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Where does China get its wood pulp? Import sources 2024

In 2024, China imported $15 billion of wood pulp (24.9 million tonnes), 37% of the world total. Its main sources were Brazil (28%), Indonesia (13%) and Chile (12%). China was the world’s largest importer of wood pulp.

Summary

Value
$15billion
Tonnes
24.9million tonnes
Share of world total
37%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil4.2Tonnes: 8,250,396USD per tonne: $51228.1%Sea
Indonesia2Tonnes: 3,414,703USD per tonne: $58713.3%Sea
Chile1.9Tonnes: 3,024,925USD per tonne: $62112.5%Sea
Canada1.7Tonnes: 2,349,544USD per tonne: $70611%Sea
Finland1.1Tonnes: 1,680,545USD per tonne: $6817.6%Sea
Russia1.1Tonnes: 1,640,866USD per tonne: $6467.1%Sea
Uruguay1.1Tonnes: 1,640,587USD per tonne: $6457%Sea
United States0.96Tonnes: 1,205,698USD per tonne: $7926.4%Sea
Sweden0.21Tonnes: 370,566USD per tonne: $5731.4%Sea
Germany0.15Tonnes: 204,156USD per tonne: $7170.97%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.14Tonnes: 202,286USD per tonne: $6890.93%Sea
Japan0.14Tonnes: 243,715USD per tonne: $5640.91%Sea
New Zealand0.09Tonnes: 125,416USD per tonne: $6810.57%Sea
France0.08Tonnes: 121,442USD per tonne: $6330.51%Sea
Argentina0.05Tonnes: 71,211USD per tonne: $7250.34%Sea
Portugal0.05Tonnes: 86,653USD per tonne: $5720.33%Sea
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 63,284USD per tonne: $5730.24%Sea
Belarus0.04Tonnes: 53,866USD per tonne: $6530.23%Sea
Thailand0.03Tonnes: 56,712USD per tonne: $6140.23%Sea
South Africa0.02Tonnes: 41,538USD per tonne: $4620.13%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2016

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

  • Brazil 4.2
  • Indonesia 2
  • Chile 1.9
  • Canada 1.7
  • Finland 1.1

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil0.014.2
Indonesia0.072
Chile0.071.9
Canada0.221.7
Finland< 0.011.1

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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