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Newspapers and magazines: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in newspapers and magazines totaled $2.2 billion (447 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were the United Kingdom (16%), Germany (15%) and the United States (14%); the top importers were Germany (12%), Canada (11%) and France (8%). Compared with 2019, the value fell 30%.

Summary

World trade
$2.2billion
Tonnes
447thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$4,851
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. United Kingdom$344 million · 15.9%
  2. Germany$333 million · 15.3%
  3. United States$305 million · 14.1%
  4. Poland$176 million · 8.1%
  5. France$173 million · 8%
  6. Belgium$135 million · 6.3%
    re-exports
  7. Spain$117 million · 5.4%
  8. Italy$83 million · 3.8%
  9. Netherlands$59 million · 2.7%
    re-exports
  10. Czechia$53 million · 2.4%
  11. Canada$43 million · 2%
  12. Romania$42 million · 1.9%
  13. Denmark$26 million · 1.2%
  14. Sweden$20 million · 0.94%
  15. Ireland$18 million · 0.85%
  16. Singapore$18 million · 0.84%
    re-exports
  17. Slovakia$18 million · 0.82%
  18. Japan$17 million · 0.8%
  19. China$16 million · 0.74%
  20. Estonia$15 million · 0.7%

Top importers

  1. Germany$260 million · 12%
  2. Canada$249 million · 11.5%
  3. France$166 million · 7.7%
  4. Netherlands$158 million · 7.3%
    re-exports
  5. Switzerland$150 million · 6.9%
  6. United States$147 million · 6.8%
  7. Austria$116 million · 5.3%
  8. Australia$89 million · 4.1%
  9. Belgium$87 million · 4%
    re-exports
  10. Ireland$77 million · 3.6%
  11. United Kingdom$63 million · 2.9%
  12. Portugal$59 million · 2.7%
  13. China$57 million · 2.6%
  14. Spain$50 million · 2.3%
  15. Italy$39 million · 1.8%
  16. Norway$38 million · 1.8%
  17. Sweden$34 million · 1.6%
  18. Czechia$30 million · 1.4%
  19. Finland$19 million · 0.87%
  20. Luxembourg$18 million · 0.81%

Trend

Who sells it

The United Kingdom has been the top exporter since 2023

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

  • United Kingdom 0.34
  • Germany 0.33
  • United States 0.3
  • Poland 0.18
  • France 0.17

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
United Kingdom0.640.34
Germany10.33
United States10.3
Poland< 0.010.18
France0.40.17

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne stayed close to $4,851 since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $4,851

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$4,674
1996$3,710
1997$3,496
1998$3,423
1999$3,415
2000$3,802
2001$3,559
2002$3,827
2003$4,306
2004$4,938
2005$4,823
2006$4,686
2007$4,513
2008$4,697
2009$4,956
2010$4,564
2011$4,848
2012$4,672
2013$4,351
2014$4,578
2015$3,921
2016$3,812
2017$3,784
2018$4,549
2019$4,205
2020$4,380
2021$4,367
2022$4,637
2023$5,002
2024$4,851

What it includes

  • 4902 · Newspapers and magazines

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Sources and methodology

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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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