.08 million t 2018 up 50.7% falling
2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 684,874 t 2018 up 38.5% rising
2 Cabo Verde 1,208 t 2018 up 4.1% rising
3 Italy 4.92 million t 2018 up 12.3% rising
3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 103,436 t 2018 up 39.6% rising
4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.71 million t 2018 down 23.3% falling
4 Syrian Arab Republic 98,143 t 2018 down 56.1% falling
5 France 4.48 million t 2018 down 20.8% falling
5 United Republic of Tanzania 83,637 t 2018 up 84.4% volatile
6 Poland 4.13 million t 2018 up 52.9% rising
6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,949 t 2018 up 679.2% volatile
7 Mexico 3.92 million t 2018 up 9.1% rising
7 Republic of Moldova 35,656 t 2018 down 29.7% rising
8 Belgium 3.44 million t 2018 down 9.9% rising
8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 25,016 t 2018 down 89.0% volatile
9 Spain 3.11 million t 2018 down 13.9% rising
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 18,238 t 2018 up 35.2% rising
10 Canada 2.65 million t 2018 up 20.1% falling
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,165 t 2018 down 29.1% volatile
11 T�rkiye 2.48 million t 2018 up 47.8% volatile
11 Timor-Leste 845 t 2018 up 340.1% volatile
12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.17 million t 2018 down 29.1% falling
13 Malaysia 1.63 million t 2018 down 12.8% rising
14 India 1.54 million t 2018 up 145.9% volatile
15 Czechia 1.53 million t 2018 up 19.8% rising
16 Japan 1.29 million t 2018 down 4.9% rising
17 Russian Federation 1.27 million t 2018 down 13.9% rising
18 Austria 1.24 million t 2018 up 5.8% rising
19 Republic of Korea 1.21 million t 2018 up 50.9% rising
20 Singapore 1.20 million t 2018 up 113.2% rising
21 Philippines 1.18 million t 2018 up 182.3% rising
22 Saudi Arabia 1.18 million t 2018 down 27.0% rising
23 Australia 1.15 million t 2018 down 4.9% rising
24 Egypt 1.03 million t 2018 up 31.2% rising
25 Thailand 999,983 t 2018 up 60.1% volatile
26 Portugal 865,786 t 2018 up 27.8% rising
27 United Arab Emirates 862,757 t 2018 up 55.1% rising
28 Sweden 788,251 t 2018 down 17.5% rising
29 Denmark 766,054 t 2018 down 4.9% falling
30 Hungary 742,954 t 2018 up 0.5% rising
31 Chile 711,884 t 2018 up 36.1% rising
32 Indonesia 701,958 t 2018 up 75.9% rising
33 South Africa 697,235 t 2018 up 28.6% rising
34 Bangladesh 697,025 t 2018 up 413.1% volatile
35 Slovenia 675,492 t 2018 up 33.6% volatile
36 Switzerland 647,350 t 2018 down 20.9% falling
37 Romania 632,000 t 2018 up 115.8% volatile
38 Argentina 617,760 t 2018 down 58.0% rising
39 Greece 605,600 t 2018 up 4.4% rising
40 Algeria 578,951 t 2018 up 161.0% rising
41 Ukraine 545,000 t 2018 down 23.6% rising
42 Morocco 540,283 t 2018 up 189.9% rising
43 Peru 532,315 t 2018 up 46.6% rising
44 Brazil 524,567 t 2018 down 30.6% rising
45 Guatemala 518,171 t 2018 up 65.8% rising
46 Pakistan 516,478 t 2018 up 50.4% volatile
47 Colombia 512,245 t 2018 up 19.0% rising
48 Israel 478,150 t 2018 up 24.9% rising
49 Costa Rica 451,211 t 2018 up 26.4% rising
50 New Zealand 448,052 t 2018 down 4.3% rising
51 Nigeria 436,082 t 2018 up 33.8% rising
52 Slovakia 428,224 t 2018 up 3.9% rising
53 Serbia and Montenegro 377,000 t 2005 up 396.7% volatile
54 Sri Lanka 369,678 t 2018 up 40.5% volatile
55 Ireland 342,200 t 2018 down 11.3% flat
56 Kenya 328,882 t 2018 up 143.9% volatile
57 Croatia 323,672 t 2018 up 54.9% rising
58 Norway 314,949 t 2018 down 20.2% falling
59 Bulgaria 298,502 t 2018 up 47.4% rising
60 Finland 297,863 t 2018 down 28.2% rising
61 Ecuador 283,810 t 2018 up 72.2% rising
62 Lithuania 275,028 t 2018 up 67.1% volatile
63 Dominican Republic 269,383 t 2018 up 35.8% rising
64 Jordan 253,921 t 2018 up 60.0% rising
65 Belarus 232,100 t 2018 up 111.4% rising
66 Myanmar 222,044 t 2018 up 642.3% volatile
67 Honduras 219,312 t 2018 up 84.6% rising
68 Ghana 217,180 t 2018 up 328.4% volatile
69 Lebanon 204,004 t 2018 up 8.5% rising
70 El Salvador 192,284 t 2018 up 21.3% rising
71 Kuwait 191,591 t 2018 up 90.3% rising
72 Tunisia 190,922 t 2018 up 9.9% rising
73 Kazakhstan 188,519 t 2018 up 33.0% volatile
74 Latvia 177,349 t 2018 up 47.9% rising
