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
217
Highest
30.98 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
China, Macao SAR
Median
5,397 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,161

What the numbers show

Wood pulp — Import quantity is currently reported for 217 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 5,397 t, and the mean is 495,196 t.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 79 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 30.98 million t 2024 up 65.9% volatile
2 China, mainland 30.26 million t 2024 up 69.1% volatile
3 United States 6.28 million t 2024 up 9.1% rising
4 Germany 4.74 million t 2024 down 2.3% rising
5 Italy 3.35 million t 2024 down 0.7% rising
6 India 2.51 million t 2024 up 116.8% volatile
7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.08 million t 2024 up 72.1% volatile
8 Republic of Korea 1.99 million t 2024 down 12.1% volatile
9 Turkey 1.61 million t 2024 up 66.8% volatile
9 Türkiye 1.61 million t 2024 up 66.8% volatile
11 France 1.50 million t 2024 down 25.4% rising
12 Indonesia 1.37 million t 2024 down 14.6% volatile
13 Spain 1.24 million t 2024 up 23.1% volatile
14 Poland 1.19 million t 2024 up 28.8% volatile
15 Japan 1.15 million t 2024 down 34.1% rising
16 Mexico 1.03 million t 2024 up 16.3% volatile
17 United Kingdom 756,560 t 2024 down 37.6% falling
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 756,560 t 2024 down 37.6% falling
19 Belgium-Luxembourg 754,000 t 1999 up 45.5% rising
20 China, Taiwan Province of 711,012 t 2024 down 8.7% volatile
21 Thailand 690,817 t 2024 up 25.5% volatile
22 United Arab Emirates 634,824 t 2024 up 399.0% volatile
23 Belgium 596,939 t 2024 down 39.1% falling
24 Sweden 559,339 t 2024 up 43.0% volatile
25 Canada 536,895 t 2024 up 85.8% volatile
26 Austria 506,051 t 2024 down 36.4% volatile
27 Vietnam 413,495 t 2024 up 83.2% volatile
27 Viet Nam 413,495 t 2024 up 83.2% volatile
29 Singapore 395,107 t 2024 down 33.0% volatile
30 Australia and New Zealand 303,929 t 2024 down 8.5% rising
31 Finland 286,499 t 2024 down 27.7% volatile
32 Bangladesh 284,095 t 2024 down 8.1% volatile
33 Australia 245,625 t 2024 down 15.5% rising
34 Slovenia 242,626 t 2024 up 2.6% rising
35 Colombia 229,035 t 2024 up 31.8% volatile
36 Czechia 218,611 t 2024 up 10.2% rising
37 Egypt 213,848 t 2024 down 28.1% volatile
38 Algeria 208,216 t 2024 up 294.5% volatile
39 Argentina 207,141 t 2024 up 37.6% volatile
40 Greece 204,491 t 2024 up 56.0% rising
41 Pakistan 198,655 t 2024 up 37.3% volatile
42 Romania 189,981 t 2024 up 64.1% volatile
43 South Africa 179,179 t 2024 up 21.3% volatile
44 Malaysia 178,894 t 2024 up 3.0% volatile
45 Israel 172,394 t 2024 up 35.7% volatile
46 Slovakia 167,605 t 2024 up 4.3% rising
47 Brazil 165,543 t 2024 down 61.4% volatile
48 Peru 159,293 t 2024 up 79.6% volatile
49 Portugal 155,600 t 2024 up 26.6% volatile
50 USSR 150,000 t 1991 down 45.0% falling
51 Tunisia 146,628 t 2024 up 87.7% volatile
52 Hungary 144,913 t 2024 up 10.2% volatile
53 Jordan 143,400 t 2024 up 45.5% volatile
54 Saudi Arabia 121,870 t 2024 down 22.1% volatile
55 Yugoslav SFR 117,500 t 1991 down 45.2% volatile
56 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 114,018 t 2024 up 17.4% volatile
57 Switzerland 96,804 t 2024 down 38.2% volatile
58 Serbia 94,000 t 2024 up 108.4% rising
59 Philippines 83,390 t 2024 up 19.2% rising
60 Norway 78,599 t 2024 up 3.1% volatile
61 Estonia 69,282 t 2024 up 151.2% volatile
62 Ukraine 61,305 t 2024 down 14.3% rising
63 New Zealand 58,299 t 2024 up 40.2% volatile
64 El Salvador 54,619 t 2024 up 1,603.7% volatile
65 Denmark 54,430 t 2024 down 4.4% falling
66 Nigeria 51,353 t 2024 up 151.9% volatile
67 Guatemala 49,668 t 2024 up 628.3% volatile
68 Morocco 48,370 t 2024 down 7.7% volatile
