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

Countries reporting

137

Highest

22.01 million m3

Japan

Lowest

0 m3

Serbia and Montenegro

Median

281 m3

Years covered

1997–2018

Data points

2,110

What the numbers show

Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 22.01 million m3 in Japan; the lowest is 0 m3 in Serbia and Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 281 m3, and the mean is 510,080 m3.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 25,086.6%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 99.4%).

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

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Japan	22.01 million m3	2018	up 8.3%	falling
2	China	21.98 million m3	2018	up 539.5%	volatile
3	T�rkiye	3.38 million m3	2018	up 108.1%	volatile
4	Finland	3.13 million m3	2018	down 12.1%	rising
5	Canada	2.77 million m3	2018	down 12.3%	rising
6	Sweden	2.11 million m3	2018	up 24.2%	rising
7	Poland	1.81 million m3	2018	up 1,334.9%	volatile
8	Portugal	1.72 million m3	2018	up 256.6%	volatile
9	Republic of Korea	1.48 million m3	2018	up 40.2%	falling
10	Austria	1.30 million m3	2018	up 10.1%	rising
11	Germany	1.24 million m3	2018	up 2.2%	rising
12	Lithuania	1.22 million m3	2018	up 148.2%	volatile
13	Indonesia	822,786 m3	2018	up 10,213.2%	volatile
14	France	790,511 m3	2018	up 89.5%	flat
15	Italy	662,281 m3	2018	down 32.4%	falling
16	Czechia	406,919 m3	2018	up 846.3%	volatile
17	Switzerland	398,945 m3	2018	down 15.0%	rising
18	Norway	360,262 m3	2018	down 70.6%	falling
19	Hungary	267,345 m3	2018	up 313.8%	volatile
20	Denmark	240,000 m3	2018	down 19.2%	rising
21	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	211,744 m3	2018	down 43.5%	rising
22	Romania	186,063 m3	2018	up 12,304.2%	volatile
23	Slovenia	178,525 m3	2018	down 19.7%	volatile
24	India	161,446 m3	2018	up 25,086.6%	volatile
25	Slovakia	159,494 m3	2018	up 5,365.9%	volatile
26	Spain	123,065 m3	2018	down 83.3%	volatile
27	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	104,967 m3	2018	down 33.5%	rising
28	Latvia	103,679 m3	2018	up 10.8%	volatile
29	Belgium	84,336 m3	2018	down 64.3%	volatile
30	Luxembourg	76,771 m3	2018	down 65.1%	volatile
31	Lao People's Democratic Republic	70,789 m3	2018	up 4,702.5%	volatile
32	Estonia	67,568 m3	2018	up 647.7%	volatile
33	Croatia	53,536 m3	2018	up 2,576.8%	volatile
34	Thailand	36,274 m3	2018	up 13,384.8%	volatile
35	Ireland	33,463 m3	2018	down 19.8%	volatile
36	Iceland	19,325 m3	2018	up 452.5%	volatile
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17,340 m3	2018	up 5,798.0%	volatile
38	Argentina	15,240 m3	2018	down 90.9%	volatile
39	United Arab Emirates	13,155 m3	2018	up 276.2%	volatile
40	Saudi Arabia	10,117 m3	2018	down 82.9%	volatile
41	Philippines	7,607 m3	2018	down 15.9%	volatile
42	Greece	7,384 m3	2018	down 98.3%	volatile
43	Bulgaria	5,100 m3	2018	up 82.1%	volatile
44	Russian Federation	4,062 m3	2018	down 18.8%	volatile
45	Singapore	2,999 m3	2018	up 274.9%	volatile
46	Belarus	2,760 m3	2018	up 2,660.0%	volatile
47	Australia	2,498 m3	2018	up 149.8%	volatile
48	Haiti	2,289 m3	2018	up 6.8%	volatile
49	Oman	1,998 m3	2018	up 474.1%	volatile
50	Fiji	1,857 m3	2018	up 744.1%	volatile
51	Kyrgyzstan	1,600 m3	2018	—	volatile
52	Kazakhstan	1,536 m3	2018	up 484.0%	volatile
53	Malta	1,106 m3	2018	up 1,282.5%	volatile
54	Dominican Republic	981 m3	2018	up 5,670.6%	volatile
55	Lebanon	740 m3	2018	down 17.8%	volatile
56	Qatar	647 m3	2018	down 93.3%	volatile
57	Brazil	532 m3	2018	down 89.4%	volatile
58	Ukraine	520 m3	2018	down 79.2%	volatile
59	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	511 m3	2018	up 1,792.6%	volatile
60	Uzbekistan	486 m3	2018	up 2,109.1%	volatile
61	Republic of Moldova	472 m3	2018	—	volatile
