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Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity by country

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are...

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1.30 million m3
Italy
Lowest
0 m3
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Median
132 m3
Years covered
56
1961–2016
Data points
6,045

What the numbers show

Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1.30 million m3 in Italy; the lowest is 0 m3 in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).

The median across all reporting countries is 132 m3, and the mean is 32,597 m3.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 3,095,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 100.0%).

Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 1.30 million m3 2016 up 18.7% rising
2 South Africa 616,899 m3 2016 — volatile
3 Romania 601,494 m3 2016 up 60,049.4% volatile
4 Austria 530,187 m3 2016 up 62.6% volatile
5 Germany 526,748 m3 2016 down 3.7% volatile
6 Greece 219,643 m3 2016 up 220.7% volatile
7 France 210,185 m3 2016 up 372.4% volatile
8 Belgium 207,570 m3 2016 up 348.8% volatile
9 Eswatini 206,000 m3 2016 up 242.0% volatile
10 Sweden 188,183 m3 2016 down 18.2% volatile
11 Slovenia 184,371 m3 2016 up 241.7% volatile
12 Hungary 165,754 m3 2016 down 1.3% volatile
13 United States 145,683 m3 2016 down 14.3% volatile
14 Norway 113,170 m3 2016 down 35.3% volatile
15 Denmark 101,782 m3 2016 down 57.5% volatile
16 United Kingdom 101,640 m3 2016 up 2,224.8% volatile
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 101,640 m3 2016 up 2,224.8% volatile
18 Albania 100,000 m3 2016 — volatile
19 Croatia 49,815 m3 2016 up 1,560.5% volatile
20 Lithuania 46,508 m3 2016 up 265.2% volatile
21 Slovakia 37,494 m3 2016 up 274.9% volatile
22 North Macedonia 30,958 m3 2016 up 3,095,700.0% volatile
23 Finland 29,088 m3 2016 down 83.3% volatile
24 Turkey 26,000 m3 2016 down 88.8% volatile
24 Türkiye 26,000 m3 2016 down 88.8% volatile
26 Czechia 24,813 m3 2016 down 48.3% volatile
27 Luxembourg 20,886 m3 2016 up 1,465.7% volatile
28 Sudan 20,819 m3 2016 — volatile
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 19,400 m3 2016 up 977.8% volatile
30 Poland 17,949 m3 2016 up 28.2% volatile
31 Belgium-Luxembourg 17,000 m3 1999 down 57.5% volatile
32 Yugoslav SFR 16,400 m3 1991 down 22.3% volatile
33 Switzerland 14,916 m3 2016 up 114.6% volatile
34 Spain 14,287 m3 2016 down 66.0% volatile
35 Estonia 11,417 m3 2016 up 542.5% volatile
36 Gambia 9,139 m3 2016 up 228,375.0% volatile
37 Kazakhstan 7,860 m3 2016 up 392,900.0% volatile
38 Canada 6,942 m3 2016 down 92.3% rising
39 United Arab Emirates 6,003 m3 2016 — volatile
40 Ireland 5,944 m3 2016 up 450.4% volatile
41 Portugal 5,664 m3 2016 up 183.2% volatile
42 Qatar 5,458 m3 2016 down 48.0% volatile
43 Serbia 5,000 m3 2016 up 400.0% volatile
44 Latvia 4,627 m3 2016 up 140.6% volatile
45 Bulgaria 3,408 m3 2016 up 1,515.2% volatile
46 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000 m3 2005 — volatile
47 Vietnam 2,894 m3 2016 up 96.3% volatile
47 Viet Nam 2,894 m3 2016 up 96.3% volatile
49 Lesotho 2,800 m3 2016 — volatile
50 India 2,794 m3 2016 down 96.5% volatile
51 Andorra 2,440 m3 2016 unchanged flat
52 Burkina Faso 1,855 m3 2016 up 30,816.7% volatile
53 China 1,817 m3 2016 down 82.9% volatile
54 Peru 1,762 m3 2016 — volatile
55 Cyprus 1,723 m3 2016 up 256.7% volatile
56 Saudi Arabia 1,627 m3 2016 down 61.3% volatile
57 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,600 m3 2016 up 48.3% volatile
58 Pakistan 1,462 m3 2016 — volatile
59 Israel 1,161 m3 2016 up 1,901.7% volatile
60 Ethiopia 1,133 m3 2016 up 386.3% volatile
61 China, Taiwan Province of 1,083 m3 2016 down 58.3% volatile
62 Lebanon 1,045 m3 2016 — volatile
63 Nigeria 919 m3 2016 up 111.8% volatile
64 Belarus 910 m3 2016 up 80.6% volatile
65 Kuwait 894 m3 2016 — volatile
66 Mexico 810 m3 2016 down 59.5% volatile
67 Australia 802 m3 2016 up 301.0% volatile
67 Australia and New Zealand 802 m3 2016 up 285.6% volatile
69 Indonesia 790 m3 2016 — volatile
70 Caribbean 771 m3 2016 down 82.9% volatile
71 Namibia 705 m3 2016 up 293.9% volatile
72 Japan 680 m3 2016 down 2.9% volatile
73 Malta 653 m3 2016 up 2,739.1% volatile
74 Bahrain 620 m3 2016 up 1,048.2% volatile
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 620 m3 2016 up 316.1% volatile
76 China, mainland 615 m3 2016 down 92.3% volatile
77 Singapore 542 m3 2016 up 1,593.8% volatile
78 Morocco 538 m3 2016 up 478.5% volatile
79 Sudan (former) 518 m3 2011 — volatile
80 Maldives 440 m3 2016 up 20.9% volatile
81 Jordan 371 m3 2016 — volatile
82 Guadeloupe 359 m3 2016 unchanged flat
82 Micronesia 359 m3 2016 up 6.8% flat
84 Brazil 357 m3 2016 — volatile
85 Republic of Korea 240 m3 2016 — volatile
86 Micronesia (Federated States of) 238 m3 2016 up 10.7% falling
87 Ukraine 200 m3 2016 down 73.1% volatile
88 Mozambique 196 m3 2016 up 988.9% volatile
89 Mauritania 191 m3 2016 up 664.0% volatile
90 Oman 166 m3 2016 up 5,433.3% volatile
91 Malaysia 164 m3 2016 down 98.6% volatile
92 Afghanistan 163 m3 2016 up 986.7% volatile
