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Total FAO — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 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
159
Highest
10.56 million 1000 USD
Germany
Lowest
160 1000 USD
Central African Republic
Median
125,031 1000 USD
Years covered
22
1997–2018
Data points
3,728

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value is currently reported for 159 countries. The highest value is 10.56 million 1000 USD in Germany; the lowest is 160 1000 USD in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 125,031 1000 USD, and the mean is 570,103 1000 USD.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65,972.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 2,052.7%), and the largest decrease in São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of (down 91.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 10.56 million 1000 USD 2018 down 1.1% rising
2 China (People’s Republic of) 6.38 million 1000 USD 2018 up 41.8% rising
3 France 4.48 million 1000 USD 2018 down 29.0% rising
4 Italy 4.46 million 1000 USD 2018 down 1.4% rising
5 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4.40 million 1000 USD 2018 down 26.2% rising
6 Poland, Republic of 3.54 million 1000 USD 2018 up 32.3% rising
7 Mexico 3.47 million 1000 USD 2018 up 36.1% rising
8 Belgium 2.92 million 1000 USD 2018 down 22.0% rising
9 Spain 2.87 million 1000 USD 2018 down 23.4% rising
10 Canada 2.72 million 1000 USD 2018 up 8.6% rising
11 T�rkiye 2.13 million 1000 USD 2018 up 26.5% volatile
12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.08 million 1000 USD 2018 down 41.2% falling
13 Malaysia 1.51 million 1000 USD 2018 up 22.4% rising
14 Russian Federation 1.48 million 1000 USD 2018 down 24.3% volatile
15 India 1.45 million 1000 USD 2018 up 105.3% volatile
16 Republic of Korea 1.43 million 1000 USD 2018 up 47.1% rising
17 Japan 1.42 million 1000 USD 2018 down 10.7% rising
18 Czech Republic 1.23 million 1000 USD 2018 down 1.2% rising
19 Austria 1.20 million 1000 USD 2018 down 12.9% rising
20 Thailand 1.13 million 1000 USD 2018 up 29.1% rising
21 Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.06 million 1000 USD 2018 up 79.5% rising
22 Saudi Arabia 1.06 million 1000 USD 2018 down 23.0% volatile
23 Australia 1.01 million 1000 USD 2018 down 12.5% rising
24 Philippines 970,887 1000 USD 2018 up 223.2% rising
25 Singapore 956,498 1000 USD 2018 up 260.3% volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 924,879 1000 USD 2018 up 70.0% volatile
27 Indonesia 874,240 1000 USD 2018 up 76.4% volatile
28 South Africa 813,030 1000 USD 2018 up 21.4% rising
29 Switzerland 805,215 1000 USD 2018 down 29.3% falling
30 Portugal 801,671 1000 USD 2018 down 5.5% rising
31 Sweden 735,456 1000 USD 2018 down 27.8% rising
32 Chile 672,960 1000 USD 2018 up 30.2% rising
33 Argentina 649,640 1000 USD 2018 down 54.2% rising
34 Greece 642,904 1000 USD 2018 up 6.0% rising
35 Hungary 636,634 1000 USD 2018 down 29.4% rising
36 Denmark 625,181 1000 USD 2018 down 45.1% falling
37 Romania 604,854 1000 USD 2018 up 97.2% volatile
38 Ukraine 601,743 1000 USD 2018 down 18.3% rising
39 Brazil 588,002 1000 USD 2018 down 30.0% rising
40 Morocco 532,232 1000 USD 2018 up 193.9% volatile
41 Colombia 516,826 1000 USD 2018 up 14.7% rising
42 Peru 503,211 1000 USD 2018 up 41.3% volatile
