| Rank | Country | Imports of Recovered (waste & scrap) paper/paperboard (excl. of 4707.10-4707.30), incl ... in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $743,704,600 |  | | 2 | India | $506,058,472 | | | 3 | Netherlands | $303,215,284 | | | 4 | Germany | $225,356,130 | | | 5 | Austria | $82,898,717 | | | 6 | Spain | $76,804,790 | | | 7 | Vietnam | $75,618,180 | | | 8 | Mexico | $69,388,327 | | | 9 | Hungary | $64,940,000 | | | 10 | Italy | $59,313,877 | | | 11 | France | $45,027,762 | | | 12 | Thailand | $44,110,701 | | | 13 | Belgium | $43,434,972 | | | 14 | United States | $40,908,599 | | | 15 | Canada | $36,330,804 | | | 16 | Indonesia | $27,431,796 | | | 17 | El Salvador | $23,115,960 | | | 18 | Philippines | $16,984,890 | | | 19 | Pakistan | $15,665,314 | | | 20 | Belarus | $15,547,500 | | | 21 | Singapore | $15,245,395 | | | 22 | Croatia | $14,129,444 | | | 23 | Switzerland | $14,014,338 | | | 24 | Turkey | $12,852,396 | | | 25 | Saudi Arabia | $12,412,549 | | | 26 | Slovenia | $11,950,273 | | | 27 | Sweden | $11,849,159 | | | 28 | Denmark | $9,347,430 | | | 29 | Korea, South | $9,207,659 | | | 30 | Chile | $8,698,410 | | | 31 | Serbia | $8,580,799 | | | 32 | Ukraine | $7,975,246 | | | 33 | Guatemala | $7,062,913 | | | 34 | Hong Kong | $6,197,330 | | | 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | $5,183,060 | | | 36 | United Kingdom | $4,421,037 | | | 37 | Panama | $4,040,435 | | | 38 | Malaysia | $3,820,647 | | | 39 | Lithuania | $3,242,658 | | | 40 | Lebanon | $3,119,526 | | | 41 | Ecuador | $2,721,455 | | | 42 | South Africa | $1,924,184 | | | 43 | Czech Republic | $1,792,447 | | | 44 | Nepal | $1,493,603 | | | 45 | Finland | $1,449,434 | | | 46 | Morocco | $1,357,556 | | | 47 | Dominican Republic | $1,065,888 | | | 48 | Venezuela | $1,038,063 | | | 49 | Greece | $970,401 | | | 50 | Norway | $852,828 | | | 51 | Syria | $836,420 | | | 52 | Paraguay | $830,184 | | | 53 | Brazil | $770,408 | | | 54 | Poland | $717,750 | | | 55 | Japan | $710,302 | | | 56 | Iran | $621,309 | | | 57 | Bolivia | $579,781 | | | 58 | Costa Rica | $532,632 | | | 59 | Australia | $439,858 | | | 60 | Zimbabwe | $396,205 | | | 61 | Tunisia | $386,002 | | | 62 | Nigeria | $366,940 | | | 63 | Portugal | $361,060 | | | 64 | Colombia | $352,976 | | | 65 | Jordan | $346,803 | | | 66 | Israel | $330,000 | | | 67 | Kenya | $312,608 | | | 68 | Ethiopia | $227,180 | | | 69 | Egypt | $181,486 | | | 70 | Macau | $180,069 | | | 71 | New Zealand | $180,051 | | | 72 | Peru | $176,268 | | | 73 | Estonia | $175,251 | | | 74 | Luxembourg | $174,490 | | | 75 | Tanzania | $169,715 | | | 76 | Bahrain | $164,745 | | | 77 | Latvia | $163,296 | | | 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $158,105 | | | 79 | Uganda | $152,356 | | | 80 | Slovakia | $144,308 | | | 81 | Guyana | $130,812 | | | 82 | Romania | $87,814 | | | 83 | Qatar | $87,017 | | | 84 | Georgia | $73,536 | | | 85 | Oman | $70,533 | | | 86 | Ghana | $68,413 | | | 87 | Senegal | $58,799 | | | 88 | Cameroon | $51,514 | | | 89 | Bahamas, The | $49,018 | | | 90 | Russia | $45,639 | | | 91 | Zambia | $39,952 | | | 92 | Suriname | $30,078 | | | 93 | Yemen | $27,938 | | | 94 | Argentina | $24,369 | | | 95 | Botswana | $20,079 | | | 96 | Jamaica | $19,226 | | | 97 | Bulgaria | $18,343 | | | 98 | Madagascar | $5,552 | | | 99 | Albania | $5,153 | | | 100 | Sri Lanka | $3,623 | | | 101 | French Polynesia | $2,177 | | | 102 | New Caledonia | $1,673 | | | 103 | Mali | $1,171 | | | 104 | Barbados | $813 | | | 105 | Iceland | $787 | | | 106 | Algeria | $696 | | | 107 | Nicaragua | $369 | | | 108 | Bermuda | $308 | | | 109 | Gambia, The | $249 | | | 110 | Niger | $162 | | | 111 | Burkina Faso | $81 | | | 112 | Burundi | $80 | | | 113 | Moldova | $20 | | | 114 | Tonga | $11 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | | $591 | | $38,618 | $86,943 | $5,153 | |
| Algeria | $12,425 | | $316,514 | $62,455 | $1,446 | $696 | $81 |
| Argentina | $1,284,292 | $221,077 | $249,450 | $80,697 | $23,439 | $24,369 | |
| Armenia | | | | | | | $26,130 |
| Aruba | | | | | $1,611 | | |
| Australia | $568,024 | $1,059,670 | $1,207,174 | $732,290 | $460,366 | $439,858 | $367,295 |
| Austria | $37,078,357 | $41,791,815 | $63,963,508 | $71,622,491 | $43,839,730 | $82,898,717 | |
| Azerbaijan | | $1,510 | $1,677 | | | | |
| Bahamas, The | $36,884 | $29,699 | $46,201 | $52,862 | $46,700 | $49,018 | $50,031 |
| Bahrain | $15,710 | | $114 | $3,311 | $21,000 | $164,745 | $10,980 |
| Bangladesh | | | $41,965 | | | | |
| Barbados | | $2,924 | | $23,309 | $743 | $813 | $479 |
| Belarus | $7,028,600 | $10,301,300 | $14,892,800 | $15,854,100 | $3,437,500 | $15,547,500 | $16,822,800 |
| Belgium | $8,904,857 | $15,775,854 | $21,178,457 | $30,736,701 | $35,428,663 | $43,434,972 | $56,334,262 |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $308 | |
| Bhutan | $13 | | | | | | |
| Bolivia | $397,954 | $315,240 | $382,011 | $613,281 | $443,537 | $579,781 | $2,200,667 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $61,954 | $123,041 | $13,694 | $399,749 | $101,092 | $158,105 | $439,657 |
| Botswana | $46,534 | $40,183 | $8 | $727 | $181 | $20,079 | $121 |
| Brazil | $340,490 | $227,290 | $649,077 | $652,115 | $374,398 | $770,408 | $970,989 |
| Bulgaria | $3,994,213 | $174,271 | $2,354,795 | $3,676,698 | $60,389 | $18,343 | $1,200,169 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | $432 | $1,003 | $81 | |
| Burundi | | | | | | $80 | |
| Cambodia | | $1,264 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $11,957 | $18,759 | $24,748 | $20,265 | $76,590 | $51,514 | |
| Canada | $72,635,775 | $46,152,552 | $58,385,541 | $51,294,577 | $28,765,544 | $36,330,804 | $50,381,083 |
| Cape Verde | | | $236 | | | | |
| Chile | $12,667,578 | $5,427,444 | $14,870,315 | $9,570,338 | $10,448,247 | $8,698,410 | $7,075,650 |
| China | $397,024,663 | $487,715,680 | $745,180,178 | $786,269,537 | $490,655,840 | $743,704,600 | $1,047,352,193 |
| Colombia | $743,114 | $3,468,082 | $5,272,010 | $5,341,043 | $183,833 | $352,976 | $255,289 |
| Costa Rica | $3,625,611 | $3,971,625 | $3,094,469 | $3,496,562 | $440,757 | $532,632 | $356,206 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | | | $12,746 |
| Croatia | $10,067,716 | $7,969,563 | $10,353,748 | $10,761,419 | $3,860,941 | $14,129,444 | $19,927,509 |
| Czech Republic | $337,194 | $401,615 | $337,862 | $661,957 | $629,143 | $1,792,447 | $5,478,389 |
