Wood pulp — 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
202
Highest
30.98 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
5,222 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,671
What the numbers show
Wood pulp — Import quantity is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 30.98 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in China, Macao SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,222 t, and the mean is 485,798 t.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritania (up 80,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Faroe Islands (down 100.0%).
Wood pulp — Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 30.98 million t | 2024 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 30.26 million t | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 4.74 million t | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 4 | Italy | 3.35 million t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 5 | India | 2.51 million t | 2024 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.08 million t | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Republic of Korea | 1.99 million t | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Türkiye | 1.61 million t | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 1.50 million t | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 1.37 million t | 2024 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 1.24 million t | 2024 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 1.19 million t | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Japan | 1.15 million t | 2024 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.03 million t | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 756,560 t | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 16 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 754,000 t | 1999 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 17 | China, Taiwan Province of | 711,012 t | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Thailand | 690,817 t | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 19 | United Arab Emirates | 634,824 t | 2024 | up 399.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Belgium | 596,939 t | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 559,339 t | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 536,895 t | 2024 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 506,051 t | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 413,495 t | 2024 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Singapore | 395,107 t | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia and New Zealand | 303,929 t | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 286,499 t | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 284,095 t | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 245,625 t | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 242,626 t | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 229,035 t | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechia | 218,611 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 33 | Egypt | 213,848 t | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Algeria | 208,216 t | 2024 | up 294.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Argentina | 207,141 t | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Greece | 204,491 t | 2024 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 37 | Pakistan | 198,655 t | 2024 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 189,981 t | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 178,894 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Israel | 172,394 t | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Slovakia | 167,605 t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 165,543 t | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 159,293 t | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Portugal | 155,600 t | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 45 | USSR | 150,000 t | 1991 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 46 | Tunisia | 146,628 t | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 144,913 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 143,400 t | 2024 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 121,870 t | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Yugoslav SFR | 117,500 t | 1991 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 114,018 t | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Switzerland | 96,804 t | 2024 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Serbia | 94,000 t | 2024 | up 108.4% | rising |
| 54 | Philippines | 83,390 t | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 78,599 t | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 69,282 t | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Ukraine | 61,305 t | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 58 | New Zealand | 58,299 t | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 59 | El Salvador | 54,619 t | 2024 | up 1,603.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Denmark | 54,430 t | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 61 | Nigeria | 51,353 t | 2024 | up 151.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Guatemala | 49,668 t | 2024 | up 628.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Morocco | 48,370 t | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 48,145 t | 2024 | up 838.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 45,432 t | 2024 | up 1,394.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38,421 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 36,751 t | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 68 | Ireland | 36,320 t | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lithuania | 34,595 t | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Russian Federation | 33,995 t | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Kuwait | 25,737 t | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 72 | Lebanon | 25,679 t | 2024 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 73 | Ghana | 24,531 t | 2024 | up 4,700.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Chile | 23,201 t | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Kenya | 21,410 t | 2024 | up 2,593.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20,731 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Angola | 20,617 t | 2024 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 20,315 t | 2024 | up 11,062.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 20,079 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Bahrain | 18,503 t | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 17,028 t | 2024 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Latvia | 16,566 t | 2024 | up 7,328.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15,337 t | 2024 | up 11,431.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Czechoslovakia | 14,800 t | 1992 | down 82.4% | rising |
| 85 | Belarus | 13,962 t | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 86 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 12,800 t | 2024 | up 5,665.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12,720 t | 2024 | up 811.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 11,478 t | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 11,345 t | 2024 | up 16,583.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Serbia and Montenegro | 11,000 t | 2005 | up 155.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Zambia | 8,790 t | 2024 | up 7,610.5% | volatile |
