Wood residues — Import quantity in World
World: Wood residues — Import quantity was 7.52 million m3 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wood residues — Import quantity in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in m3.
Analysis
World recorded 7.52 million m3 for wood residues — import quantity in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood residues — import quantity in World peaked at 22.98 million m3 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 303,700 m3, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wood residues — Import quantity in World, year by year
| Year | m3 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 303,700 m3 | — |
| 1962 | 309,300 m3 | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 316,200 m3 | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 1.22 million m3 | +286.2% |
| 1965 | 1.66 million m3 | +36.2% |
| 1966 | 1.97 million m3 | +18.6% |
| 1967 | 2.25 million m3 | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 2.32 million m3 | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 2.08 million m3 | -10.2% |
| 1970 | 2.44 million m3 | +17.3% |
| 1971 | 2.64 million m3 | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 2.86 million m3 | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 3.40 million m3 | +18.8% |
| 1974 | 3.62 million m3 | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 3.13 million m3 | -13.3% |
| 1976 | 3.75 million m3 | +19.8% |
| 1977 | 3.18 million m3 | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 2.72 million m3 | -14.5% |
| 1979 | 2.81 million m3 | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 3.02 million m3 | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 3.19 million m3 | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 3.43 million m3 | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 3.57 million m3 | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 3.73 million m3 | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 3.74 million m3 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 4.09 million m3 | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 4.46 million m3 | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 3.84 million m3 | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 4.18 million m3 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 3.40 million m3 | -18.4% |
| 1991 | 3.77 million m3 | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 4.51 million m3 | +19.7% |
| 1993 | 4.51 million m3 | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4.98 million m3 | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 4.74 million m3 | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 4.71 million m3 | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 4.88 million m3 | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 6.06 million m3 | +24.2% |
| 1999 | 6.49 million m3 | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 6.88 million m3 | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 7.33 million m3 | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 7.79 million m3 | +6.4% |
| 2003 | 7.82 million m3 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 10.81 million m3 | +38.3% |
| 2005 | 13.57 million m3 | +25.5% |
| 2006 | 13.64 million m3 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 17.49 million m3 | +28.2% |
| 2008 | 19.70 million m3 | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 18.75 million m3 | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 22.98 million m3 | +22.6% |
| 2011 | 14.26 million m3 | -37.9% |
| 2012 | 13.57 million m3 | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 11.67 million m3 | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 12.57 million m3 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 11.83 million m3 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 9.20 million m3 | -22.2% |
| 2017 | 7.50 million m3 | -18.5% |
| 2018 | 7.46 million m3 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 8.55 million m3 | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 8.48 million m3 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 8.97 million m3 | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 8.33 million m3 | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 7.33 million m3 | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 7.52 million m3 | +2.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood residues — Import quantity in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +286.2% | 316,200 m3 | 1.22 million m3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.38 million m3 | 303,700 m3 | 2.32 million m3 | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.06 million m3 | 2.44 million m3 | 3.75 million m3 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.72 million m3 | 3.02 million m3 | 4.46 million m3 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.80 million m3 | 3.40 million m3 | 6.49 million m3 | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.38 million m3 | 6.88 million m3 | 19.70 million m3 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.96 million m3 | 7.46 million m3 | 22.98 million m3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.13 million m3 | 7.33 million m3 | 8.97 million m3 | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood residues — import quantity in World?
- Wood residues — import quantity in World was 7.52 million m3 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wood residues — import quantity recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 22.98 million m3 in 2010.
- What is the lowest wood residues — import quantity recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 303,700 m3 in 1961.
- How does World rank for wood residues — import quantity?
- World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is wood residues — import quantity rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wood residues — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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