| Denmark | $5,905,132 | $6,186,149 | $9,312,024 | $8,767,772 | $6,372,641 | $9,347,430 | $11,940,313 |
| Dominican Republic | $288,108 | $211,867 | $300,072 | $434,088 | $376,661 | $1,065,888 | $369,148 |
| East Timor | $59 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $608,840 | $200,949 | $577,158 | $1,177,060 | $1,594,108 | $2,721,455 | $1,334,149 |
| Egypt | $1,902,380 | $1,193,758 | $545,719 | $353,286 | $56,342 | $181,486 | $6,937 |
| El Salvador | $7,410,206 | $7,078,145 | $5,871,738 | $8,653,875 | $15,546,292 | $23,115,960 | |
| Estonia | | $27,516 | $6,566 | $4,333 | $20,480 | $175,251 | $91,443 |
| Ethiopia | $62,272 | $118,097 | $64,716 | $77,081 | $405,400 | $227,180 | $254,137 |
| Faroe Islands | $15 | | $48 | | | | |
| Finland | $1,487,976 | $684,473 | $1,267,638 | $1,123,930 | $778,373 | $1,449,434 | $1,609,635 |
| France | $23,566,530 | $24,902,535 | $37,867,971 | $35,272,406 | $22,514,047 | $45,027,762 | $47,536,664 |
| French Polynesia | | $316 | $158 | $438 | $1,066 | $2,177 | $1,422 |
| Gabon | | | | $621 | | | |
| Gambia, The | | | | | | $249 | $51 |
| Georgia | $506 | | | | $14,300 | $73,536 | |
| Germany | $100,963,000 | $114,032,000 | $163,735,000 | $183,685,000 | $129,222,000 | $225,356,130 | $283,930,421 |
| Ghana | $304,290 | $142,409 | $159,393 | $192,516 | $127,591 | $68,413 | $30,369 |
| Greece | $1,591,353 | $1,844,548 | $1,308,218 | $1,251,005 | $1,269,959 | $970,401 | $544,720 |
| Greenland | $196 | $173 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | $6,354,598 | $3,991,472 | $6,944,154 | $7,011,135 | $5,733,150 | $7,062,913 | $7,333,190 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $28 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | $108,806 | $446,878 | $242,902 | $130,812 | $259,895 |
| Honduras | $931,286 | $1,086,077 | $1,104,411 | | $652,290 | | |
| Hong Kong | $4,061,037 | $4,565,213 | $3,769,857 | $4,491,924 | $890,760 | $6,197,330 | $10,901,796 |
| Hungary | $94,000 | | | | $7,602,000 | $64,940,000 | $81,086,000 |
| Iceland | | $1,109 | $1,628 | | | $787 | |
| India | $285,901,907 | $284,929,516 | $392,317,854 | $427,317,032 | $378,749,335 | $506,058,472 | $607,768,512 |
| Indonesia | $10,896,819 | $9,866,053 | $10,426,409 | $23,012,898 | $19,505,160 | $27,431,796 | $34,565,502 |
| Iran | $1,634 | | | | | $621,309 | |
| Ireland | $14,831 | $1,452 | $787 | $57,094 | $3,103 | | |
| Israel | $1,047,000 | $1,026,000 | $1,950,000 | $3,380,000 | $1,327,000 | $330,000 | $1,506,000 |
| Italy | $34,851,757 | $38,014,583 | $52,904,884 | $63,466,791 | $38,533,651 | $59,313,877 | $67,399,330 |
| Jamaica | $16,182 | $14,449 | $8,794 | $9,742 | $26,124 | $19,226 | |
| Japan | $602,660 | $488,398 | $1,516,992 | $640,123 | $433,833 | $710,302 | $504,039 |
| Jordan | $3,633 | $47,869 | $10,578 | | $51,324 | $346,803 | $15,845 |
| Kazakhstan | $17,510 | $22,076 | $133,646 | $376,647 | $590,997 | | |
| Kenya | $398,973 | $227,770 | $99,410 | $308,200 | $124,782 | $312,608 | |
| Korea, South | $5,179,009 | $6,914,790 | $7,653,091 | $17,733,708 | $9,611,241 | $9,207,659 | $17,767,189 |
| Kuwait | | $370,565 | | $16,971 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | $4,473 | | |
