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Who buys Canada’s wood pulp? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $3.9 billion of wood pulp (5.3 million tonnes), 9.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (43%), the United States (41%) and Japan (4%). Canada was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of wood pulp.

Summary

Value
$3.9billion
Tonnes
5.3million tonnes
Share of world total
9.6%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.7Tonnes: 2,349,544USD per tonne: $70642.7%Sea
United States1.6Tonnes: 2,055,310USD per tonne: $77441%Sea
Japan0.16Tonnes: 207,706USD per tonne: $7894.2%Sea
Indonesia0.16Tonnes: 220,931USD per tonne: $7244.1%Sea
South Korea0.09Tonnes: 133,898USD per tonne: $7042.4%Sea
India0.04Tonnes: 44,528USD per tonne: $8200.94%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 45,956USD per tonne: $7060.83%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.03Tonnes: 35,768USD per tonne: $7050.65%Sea
Vietnam0.02Tonnes: 30,596USD per tonne: $7210.57%Sea
Taiwan0.01Tonnes: 18,207USD per tonne: $7540.35%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 11,958USD per tonne: $1,0390.32%Sea
Germany0.01Tonnes: 10,349USD per tonne: $1,0800.29%Sea
Spain0.01Tonnes: 10,179USD per tonne: $9840.26%Sea
Laos0.01Tonnes: 14,625USD per tonne: $5940.22%Sea
Malaysia0.01Tonnes: 10,600USD per tonne: $6750.18%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 6,992USD per tonne: $8680.16%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.01Tonnes: 6,610USD per tonne: $8610.15%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 3,151USD per tonne: $8450.07%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 2,365USD per tonne: $1,0290.06%Sea
Venezuela< 0.01Tonnes: 3,074USD per tonne: $7590.06%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2023

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 1.7
  • United States 1.6
  • Japan 0.16
  • Indonesia 0.16
  • South Korea 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.221.7
United States2.91.6
Japan0.970.16
Indonesia0.060.16
South Korea0.390.09

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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