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Who buys Germany’s sawn wood? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $2.6 billion of sawn wood (4.9 million tonnes), 7% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (23%), the Netherlands (9%) and Austria (8%). Germany was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of sawn wood.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
4.9million tonnes
Share of world total
7%
World rank
5th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States582Tonnes: 1,006,106USD per tonne: $57822.7%Sea
Netherlands re-exports223Tonnes: 415,809USD per tonne: $5368.7%Sea
Austria216Tonnes: 401,766USD per tonne: $5388.4%Land
France201Tonnes: 371,597USD per tonne: $5427.9%Sea
United Kingdom156Tonnes: 229,954USD per tonne: $6766.1%Sea
Italy112Tonnes: 291,792USD per tonne: $3854.4%Sea
China108Tonnes: 262,284USD per tonne: $4124.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports103Tonnes: 367,397USD per tonne: $2814%Sea
India94.2Tonnes: 190,018USD per tonne: $4963.7%Sea
Switzerland61.6Tonnes: 60,816USD per tonne: $1,0132.4%Land
Poland60.2Tonnes: 116,465USD per tonne: $5172.4%Sea
Japan58Tonnes: 90,376USD per tonne: $6412.3%Sea
Saudi Arabia42.1Tonnes: 78,665USD per tonne: $5351.6%Sea
Spain41.3Tonnes: 82,777USD per tonne: $4991.6%Sea
South Korea36.4Tonnes: 71,770USD per tonne: $5071.4%Sea
Czechia36.3Tonnes: 71,919USD per tonne: $5051.4%Land
Australia34.6Tonnes: 40,211USD per tonne: $8611.4%Sea
Taiwan32.4Tonnes: 71,376USD per tonne: $4541.3%Sea
Morocco31.3Tonnes: 53,720USD per tonne: $5831.2%Sea
United Arab Emirates31.2Tonnes: 63,676USD per tonne: $4911.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2019

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

  • United States 0.58
  • Netherlands 0.22
  • Austria 0.22
  • France 0.2
  • United Kingdom 0.16

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States< 0.010.58
Netherlands0.070.22
Austria0.060.22
France0.050.2
United Kingdom0.020.16

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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