| Latvia | $376,344 | $151,294 | $144,627 | $67,463 | $115,052 | $163,296 | $222,605 |
| Lebanon | $365,000 | $1,477,412 | $4,816,021 | $6,011,903 | $2,309,087 | $3,119,526 | $2,184,862 |
| Lithuania | $1,417,496 | $1,327,982 | $1,851,903 | $1,851,391 | $1,189,285 | $3,242,658 | $4,468,713 |
| Luxembourg | $19,488 | $97,628 | $61,494 | $93,222 | $426,264 | $174,490 | $104,594 |
| Macau | $4,790 | $2,876 | $20,399 | $150,405 | $9,579 | $180,069 | |
| Macedonia | $37,934 | $22,275 | $53,331 | $80,813 | $133,217 | | $129,184 |
| Madagascar | $61,090 | $232 | $7,413 | $29,682 | $11,296 | $5,552 | |
| Malawi | | | $1,004 | $1,382 | | | |
| Malaysia | $3,439,207 | $4,344,458 | $3,940,161 | $4,873,758 | $5,649,619 | $3,820,647 | $2,044,201 |
| Mali | | | | | | $1,171 | |
| Malta | $11,759 | $44 | | | | | |
| Mauritania | | | | $768 | $1,156 | | |
| Mauritius | $43 | $45 | $156 | | | | |
| Mexico | $25,802,595 | $26,365,316 | $40,011,450 | $49,963,124 | $47,142,121 | $69,388,327 | $89,212,946 |
| Moldova | $2,373,748 | $2,530,136 | $2,396,236 | $789,295 | $21 | $20 | $2,297 |
| Mongolia | $2,150 | $299 | $28 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | | $703 | $221 | | | |
| Morocco | $2,736,750 | $2,460,368 | $1,945,859 | $3,132,225 | $1,528,503 | $1,357,556 | |
| Mozambique | $283 | $1,974 | | | $126 | | |
| Namibia | $814 | $22 | $349 | $1,278 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $1,265,358 | $1,493,603 | |
| Netherlands | $157,738,378 | $171,364,120 | $235,660,787 | $267,866,630 | $230,254,522 | $303,215,284 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $11 | | $1,232 | | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $91 | $169 | $1,313 | $554 | $1,673 | $12,127 |
| New Zealand | $1,544 | $1,165 | | $196 | $3,216 | $180,051 | $118,712 |
| Nicaragua | $30,300 | $1,078 | $644 | $1,006 | | $369 | $784 |
| Niger | $185 | | $145 | $30 | $150 | $162 | |
| Nigeria | | $20,284 | | | $97,285 | $366,940 | |
| Norway | $637,798 | $674,159 | $2,149,618 | $1,741,434 | $730,829 | $852,828 | $1,349,847 |
| Oman | | $24,765 | $27,376 | $20,187 | $138 | $70,533 | |
| Pakistan | $12,925,873 | $12,823,678 | $10,078,455 | $11,646,689 | $20,804,798 | $15,665,314 | $19,041,194 |
| Panama | $2,371,122 | $2,200,024 | $2,872,258 | $4,976,037 | $2,835,665 | $4,040,435 | $2,173,888 |
| Paraguay | $2,919 | $13,205 | $78,361 | $33,248 | $133,752 | $830,184 | $2,766,939 |
| Peru | $78,132 | $66,176 | $124,824 | $189,065 | $172,351 | $176,268 | $133,513 |
| Philippines | $15,781,568 | $10,427,776 | $9,919,105 | $7,478,868 | $5,877,036 | $16,984,890 | $47,830,162 |
| Poland | $1,583,507 | $21,403 | $138,677 | $1,226 | $27,623 | $717,750 | $9,226,581 |
| Portugal | $379,596 | $406,534 | $252,865 | $347,054 | $188,327 | $361,060 | $1,984,520 |
| Qatar | $67,769 | $137,453 | $179,463 | $52,456 | | $87,017 | |
| Romania | $3,181 | $14,498 | $1,307 | $2,112 | $416,222 | $87,814 | $602,049 |
| Russia | $98,765 | $143,526 | $340,966 | $266,890 | $58,219 | $45,639 | $46,322 |
