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Who buys the United States’ wood pulp? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $4.5 billion of wood pulp (5.2 million tonnes), 11.1% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (21%), Mexico (10%) and Japan (8%). The United States was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of wood pulp.

Summary

Value
$4.5billion
Tonnes
5.2million tonnes
Share of world total
11.1%
World rank
2nd
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
China955Tonnes: 1,205,698USD per tonne: $79221.2%Sea
Mexico436Tonnes: 574,420USD per tonne: $7589.7%Sea
Japan339Tonnes: 336,175USD per tonne: $1,0087.5%Sea
India242Tonnes: 266,042USD per tonne: $9115.4%Sea
Germany216Tonnes: 203,038USD per tonne: $1,0624.8%Sea
Turkey198Tonnes: 205,858USD per tonne: $9604.4%Sea
Indonesia173Tonnes: 186,238USD per tonne: $9283.8%Sea
Italy166Tonnes: 179,091USD per tonne: $9253.7%Sea
Canada130Tonnes: 191,813USD per tonne: $6772.9%Sea
Spain101Tonnes: 109,262USD per tonne: $9252.3%Sea
Poland95.8Tonnes: 101,014USD per tonne: $9462.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports87.8Tonnes: 97,721USD per tonne: $8982%Sea
South Korea78Tonnes: 87,990USD per tonne: $8861.7%Sea
Colombia77.2Tonnes: 81,003USD per tonne: $9531.7%Sea
Thailand73.8Tonnes: 74,601USD per tonne: $9891.6%Sea
Czechia73.7Tonnes: 76,515USD per tonne: $9631.6%Sea
Vietnam68.4Tonnes: 90,711USD per tonne: $7551.5%Sea
France64.1Tonnes: 60,251USD per tonne: $1,0641.4%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports56.4Tonnes: 72,097USD per tonne: $7831.3%Sea
Philippines56Tonnes: 58,816USD per tonne: $9531.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2005

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

  • China 0.96
  • Mexico 0.44
  • Japan 0.34
  • India 0.24
  • Germany 0.22

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.080.96
Mexico0.30.44
Japan0.680.34
India0.010.24
Germany0.340.22

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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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