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Where does the United Kingdom get its sawn wood? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom imported $2.2 billion of sawn wood (3.8 million tonnes), 6% of the world total. Its main sources were Sweden (34%), Latvia (16%) and Finland (10%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 3rd-largest importer of sawn wood.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
3.8million tonnes
Share of world total
6%
World rank
3rd
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
Sweden750Tonnes: 1,322,019USD per tonne: $56834.3%Sea
Latvia341Tonnes: 613,012USD per tonne: $55715.6%Sea
Finland222Tonnes: 371,129USD per tonne: $59810.1%Sea
Germany156Tonnes: 229,954USD per tonne: $6767.1%Sea
Ireland131Tonnes: 658,515USD per tonne: $1996%Sea
United States101Tonnes: 53,189USD per tonne: $1,9004.6%Sea
France61Tonnes: 59,502USD per tonne: $1,0252.8%Sea
Norway49.7Tonnes: 72,473USD per tonne: $6862.3%Sea
Netherlands re-exports48.1Tonnes: 141,392USD per tonne: $3402.2%Sea
Estonia40.2Tonnes: 48,861USD per tonne: $8231.8%Sea
Poland35.6Tonnes: 16,166USD per tonne: $2,2021.6%Sea
Canada32.1Tonnes: 26,043USD per tonne: $1,2331.5%Sea
Cameroon26Tonnes: 16,364USD per tonne: $1,5901.2%Sea
Croatia23.3Tonnes: 4,106USD per tonne: $5,6741.1%Sea
Italy22.8Tonnes: 12,059USD per tonne: $1,8921%Sea
Republic of the Congo21Tonnes: 13,353USD per tonne: $1,5730.96%Sea
Austria20.7Tonnes: 29,043USD per tonne: $7120.94%Sea
Romania15.3Tonnes: 25,022USD per tonne: $6100.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports10.6Tonnes: 15,440USD per tonne: $6850.48%Sea
Democratic Republic of the Congo10.4Tonnes: 5,848USD per tonne: $1,7740.47%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Sweden was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Sweden 0.75
  • Latvia 0.34
  • Finland 0.22
  • Germany 0.16
  • Ireland 0.13

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Sweden0.420.75
Latvia0.090.34
Finland0.230.22
Germany0.020.16
Ireland0.030.13

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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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