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Where does the Netherlands get its wood pulp? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Netherlands imported $1.9 billion of wood pulp (2.8 million tonnes), 4.7% of the world total. Its main sources were Brazil (47%), Sweden (18%) and Chile (8%). The Netherlands was the world’s 5th-largest importer of wood pulp.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Tonnes
2.8million tonnes
Share of world total
4.7%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Brazil897Tonnes: 1,356,190USD per tonne: $66247.2%Sea
Sweden334Tonnes: 390,208USD per tonne: $85617.6%Sea
Chile144Tonnes: 234,803USD per tonne: $6137.6%Sea
Portugal133Tonnes: 191,928USD per tonne: $6927%Sea
Finland94.4Tonnes: 207,687USD per tonne: $4545%Sea
Spain90Tonnes: 119,941USD per tonne: $7514.7%Sea
United States87.8Tonnes: 97,721USD per tonne: $8984.6%Sea
Uruguay85.7Tonnes: 127,521USD per tonne: $6724.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports18.1Tonnes: 19,387USD per tonne: $9350.95%Sea
Austria6.7Tonnes: 9,452USD per tonne: $7120.35%Sea
Germany5Tonnes: 7,514USD per tonne: $6710.27%Sea
Estonia1.8Tonnes: 3,390USD per tonne: $5200.09%Sea
France0.7Tonnes: 743USD per tonne: $9430.04%Sea
Czechia0.26Tonnes: 381USD per tonne: $6920.01%Sea
Denmark0.26Tonnes: 2,284USD per tonne: $1130.01%Sea
Canada0.23Tonnes: 276USD per tonne: $8380.01%Sea
Poland0.17Tonnes: 153USD per tonne: $1,0890.01%Sea
Italy0.03Tonnes: 34USD per tonne: $8410%Sea
Slovakia0.02Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $4650%Sea
Luxembourg0.01Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $7700%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2021

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

  • Brazil 0.9
  • Sweden 0.33
  • Chile 0.14
  • Portugal 0.13
  • Finland 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil0.040.9
Sweden0.10.33
Chile0.010.14
Portugal0.090.13
Finland0.020.09

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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