Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Export Quantity by country

Countries reporting

Highest

17.04 million m3

Viet Nam

Lowest

0 m3

T�rkiye

Median

17,175 m3

Years covered

1997–2018

Data points

1,485

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Export Quantity is currently reported for 94 countries. The highest value is 17.04 million m3 in Viet Nam; the lowest is 0 m3 in T�rkiye.

The median across all reporting countries is 17,175 m3, and the mean is 701,565 m3.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 2,825,340.0%), and the largest decrease in T�rkiye (down 100.0%).

Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Export Quantity: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Viet Nam	17.04 million m3	2018	up 752.5%	volatile
2	Australia	16.37 million m3	2018	up 69.0%	rising
3	Chile	6.25 million m3	2018	up 49.3%	rising
4	Thailand	2.98 million m3	2018	up 238.2%	volatile
5	Belarus	2.83 million m3	2018	up 2,825,340.0%	volatile
6	Brazil	2.60 million m3	2018	up 6.0%	volatile
7	Russian Federation	2.08 million m3	2018	down 8.0%	volatile
8	Germany	1.91 million m3	2018	down 52.0%	falling
9	Latvia	1.80 million m3	2018	down 0.9%	rising
10	Uruguay	1.31 million m3	2018	down 42.5%	volatile
11	Indonesia	920,858 m3	2018	up 554.9%	volatile
12	Estonia	723,361 m3	2018	up 98.7%	falling
13	Fiji	701,318 m3	2018	up 503.9%	volatile
14	Slovenia	675,993 m3	2018	up 129.1%	volatile
15	New Zealand	674,000 m3	2018	up 79.7%	volatile
16	Norway	644,920 m3	2018	up 343.4%	volatile
17	Slovakia	603,043 m3	2018	up 2,700.0%	volatile
18	France	597,747 m3	2018	up 7.8%	falling
19	Croatia	586,023 m3	2018	up 985.2%	volatile
20	Ukraine	539,350 m3	2018	up 2,556.9%	volatile
21	Malaysia	467,834 m3	2018	up 17.1%	rising
22	Belgium	386,677 m3	2018	up 8.4%	rising
23	Canada	358,837 m3	2018	down 59.3%	falling
24	Czechia	303,561 m3	2018	down 20.9%	volatile
25	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	236,873 m3	2018	up 153.9%	volatile
26	Sweden	226,994 m3	2018	down 64.6%	falling
27	Poland	220,857 m3	2018	up 134.6%	volatile
28	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	214,000 m3	2018	up 511.0%	volatile
29	Bulgaria	208,627 m3	2018	up 601.1%	volatile
30	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	166,476 m3	2018	down 36.0%	volatile
31	Austria	164,697 m3	2018	down 54.9%	falling
32	Hungary	155,956 m3	2018	up 514.0%	volatile
33	Lithuania	143,900 m3	2018	up 77.3%	volatile
34	Spain	133,383 m3	2018	up 197.9%	volatile
35	Finland	116,239 m3	2018	down 39.8%	rising
36	Ecuador	86,000 m3	2018	up 121.9%	volatile
37	Mozambique	62,000 m3	2017	up 3,762.9%	volatile
38	Singapore	58,952 m3	2018	—	volatile
39	Gambia	58,677 m3	2017	up 1,789.2%	volatile
40	Italy	46,686 m3	2018	up 1,356.7%	volatile
41	Switzerland	46,041 m3	2018	down 65.0%	volatile
42	Portugal	45,006 m3	2018	down 69.6%	volatile
43	Luxembourg	41,638 m3	2018	down 70.9%	volatile
44	Congo	36,000 m3	2017	up 7.9%	volatile
45	Liberia	32,531 m3	2013	up 16,165.5%	volatile
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21,860 m3	2018	up 13.7%	volatile
47	Denmark	18,000 m3	2018	down 83.4%	volatile
48	Cameroon	16,350 m3	2018	up 96,076.5%	volatile
49	Ireland	15,970 m3	2018	up 74.5%	volatile
50	Papua New Guinea	5,630 m3	2012	down 94.1%	volatile
51	Romania	3,601 m3	2018	down 95.6%	volatile
52	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2,727 m3	2018	—	volatile
53	Cambodia	1,760 m3	2018	down 31.9%	volatile
54	Nigeria	1,664 m3	2018	up 225.0%	volatile
55	Philippines	1,160 m3	2018	up 279.1%	volatile
56	Honduras	1,077 m3	2018	up 370.3%	volatile
57	Saudi Arabia	849 m3	2018	—	volatile
58	United Arab Emirates	778 m3	2018	down 35.2%	volatile
59	Albania	750 m3	2018	down 55.9%	volatile
60	Mexico	719 m3	2018	up 417.3%	volatile
61	Egypt	525 m3	2018	up 15.1%	volatile
62	China	419 m3	2018	down 99.9%	volatile
63	Japan	301 m3	2018	down 97.0%	volatile
64	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	161 m3	2012	—	volatile
65	C�te d'Ivoire	105 m3	2017	down 40.3%	volatile
66	Costa Rica	88 m3	2017	up 252.0%	volatile
67	Kuwait	72 m3	2017	up 38.5%	volatile
68	Lao People's Democratic Republic	63 m3	2016	—	volatile
69	Syrian Arab Republic	60 m3	2012	—	volatile
70	Argentina	50 m3	2018	—	volatile
71	Zambia	46 m3	2015	down 84.9%	volatile
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45 m3	2013	up 55.2%	volatile
73	Oman	32 m3	2018	up 540.0%	volatile
74	India	31 m3	2018	down 89.0%	volatile
75	Guatemala	29 m3	2017	up 1,350.0%	volatile
75	Suriname	29 m3	2018	—	volatile
77	United Republic of Tanzania	28 m3	2018	down 70.2%	volatile
78	Madagascar	25 m3	2010	—	volatile
78	Kenya	25 m3	2007	—	volatile
80	Tunisia	20 m3	2017	down 98.4%	volatile
81	Nicaragua	19 m3	2017	down 99.5%	volatile
82	Jordan	18 m3	2012	—	volatile
83	Greece	14 m3	2018	down 95.0%	volatile
84	Republic of Korea	11 m3	2018	—	volatile
85	Trinidad and Tobago	9 m3	2017	unchanged	falling
86	Myanmar	6 m3	2018	—	volatile
87	Ghana	5 m3	2018	down 99.8%	volatile
88	Malawi	4 m3	2018	down 84.0%	volatile
88	Lebanon	4 m3	2017	—	volatile
90	Sri Lanka	3 m3	2017	down 93.5%	volatile
91	Pakistan	2 m3	2017	—	volatile
91	Uganda	2 m3	2015	down 50.0%	volatile
93	Jamaica	1 m3	2018	down 98.9%	volatile
94	T�rkiye	0 m3	2018	down 100.0%	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 6.77 million m3
South Africa 2.39 million m3

About this data

Indicator: Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Export Quantity
Unit: m3
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 96 places, 1,485 data points, 1997–2018
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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/