| 92 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8,294 t | 2024 | up 7,050.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Djibouti | 7,984 t | 2024 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Caribbean | 7,963 t | 2024 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 7,880 t | 2024 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Senegal | 6,548 t | 2024 | up 1,196.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Cameroon | 5,797 t | 2024 | up 2,275.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Qatar | 5,688 t | 2024 | up 2,079.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Oman | 5,535 t | 2024 | up 5,665.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Ethiopia PDR | 5,397 t | 1992 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 101 | Mali | 5,246 t | 2024 | up 15,329.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Uganda | 5,198 t | 2024 | up 4,126.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Belize | 4,880 t | 2024 | up 1,444.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Afghanistan | 4,601 t | 2024 | up 1,935.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 4,000 t | 2024 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 3,915 t | 2024 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 3,883 t | 2024 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 108 | Mozambique | 3,420 t | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Ethiopia | 3,266 t | 2024 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 3,258 t | 2024 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Paraguay | 2,999 t | 2024 | up 764.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 2,919 t | 2024 | up 10,711.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2,827 t | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 2,765 t | 2024 | up 1,355.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Madagascar | 2,545 t | 2024 | up 526.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 2,400 t | 2024 | up 23,900.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Cuba | 2,249 t | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Mongolia | 2,227 t | 2024 | up 163.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Nepal | 1,879 t | 2024 | up 938.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 1,690 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 1,610 t | 2024 | up 80,400.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,581 t | 2024 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Sierra Leone | 1,484 t | 2024 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 124 | Benin | 1,388 t | 2024 | up 222.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 1,115 t | 2024 | up 18,483.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Yemen | 935 t | 2024 | up 1,808.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Palestine | 816 t | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 714 t | 2024 | up 91.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 711 t | 2024 | up 147.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Melanesia | 579 t | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Malawi | 569 t | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 536 t | 2024 | up 7,557.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Vanuatu | 500 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 134 | Andorra | 449 t | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 135 | Polynesia | 416 t | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 413 t | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Rwanda | 381 t | 2024 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 307 t | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Niger | 271 t | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Niue | 259 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Eritrea | 214 t | 2024 | up 919.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cyprus | 168 t | 2024 | up 102.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Honduras | 168 t | 2024 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 168 t | 2024 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Georgia | 157 t | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 153 t | 2024 | up 232.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 145 t | 2024 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Bahamas | 137 t | 2024 | up 953.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Mauritius | 132 t | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 110 t | 2024 | up 1,122.2% | volatile |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 107 t | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 107 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Armenia | 104 t | 2024 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Panama | 84 t | 2024 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Republic of Moldova | 84 t | 2024 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Sudan | 80 t | 2024 | up 1,233.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 62 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 158 | Iceland | 52 t | 2024 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Togo | 52 t | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Aruba | 44 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 161 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 42 t | 2010 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Timor-Leste | 35 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 163 | Albania | 34 t | 2024 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 34 t | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Tuvalu | 29 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Burundi | 28 t | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 28 t | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Malta | 27 t | 2024 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Sudan (former) | 22 t | 2011 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Barbados | 19 t | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 18 t | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 172 | Bhutan | 17 t | 2024 | down 96.6% | falling |
| 173 | Gambia | 16 t | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 16 t | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 16 t | 2024 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Haiti | 12 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Gabon | 11 t | 2024 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Montenegro | 7 t | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 179 | Cabo Verde | 6 t | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 181 | Congo | 4 t | 2024 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Tonga | 2 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Brunei Darussalam | 2 t | 2024 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Comoros | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Cayman Islands | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Fiji | 1 t | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 187 | Dominica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Faroe Islands | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Guyana | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Lesotho | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Somalia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2016 | — | flat |
| 187 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Martinique | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 187 | China, Macao SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 72.24 million t
- Asia 43.29 million t
- Eastern Asia 34.13 million t
- Europe 18.77 million t
- Western Europe 9.52 million t
- Americas 8.87 million t
- Northern America 6.81 million t
- United States of America 6.28 million t
- Southern Europe 5.33 million t
- South-eastern Asia 3.16 million t
- Southern Asia 3.12 million t
- Western Asia 2.81 million t
About this data
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