69 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 48,145 t 2024 up 838.7% volatile
70 Uzbekistan 45,432 t 2024 up 1,394.5% volatile
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38,421 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
72 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 36,751 t 2024 down 66.5% falling
73 Ireland 36,320 t 2024 down 21.9% rising
74 Lithuania 34,595 t 2024 up 28.2% volatile
75 Russia 33,995 t 2024 down 78.3% volatile
75 Russian Federation 33,995 t 2024 down 78.3% volatile
77 Kuwait 25,737 t 2024 up 19.3% rising
78 Lebanon 25,679 t 2024 down 46.4% rising
79 Ghana 24,531 t 2024 up 4,700.6% volatile
80 Chile 23,201 t 2024 up 30.2% volatile
81 Kenya 21,410 t 2024 up 2,593.1% volatile
82 Syria 20,731 t 2024 up 7.8% volatile
82 Syrian Arab Republic 20,731 t 2024 up 7.8% volatile
84 Angola 20,617 t 2024 up 130.0% volatile
85 Iraq 20,315 t 2024 up 11,062.1% volatile
86 Ecuador 20,079 t 2024 down 0.2% volatile
87 Bahrain 18,503 t 2024 down 47.8% volatile
88 Kazakhstan 17,028 t 2024 up 138.2% volatile
89 Latvia 16,566 t 2024 up 7,328.7% volatile
90 Laos 15,337 t 2024 up 11,431.6% volatile
90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15,337 t 2024 up 11,431.6% volatile
92 Czechoslovakia 14,800 t 1992 down 82.4% rising
93 Belarus 13,962 t 2024 down 30.7% falling
94 China, Hong Kong SAR 12,800 t 2024 up 5,665.8% volatile
95 Cote d'Ivoire 12,720 t 2024 up 811.2% volatile
95 Côte d'Ivoire 12,720 t 2024 up 811.2% volatile
97 Costa Rica 11,478 t 2024 down 7.3% volatile
98 Cambodia 11,345 t 2024 up 16,583.8% volatile
99 Serbia and Montenegro 11,000 t 2005 up 155.8% volatile
100 Zambia 8,790 t 2024 up 7,610.5% volatile
101 United Republic of Tanzania 8,294 t 2024 up 7,050.0% volatile
102 Djibouti 7,984 t 2024 up 1.3% volatile
103 Caribbean 7,963 t 2024 down 83.0% volatile
104 Sri Lanka 7,880 t 2024 up 93.3% volatile
105 Senegal 6,548 t 2024 up 1,196.6% volatile
106 Cameroon 5,797 t 2024 up 2,275.8% volatile
107 Qatar 5,688 t 2024 up 2,079.3% volatile
108 Oman 5,535 t 2024 up 5,665.6% volatile
109 Ethiopia PDR 5,397 t 1992 down 13.0% falling
110 Mali 5,246 t 2024 up 15,329.4% volatile
111 Uganda 5,198 t 2024 up 4,126.0% volatile
112 Belize 4,880 t 2024 up 1,444.3% volatile
113 Afghanistan 4,601 t 2024 up 1,935.8% volatile
114 Uruguay 4,000 t 2024 down 85.5% volatile
115 Dominican Republic 3,915 t 2024 down 74.6% volatile
116 Libya 3,883 t 2024 up 85.8% falling
117 Mozambique 3,420 t 2024 down 54.9% volatile
118 Ethiopia 3,266 t 2024 down 41.4% rising
119 Bulgaria 3,258 t 2024 down 87.0% volatile
120 Paraguay 2,999 t 2024 up 764.3% volatile
121 Guinea 2,919 t 2024 up 10,711.1% volatile
122 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,827 t 2024 down 25.3% volatile
123 Tajikistan 2,765 t 2024 up 1,355.3% volatile
124 Madagascar 2,545 t 2024 up 526.8% volatile
125 Turkmenistan 2,400 t 2024 up 23,900.0% volatile
126 Cuba 2,249 t 2024 down 42.9% volatile
127 Mongolia 2,227 t 2024 up 163.2% volatile
128 Nepal 1,879 t 2024 up 938.1% volatile
129 Myanmar 1,690 t 2024 up 5.0% volatile
130 Mauritania 1,610 t 2024 up 80,400.0% volatile
131 Trinidad and Tobago 1,581 t 2024 down 94.2% volatile
132 Sierra Leone 1,484 t 2024 down 17.8% rising
133 Benin 1,388 t 2024 up 222.0% volatile
134 Botswana 1,115 t 2024 up 18,483.3% volatile
135 Yemen 935 t 2024 up 1,808.2% volatile
136 Central African Republic 826 t 2024 up 186.8% volatile
137 Palestine 816 t 2024 down 24.3% falling
137 Palestine 816 t 2024 down 24.3% falling
139 Azerbaijan 714 t 2024 up 91.9% volatile
140 Croatia 711 t 2024 up 147.7% volatile
141 Melanesia 579 t 2024 up 13.1% volatile
142 Malawi 569 t 2024 up 59.4% volatile
143 Kyrgyzstan 536 t 2024 up 7,557.1% volatile
144 Vanuatu 500 t 2024 unchanged flat
145 Andorra 449 t 2024 down 0.4% flat
