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Newsprint: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in newsprint totaled $6.6 billion (9.1 million tonnes). The top exporters were Canada (29%), Sweden (13%) and Germany (9%); the top importers were the United States (20%), Germany (10%) and India (7%). Compared with 2019, the value fell 23%.

Summary

World trade
$6.6billion
Tonnes
9.1million tonnes
Price per tonne
$730
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. Canada$1.9 billion · 28.6%
  2. Sweden$849 million · 12.8%
  3. Germany$621 million · 9.3%
  4. Russia$439 million · 6.6%
  5. Norway$407 million · 6.1%
  6. China$251 million · 3.8%
  7. Finland$244 million · 3.7%
  8. Belgium$234 million · 3.5%
    re-exports
  9. France$227 million · 3.4%
  10. United Kingdom$204 million · 3.1%
  11. Switzerland$172 million · 2.6%
  12. United States$144 million · 2.2%
  13. Austria$138 million · 2.1%
  14. Indonesia$105 million · 1.6%
  15. Netherlands$93 million · 1.4%
    re-exports
  16. Spain$63 million · 0.94%
  17. South Korea$56 million · 0.84%
  18. Thailand$55 million · 0.83%
  19. Slovenia$51 million · 0.77%
  20. Australia$43 million · 0.65%

Top importers

  1. United States$1.3 billion · 20.1%
  2. Germany$697 million · 10.5%
  3. India$436 million · 6.6%
  4. France$390 million · 5.9%
  5. China$370 million · 5.6%
  6. United Kingdom$350 million · 5.3%
  7. Italy$329 million · 5%
  8. Poland$248 million · 3.7%
  9. Spain$156 million · 2.3%
  10. Netherlands$149 million · 2.2%
    re-exports
  11. Sweden$144 million · 2.2%
  12. Czechia$112 million · 1.7%
  13. Mexico$111 million · 1.7%
  14. Taiwan$97 million · 1.5%
  15. Turkey$94 million · 1.4%
  16. Saudi Arabia$76 million · 1.2%
  17. Pakistan$75 million · 1.1%
  18. Austria$74 million · 1.1%
  19. Hungary$60 million · 0.9%
  20. South Africa$58 million · 0.87%

Trend

Who sells it

Canada was the top exporter throughout the period

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

  • Canada 1.9
  • Sweden 0.85
  • Germany 0.62
  • Russia 0.44
  • Norway 0.41

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
Canada6.11.9
Sweden1.40.85
Germany0.440.62
Russia0.420.44
Norway0.510.41

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne stayed close to $730 since 1995

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

  • 2024: $730

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$699
1996$693
1997$553
1998$567
1999$535
2000$849
2001$864
2002$568
2003$512
2004$550
2005$600
2006$641
2007$658
2008$702
2009$654
2010$592
2011$691
2012$660
2013$642
2014$642
2015$536
2016$522
2017$583
2018$659
2019$647
2020$583
2021$621
2022$854
2023$846
2024$730

What it includes

  • 4801 · Newsprint

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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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