93 Iceland 162 m3 2016 up 153.1% volatile
94 Bhutan 153 m3 2016 — rising
95 Syria 132 m3 2016 down 62.8% volatile
95 Syrian Arab Republic 132 m3 2016 down 62.8% volatile
97 Kiribati 121 m3 2016 unchanged flat
98 Bahamas 113 m3 2016 down 89.2% volatile
99 Ecuador 112 m3 2016 — volatile
100 Botswana 93 m3 2016 down 76.8% falling
101 China, Macao SAR 92 m3 2016 up 1,433.3% volatile
102 Sierra Leone 84 m3 2016 down 36.4% volatile
102 Zimbabwe 84 m3 2016 — volatile
104 Curacao 83 m3 2016 unchanged flat
104 Curaçao 83 m3 2016 unchanged flat
106 Dominican Republic 82 m3 2016 — volatile
107 Djibouti 76 m3 2016 — volatile
108 Kenya 73 m3 2016 down 55.8% volatile
109 Gibraltar 72 m3 2016 unchanged flat
110 Suriname 64 m3 2016 — volatile
111 Cote d'Ivoire 62 m3 2016 up 6,100.0% volatile
111 Côte d'Ivoire 62 m3 2016 up 6,100.0% volatile
113 Benin 54 m3 2016 up 5,300.0% volatile
113 Philippines 54 m3 2016 — volatile
115 Malawi 53 m3 2016 up 2,550.0% volatile
115 Trinidad and Tobago 53 m3 2016 — volatile
117 Thailand 46 m3 2016 — volatile
117 Netherlands Antilles (former) 46 m3 2010 down 73.6% falling
119 Polynesia 39 m3 2016 down 97.7% volatile
120 Dominica 38 m3 2016 — volatile
120 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 38 m3 2016 down 89.6% volatile
122 Samoa 37 m3 2016 up 164.3% volatile
123 Mongolia 36 m3 2016 — volatile
124 Democratic Republic of the Congo 30 m3 2016 up 650.0% volatile
125 Bangladesh 28 m3 2016 down 86.3% volatile
125 United Republic of Tanzania 28 m3 2016 up 115.4% volatile
127 China, Hong Kong SAR 27 m3 2016 — volatile
128 Cayman Islands 25 m3 2016 down 66.7% volatile
129 Melanesia 24 m3 2016 up 2,300.0% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 23 m3 2016 — volatile
130 Somalia 23 m3 2016 up 1,050.0% volatile
130 Zambia 23 m3 2016 down 14.8% volatile
133 Egypt 22 m3 2016 — volatile
134 Libya 21 m3 2016 — volatile
135 Tunisia 17 m3 2016 — volatile
136 Uganda 12 m3 2016 down 40.0% volatile
137 Cabo Verde 6 m3 2016 down 89.1% volatile
138 Barbados 5 m3 2016 down 99.8% volatile
138 Nicaragua 5 m3 2016 down 99.3% volatile
138 Chad 5 m3 2016 unchanged flat
141 Sri Lanka 4 m3 2016 down 97.0% volatile
142 Aruba 3 m3 2016 down 94.9% volatile
142 Senegal 3 m3 2016 down 95.8% volatile
144 Angola 2 m3 2016 down 93.3% volatile
144 Brunei 2 m3 2016 down 33.3% volatile
144 Algeria 2 m3 2016 unchanged flat
144 Ghana 2 m3 2016 down 96.9% volatile
144 Iraq 2 m3 2016 — volatile
144 Mauritius 2 m3 2016 unchanged volatile
144 French Polynesia 2 m3 2016 up 100.0% volatile
144 Sao Tome and Principe 2 m3 2016 unchanged rising
144 Brunei Darussalam 2 m3 2016 down 33.3% volatile
153 Belize 1 m3 2016 down 98.7% volatile
153 Greenland 1 m3 2016 down 85.7% volatile
153 Guyana 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
153 Jamaica 1 m3 2016 down 95.0% volatile
153 New Caledonia 1 m3 2016 unchanged volatile
153 East Timor 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
153 Timor-Leste 1 m3 2016 unchanged flat
160 Argentina 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Armenia 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Azerbaijan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Burundi 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Chile 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Colombia 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Comoros 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Georgia 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Guatemala 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Honduras 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Haiti 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Kyrgyzstan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Saint Lucia 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Moldova 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% falling
160 Mali 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Montenegro 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Nepal 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 New Zealand 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Panama 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Russia 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 El Salvador 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Tajikistan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Tonga 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% volatile
160 Uruguay 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Uzbekistan 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Yemen 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Republic of Moldova 0 m3 2016 down 100.0% falling
160 Russian Federation 0 m3 2016 — volatile
160 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0 m3 2016 — 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
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity
Unit
m3
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
224 places, 6,045 data points, 1961–2016
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The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en