62	Viet Nam	406 m3	2018	down 75.4%	volatile
63	Honduras	381 m3	2018	down 47.7%	volatile
64	Israel	376 m3	2018	down 90.7%	volatile
65	Mexico	370 m3	2018	down 98.9%	volatile
66	Chile	364 m3	2018	—	volatile
67	New Zealand	358 m3	2018	—	volatile
68	Malaysia	319 m3	2018	down 89.3%	volatile
69	Panama	281 m3	2018	—	volatile
70	Costa Rica	238 m3	2018	up 815.4%	volatile
70	Kuwait	238 m3	2018	up 93.5%	volatile
72	Cyprus	188 m3	2018	up 652.0%	volatile
73	Nigeria	174 m3	2018	down 89.7%	volatile
74	Peru	165 m3	2018	up 96.4%	volatile
75	Uruguay	127 m3	2018	—	volatile
76	Armenia	114 m3	2018	—	volatile
77	Colombia	109 m3	2018	up 2,625.0%	volatile
78	Guatemala	107 m3	2018	up 328.0%	volatile
79	Azerbaijan	100 m3	2018	up 354.5%	volatile
79	Morocco	100 m3	2018	up 426.3%	volatile
81	Sri Lanka	98 m3	2018	up 444.4%	volatile
82	Cameroon	69 m3	2018	down 2.8%	volatile
83	Bahamas	66 m3	2018	down 93.1%	volatile
84	Egypt	65 m3	2018	down 82.0%	volatile
85	Jamaica	50 m3	2018	down 83.3%	volatile
86	Georgia	49 m3	2018	down 87.2%	volatile
87	Bahrain	39 m3	2018	down 84.6%	volatile
88	Paraguay	37 m3	2018	up 68.2%	volatile
89	French Polynesia	36 m3	2018	down 79.5%	volatile
89	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	36 m3	2016	—	volatile
91	Algeria	32 m3	2018	down 98.4%	volatile
92	Tunisia	31 m3	2018	down 79.7%	volatile
92	Sudan (former)	31 m3	2010	down 78.5%	volatile
94	Kenya	30 m3	2018	down 77.4%	volatile
94	Rwanda	30 m3	2014	—	volatile
96	Libya	29 m3	2018	down 89.1%	volatile
96	Brunei Darussalam	29 m3	2018	down 86.0%	volatile
98	Nepal	28 m3	2017	up 180.0%	volatile
98	C�te d'Ivoire	28 m3	2018	up 64.7%	volatile
100	Gambia	25 m3	2018	up 525.0%	volatile
100	Cabo Verde	25 m3	2016	down 98.4%	volatile
102	Mauritius	24 m3	2018	down 93.6%	volatile
103	El Salvador	23 m3	2018	up 35.3%	volatile
103	Zambia	23 m3	2018	up 360.0%	volatile
105	Malawi	22 m3	2015	down 90.2%	volatile
105	Tajikistan	22 m3	2018	—	flat
105	Zimbabwe	22 m3	2018	up 175.0%	volatile
108	Trinidad and Tobago	19 m3	2017	down 81.0%	volatile
109	Barbados	18 m3	2018	down 78.0%	volatile
109	Netherlands Antilles (former)	18 m3	2009	down 14.3%	volatile
111	Angola	17 m3	2017	up 466.7%	volatile
111	Myanmar	17 m3	2018	down 94.6%	volatile
111	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	17 m3	2018	up 88.9%	volatile
114	Pakistan	15 m3	2018	down 48.3%	volatile
114	Chad	15 m3	2018	down 99.4%	volatile
116	New Caledonia	12 m3	2018	down 95.7%	volatile
117	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	11 m3	2017	—	volatile
118	Cambodia	10 m3	2018	down 23.1%	volatile
119	Nicaragua	9 m3	2013	up 200.0%	volatile
119	Papua New Guinea	9 m3	2017	down 93.8%	volatile
121	Congo	8 m3	2014	down 66.7%	volatile
122	Cuba	7 m3	2015	down 87.7%	volatile
122	Jordan	7 m3	2018	—	volatile
124	Uganda	5 m3	2018	down 88.6%	volatile
124	United Republic of Tanzania	5 m3	2018	up 400.0%	volatile
126	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3 m3	2018	down 97.4%	volatile
127	Afghanistan	2 m3	2017	down 98.1%	volatile
127	Ecuador	2 m3	2018	unchanged	volatile
127	Ethiopia	2 m3	2015	—	volatile
127	Mozambique	2 m3	2018	down 96.8%	volatile
127	Mauritania	2 m3	2017	down 97.2%	volatile
127	Suriname	2 m3	2018	—	volatile
127	Samoa	2 m3	2018	down 95.0%	volatile
134	Belize	1 m3	2018	down 66.7%	volatile
134	Tonga	1 m3	2012	down 97.8%	volatile
136	Albania	0 m3	2012	—	volatile
136	Serbia and Montenegro	0 m3	2005	—	flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

South Africa 147,524 m3
United States of America 57,600 m3

About this data

Indicator: Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity
Unit: m3
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 139 places, 2,110 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/