146 Polynesia 416 t 2024 down 24.9% rising
147 Zimbabwe 413 t 2024 up 17.3% volatile
148 Rwanda 381 t 2024 up 117.7% volatile
149 Democratic Republic of the Congo 307 t 2024 down 53.3% volatile
150 Niger 271 t 2024 down 86.5% volatile
151 Niue 259 t 2024 unchanged flat
152 Eritrea 214 t 2024 up 919.0% volatile
153 Cyprus 168 t 2024 up 102.4% volatile
153 Honduras 168 t 2024 up 95.3% volatile
153 Luxembourg 168 t 2024 up 97.6% volatile
156 Georgia 157 t 2024 up 112.2% volatile
157 Namibia 153 t 2024 up 232.6% volatile
158 Burkina Faso 145 t 2024 up 83.5% volatile
159 Bahamas 137 t 2024 up 953.8% volatile
160 Mauritius 132 t 2024 down 77.3% volatile
161 French Polynesia 110 t 2024 up 1,122.2% volatile
162 North Macedonia 107 t 2024 down 17.7% volatile
162 Nicaragua 107 t 2023 up 21.6% volatile
164 Armenia 104 t 2024 down 74.2% volatile
165 Moldova 84 t 2024 up 115.4% volatile
165 Panama 84 t 2024 down 94.8% volatile
165 Republic of Moldova 84 t 2024 up 115.4% volatile
168 Sudan 80 t 2024 up 1,233.3% volatile
169 Papua New Guinea 62 t 2024 — volatile
170 Iceland 52 t 2024 up 477.8% volatile
170 Togo 52 t 2024 down 35.8% volatile
172 Aruba 44 t 2024 unchanged rising
173 Netherlands Antilles (former) 42 t 2010 up 10.5% volatile
174 East Timor 35 t 2024 down 7.9% rising
174 Timor-Leste 35 t 2024 down 7.9% rising
176 Albania 34 t 2024 down 93.1% volatile
176 Liberia 34 t 2024 up 30.8% volatile
178 Tuvalu 29 t 2024 unchanged flat
179 Burundi 28 t 2024 up 12.0% volatile
179 Seychelles 28 t 2024 down 50.9% volatile
181 Malta 27 t 2024 down 95.2% volatile
182 Reunion 26 t 2024 unchanged volatile
182 Réunion 26 t 2024 unchanged volatile
184 Sudan (former) 22 t 2011 up 1,000.0% volatile
185 Barbados 19 t 2024 up 35.7% volatile
186 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 18 t 2024 up 28.6% rising
187 Bhutan 17 t 2024 down 96.6% falling
188 Gambia 16 t 2024 down 5.9% volatile
188 Solomon Islands 16 t 2024 down 11.1% rising
188 Samoa 16 t 2024 down 94.4% volatile
191 Haiti 12 t 2024 unchanged volatile
192 Gabon 11 t 2024 down 88.3% volatile
193 Montenegro 7 t 2024 down 30.0% falling
194 Cabo Verde 6 t 2024 unchanged flat
195 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 t 2024 — flat
196 Congo 4 t 2024 down 91.3% volatile
197 Brunei 2 t 2024 down 98.0% volatile
197 Tonga 2 t 2024 unchanged volatile
197 Brunei Darussalam 2 t 2024 down 98.0% volatile
200 Comoros 1 t 2024 — volatile
200 Cayman Islands 1 t 2024 — volatile
200 Fiji 1 t 2024 unchanged volatile
203 Dominica 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Faroe Islands 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Equatorial Guinea 0 t 2016 down 100.0% volatile
203 Greenland 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Guyana 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Jamaica 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Saint Lucia 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Lesotho 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 New Caledonia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Somalia 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Sao Tome and Principe 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Chad 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Guadeloupe 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Martinique 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 China, Macao SAR 0 t 2024 — volatile

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

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Indicator
Wood pulp — Import quantity
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
247 places, 10,161 data points, 1961–2024
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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