43 Slovenia, Republic of 501,283 1000 USD 2018 up 87.3% rising
44 Pakistan 492,757 1000 USD 2018 up 79.9% volatile
45 Bangladesh 486,571 1000 USD 2018 up 335.0% volatile
46 Algeria 480,945 1000 USD 2018 up 95.3% rising
47 Nigeria 435,571 1000 USD 2018 up 25.2% volatile
48 Costa Rica 424,603 1000 USD 2018 up 39.2% rising
49 Israel 411,742 1000 USD 2018 up 26.9% rising
50 Serbia and Montenegro 408,274 1000 USD 2005 up 490.5% volatile
51 Slovak Republic 406,637 1000 USD 2018 down 17.9% rising
52 Guatemala 402,868 1000 USD 2018 up 45.6% rising
53 New Zealand 393,250 1000 USD 2018 down 13.5% rising
54 Ireland 388,457 1000 USD 2018 down 41.4% rising
55 Kenya 327,476 1000 USD 2018 up 123.3% volatile
56 Ecuador 305,812 1000 USD 2018 up 99.9% rising
57 Finland 295,941 1000 USD 2018 down 33.5% rising
58 Bulgaria 291,227 1000 USD 2018 up 10.6% rising
59 Sri Lanka 291,059 1000 USD 2018 up 26.1% volatile
60 Lithuania, Republic of 280,014 1000 USD 2018 up 39.9% volatile
61 Norway 268,946 1000 USD 2018 down 43.3% falling
62 Croatia, Republic of 263,203 1000 USD 2018 down 0.8% rising
63 Belarus, Republic of 250,492 1000 USD 2018 up 144.7% volatile
64 Dominican Republic 248,047 1000 USD 2018 up 64.9% rising
65 Luxembourg 237,768 1000 USD 2018 down 7.3% rising
66 Kazakhstan, Republic of 233,530 1000 USD 2018 up 14.7% volatile
67 Jordan 219,164 1000 USD 2018 up 34.2% rising
68 Lebanon 202,428 1000 USD 2018 up 34.0% rising
69 Kuwait 200,922 1000 USD 2018 up 116.8% volatile
70 El Salvador 195,200 1000 USD 2018 up 19.7% rising
71 Honduras 191,609 1000 USD 2018 up 103.8% rising
72 Ghana 180,061 1000 USD 2018 up 393.6% volatile
73 Tunisia 176,528 1000 USD 2018 down 20.8% rising
74 Paraguay 172,619 1000 USD 2018 up 72.4% volatile
75 Myanmar 166,790 1000 USD 2018 up 721.0% volatile
76 Latvia, Republic of 148,771 1000 USD 2018 up 6.8% rising
77 Cambodia 146,901 1000 USD 2018 up 361.3% volatile
78 Uzbekistan, Republic of 142,193 1000 USD 2018 up 180.3% volatile
79 C�te d'Ivoire 129,330 1000 USD 2018 up 30.9% rising
80 Estonia, Republic of 125,031 1000 USD 2018 down 21.8% rising
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 111,018 1000 USD 2018 up 139.0% volatile
82 Iraq 111,004 1000 USD 2018 up 713.6% volatile
83 Uganda 107,116 1000 USD 2018 up 137.5% volatile
84 Oman 100,057 1000 USD 2018 up 77.7% volatile
85 Sudan (former) 83,567 1000 USD 2010 up 847.0% volatile
86 Zimbabwe 77,742 1000 USD 2018 up 221.3% rising
87 Qatar 76,808 1000 USD 2018 up 93.1% volatile
88 Malta 73,524 1000 USD 2018 down 58.4% volatile
89 Uruguay 71,806 1000 USD 2018 down 2.5% rising
90 Panama 71,067 1000 USD 2018 down 18.0% rising
91 Nepal 65,881 1000 USD 2018 up 340.3% volatile
92 Cyprus 60,534 1000 USD 2018 down 58.5% rising
93 Zambia 59,367 1000 USD 2018 up 68.9% volatile
94 Senegal 58,508 1000 USD 2018 up 11.9% rising
95 Armenia, Republic of 58,121 1000 USD 2018 up 1,096.2% volatile
96 Azerbaijan, Republic of 57,256 1000 USD 2018 up 98.0% volatile
97 Yemen, Republic of 55,918 1000 USD 2005 up 272.8% rising
98 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 55,507 1000 USD 2018 down 12.7% volatile
99 Trinidad and Tobago 54,078 1000 USD 2018 down 7.3% falling
100 Nicaragua 51,484 1000 USD 2018 up 97.3% volatile
101 Georgia 48,408 1000 USD 2018 up 93.3% volatile
102 Angola 46,194 1000 USD 2018 up 58.9% volatile
103 Cameroon 42,773 1000 USD 2018 down 1.7% rising