75 Cambodia 173,035 t 2018 up 321.6% volatile
76 Luxembourg 171,781 t 2018 up 11.9% rising
77 Estonia 145,773 t 2018 up 6.9% rising
78 Uzbekistan 144,213 t 2018 up 304.3% volatile
79 C�te d'Ivoire 142,220 t 2018 up 46.1% rising
80 Oman 136,491 t 2018 up 91.6% volatile
81 Paraguay 129,323 t 2018 up 54.6% rising
82 Uganda 122,671 t 2018 up 152.1% volatile
83 Iraq 100,312 t 2018 up 810.9% volatile
84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100,090 t 2018 up 105.8% volatile
85 Yemen 78,960 t 2005 up 187.9% rising
86 Nepal 78,549 t 2018 up 404.2% volatile
87 Zimbabwe 70,894 t 2018 up 396.7% rising
88 Qatar 70,813 t 2018 up 132.7% volatile
89 Ethiopia 65,087 t 2018 up 10.8% volatile
90 Uruguay 63,115 t 2018 down 13.9% rising
91 Panama 63,018 t 2018 down 32.5% falling
92 Senegal 61,127 t 2018 up 38.3% rising
93 Sudan (former) 59,717 t 2010 up 423.7% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 58,200 t 2018 up 11.1% volatile
95 Trinidad and Tobago 56,204 t 2018 down 51.3% falling
96 Zambia 52,870 t 2018 up 87.1% volatile
97 Nicaragua 52,742 t 2018 up 59.3% volatile
98 Cameroon 52,543 t 2018 up 7.7% rising
99 Georgia 48,291 t 2018 up 105.3% volatile
100 Cyprus 47,733 t 2018 down 25.1% rising
101 Armenia 45,233 t 2018 up 1,387.4% volatile
102 Bahrain 44,590 t 2018 up 36.7% rising
103 Angola 43,755 t 2018 up 72.8% volatile
104 Mauritius 39,111 t 2018 up 20.8% rising
105 Fiji 37,463 t 2018 up 78.3% volatile
106 Madagascar 35,598 t 2018 up 44.7% volatile
107 Jamaica 31,476 t 2018 up 63.1% falling
108 Mongolia 29,911 t 2018 up 158.6% volatile
109 Cuba 29,724 t 2018 down 51.1% rising
110 Djibouti 29,190 t 2018 up 165.5% volatile
111 Malta 25,436 t 2018 down 11.2% falling
112 Mozambique 23,091 t 2018 up 39.1% volatile
113 Libya 22,982 t 2018 down 39.0% rising
114 Togo 21,189 t 2018 up 146.2% volatile
115 Afghanistan 20,534 t 2018 up 584.9% volatile
116 Papua New Guinea 20,489 t 2018 up 26.4% rising
117 Albania 19,849 t 2018 up 30.1% rising
118 Turkmenistan 18,277 t 2018 up 1,815.8% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan 18,053 t 2018 up 25.2% rising
120 Iceland 14,929 t 2018 down 38.8% falling
121 Haiti 14,373 t 2018 down 3.8% rising
122 Malawi 13,274 t 2018 down 13.7% rising
123 Congo 11,550 t 2018 up 24.9% volatile
124 Rwanda 10,799 t 2018 up 187.6% volatile
125 Benin 10,724 t 2018 up 42.4% rising
126 Mauritania 8,292 t 2018 up 148.6% rising
127 Gabon 7,357 t 2018 up 38.2% rising
128 Burkina Faso 7,153 t 2018 up 138.2% volatile
129 New Caledonia 6,920 t 2018 down 21.0% rising
130 Tajikistan 6,750 t 2018 up 581.8% volatile
131 Mali 6,211 t 2018 down 15.8% rising
132 Bahamas 5,976 t 2018 up 58.6% falling
133 Netherlands Antilles (former) 5,483 t 2010 up 77.3% rising
134 Suriname 5,343 t 2018 down 5.0% volatile
135 French Polynesia 4,877 t 2018 down 5.8% rising
136 Barbados 4,825 t 2018 down 34.9% falling
137 Burundi 4,789 t 2018 up 143.5% volatile
138 Guyana 4,547 t 2018 up 25.7% falling
139 Somalia 4,528 t 2018 up 1,711.2% volatile
140 Brunei Darussalam 4,228 t 2018 up 10.2% volatile
141 Sierra Leone 4,184 t 2018 up 101.3% volatile
142 Guinea 3,981 t 2018 up 47.0% rising
143 Belize 3,570 t 2018 down 30.5% rising
144 Bhutan 3,341 t 2018 up 389.9% volatile
145 Eritrea 2,523 t 2018 up 190.7% volatile
146 Liberia 2,304 t 2018 up 341.4% volatile
147 Gambia 2,144 t 2018 up 125.4% volatile
148 Niger 1,489 t 2018 down 47.0% volatile
149 Equatorial Guinea 1,244 t 2018 up 1,581.1% volatile
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,224 t 2018 down 67.7% volatile
151 Samoa 1,212 t 2018 up 31.3% volatile
152 Solomon Islands 790 t 2018 up 283.5% volatile
153 Chad 747 t 2018 up 180.8% volatile
154 Dominica 526 t 2018 down 6.4% volatile
155 Guinea-Bissau 390 t 2018 up 242.1% volatile
156 Tonga 265 t 2018 up 11.3% volatile
157 Sao Tome and Principe 200 t 2018 down 97.4% volatile
158 Vanuatu 188 t 2018 down 20.7% rising
159 Central African Republic 121 t 2018 down 84.2% 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 — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
172 places, 3,728 data points, 1997–2018
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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/