| Rwanda | | | $3,526 | $173 | $8,299 | | $141 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $41,195 | | | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $10 | | | $5 | | | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | $1,765 | $21 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $3,691,667 | $1,610,146 | $1,291,579 | $435,467 | $2,200,454 | $12,412,549 | |
| Senegal | $16,118 | $8,985 | $55,855 | $115,789 | $209,145 | $58,799 | $113,299 |
| Serbia | $7,213 | $537,070 | $1,646,954 | $1,434,254 | $1,185,122 | $8,580,799 | $6,530,812 |
| Seychelles | $274 | $2,922 | $3,565 | $1,115 | | | |
| Singapore | $2,075,492 | $2,228,236 | $5,342,336 | $11,929,269 | $7,394,948 | $15,245,395 | $15,190,663 |
| Slovakia | $102,496 | $29,202 | $422 | $275,212 | $538,805 | $144,308 | $49,613 |
| Slovenia | $6,045,621 | $7,405,296 | $11,654,264 | $9,128,187 | $6,194,673 | $11,950,273 | $13,792,605 |
| South Africa | $126,081 | $88,765 | $110,986 | $156,803 | $654,922 | $1,924,184 | $747,866 |
| Spain | $32,347,971 | $44,988,261 | $68,455,903 | $61,019,231 | $26,880,245 | $76,804,790 | |
| Sri Lanka | $13,267 | $4,732 | $38,080 | $89,656 | $338 | $3,623 | $14,735 |
| Sudan | | $40,427 | $15,300 | $47,522 | | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $30,078 | $54,253 |
| Swaziland | $294,867 | $1,403,976 | $1,654,948 | | | | |
| Sweden | $7,422,057 | $5,003,470 | $6,014,943 | $5,589,094 | $5,179,303 | $11,849,159 | $9,339,652 |
| Switzerland | $7,378,045 | $9,148,236 | $11,105,229 | $11,037,569 | $7,951,107 | $14,014,338 | $21,538,839 |
| Syria | $720,250 | $813,042 | | $337,672 | | $836,420 | |
| Tanzania | $145,960 | $67,176 | $95,029 | $104,263 | $169,894 | $169,715 | $346,742 |
| Thailand | $19,413,450 | $28,359,442 | $33,948,569 | $43,707,065 | $23,400,258 | $44,110,701 | $31,717,704 |
| Tonga | | | | | $296 | $11 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $152,826 | $2,409,358 | $6,602,398 | $6,847,040 | $1,574,197 | $5,183,060 | |
| Tunisia | $142,504 | $207,782 | $474,508 | $429,619 | $477,494 | $386,002 | |
| Turkey | $3,475,997 | $7,249,653 | $1,860,523 | $5,939,562 | $152,334 | $12,852,396 | $9,595,177 |
| Uganda | $65,515 | $31,979 | $25,489 | $179,725 | $37,442 | $152,356 | |
| Ukraine | $3,184,022 | $3,435,242 | $6,892,094 | $5,381,460 | $6,141,030 | $7,975,246 | $3,632,274 |
| United Arab Emirates | $937,151 | | $869,779 | $1,593,879 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $1,906,557 | $6,293,413 | $1,844,696 | $1,490,135 | $3,905,665 | $4,421,037 | $9,919,982 |
| United States | $32,345,871 | $31,396,681 | $37,946,327 | $44,486,617 | $27,412,761 | $40,908,599 | $47,391,926 |
| Uruguay | $1,723 | $17,700 | $11,927 | $1,147,846 | $36,042 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,282 | | | | | |
| Venezuela | $2,197,019 | $1,499,026 | $867,904 | $3,096,340 | $3,108,855 | $1,038,063 | $2,710,684 |
| Vietnam | $16,409,223 | $22,841,604 | $43,717,601 | $69,607,407 | $44,416,822 | $75,618,180 | |
| Yemen | $33,543 | $21,375 | $115,468 | $351,139 | $472,757 | $27,938 | $32,356 |
| Zambia | $418,102 | $157,003 | $131,569 | $90,252 | $87,360 | $39,952 | |
| Zimbabwe | $859,534 | $1,522,830 | $13,212,520 | $1,346,513 | $255,604 | $396,205 | |
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