104 Mauritius 38,202 1000 USD 2018 up 4.2% rising
105 Bahrain, Kingdom of 38,185 1000 USD 2018 up 52.7% rising
106 Cuba 37,970 1000 USD 2018 down 39.6% rising
107 Jamaica 36,760 1000 USD 2018 up 17.8% rising
108 Fiji, Republic of 34,065 1000 USD 2018 up 116.3% rising
109 Libya 30,499 1000 USD 2018 down 43.1% volatile
110 Albania 30,103 1000 USD 2018 up 314.1% volatile
111 Mongolia 29,172 1000 USD 2018 up 322.2% volatile
112 Turkmenistan 25,273 1000 USD 2018 up 2,052.7% volatile
113 Congo, Republic of 25,106 1000 USD 2018 up 276.3% volatile
114 Madagascar, Republic of 24,792 1000 USD 2018 down 5.8% volatile
115 Mozambique, Republic of 24,722 1000 USD 2018 up 40.4% volatile
116 Djibouti 23,506 1000 USD 2018 up 190.4% volatile
117 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 23,057 1000 USD 2018 up 727.0% volatile
118 Togo 20,227 1000 USD 2018 up 150.1% volatile
119 Tajikistan, Republic of 17,710 1000 USD 2018 up 1,375.8% volatile
120 Iceland 16,995 1000 USD 2018 down 27.1% falling
121 Papua New Guinea 16,356 1000 USD 2018 up 38.8% rising
122 Kyrgyz Republic 15,325 1000 USD 2018 up 37.7% volatile
123 Haiti 13,996 1000 USD 2018 up 11.5% rising
124 Malawi 13,920 1000 USD 2018 down 18.6% volatile
125 Rwanda 10,005 1000 USD 2018 up 92.3% volatile
126 Barbados 9,966 1000 USD 2018 down 27.9% rising
127 Mali 9,441 1000 USD 2018 down 24.9% rising
128 Bahamas, The 8,633 1000 USD 2018 down 16.3% rising
129 Gabon 8,396 1000 USD 2018 up 2.5% rising
130 Burkina Faso 8,273 1000 USD 2018 up 107.9% rising
131 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 8,138 1000 USD 2018 up 58.3% rising
132 Benin 7,798 1000 USD 2018 down 8.3% rising
133 New Caledonia 7,611 1000 USD 2018 down 41.3% rising
134 French Polynesia 6,501 1000 USD 2018 down 38.9% rising
135 Netherlands Antilles (former) 6,327 1000 USD 2010 up 87.6% rising
136 Suriname 5,902 1000 USD 2018 down 29.3% volatile
137 Brunei Darussalam 5,871 1000 USD 2018 up 27.5% volatile
138 Guyana 5,018 1000 USD 2018 up 79.9% rising
139 Bhutan 4,936 1000 USD 2018 up 290.2% volatile
140 Sierra Leone 4,701 1000 USD 2018 up 123.1% rising
141 Somalia 4,336 1000 USD 2018 up 1,259.2% volatile
142 Guinea 3,870 1000 USD 2018 up 30.2% rising
143 Burundi 3,636 1000 USD 2018 up 45.1% volatile
144 Gambia, The 3,268 1000 USD 2018 up 80.7% volatile
145 Liberia 3,247 1000 USD 2018 up 325.6% volatile
146 Eritrea, The State of 2,770 1000 USD 2018 up 137.6% volatile
147 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 2,450 1000 USD 2018 up 1,578.1% volatile
148 Belize 2,409 1000 USD 2018 down 21.1% rising
149 Niger 1,456 1000 USD 2018 down 25.0% rising
150 Samoa 1,448 1000 USD 2018 up 53.2% volatile
151 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,348 1000 USD 2018 down 37.6% falling
152 Solomon Islands 1,024 1000 USD 2018 up 109.4% volatile
153 Chad 779 1000 USD 2018 up 22.1% falling
154 Dominica 750 1000 USD 2018 down 46.8% volatile
155 Tonga 552 1000 USD 2018 up 56.8% rising
156 Guinea-Bissau 503 1000 USD 2018 up 126.6% volatile
157 Vanuatu 336 1000 USD 2018 down 14.1% rising
158 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 328 1000 USD 2018 down 91.6% volatile
159 Central African Republic 160 1000 USD 2018 down 83.6% 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 Value
Unit
1000 USD
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/