RankCountryImports of Recovered (waste & scrap) paper/paperboard made mainly of mech. pulp (e.g., ... in USD (2010)
1China$1,266,926,517
2Germany$288,524,156
3Korea, South$201,046,022
4Indonesia$165,406,765
5Sweden$107,869,839
6Belgium$101,362,093
7Mexico$95,460,700
8Spain$77,589,379
9Canada$71,878,194
10Austria$52,095,171
11Italy$47,942,242
12Malaysia$44,826,591
13Slovenia$41,924,018
14France$38,562,088
15Netherlands$32,389,860
16Thailand$30,761,805
17Norway$17,634,155
18Hong Kong$12,610,757
19United States$12,520,839
20United Kingdom$11,015,273
21Switzerland$10,328,278
22Denmark$8,919,983
23Ukraine$5,744,173
24Saudi Arabia$5,608,807
25Czech Republic$4,617,307
26Philippines$3,638,832
27Poland$3,468,179
28Slovakia$3,146,037
29Turkey$2,803,312
30Lithuania$2,210,260
31Singapore$2,027,948
32Portugal$1,962,245
33Guatemala$1,320,119
34Lebanon$1,247,455
35Finland$1,131,186
36Greece$1,078,504
37India$869,234
38Argentina$729,695
39Tanzania$697,742
40Vietnam$683,090
41Ireland$578,647
42Bulgaria$508,417
43Ethiopia$498,585
44South Africa$488,113
45Serbia$453,744
46Iran$431,100
47Bolivia$425,362
48Yemen$420,376
49Ghana$385,510
50Bosnia and Herzegovina$360,104
51Venezuela$345,043
52Russia$330,394
53El Salvador$287,926
54Pakistan$254,984
55Belarus$245,200
56Morocco$161,234
57Israel$137,000
58Luxembourg$135,968
59Georgia$128,777
60Dominican Republic$122,247
61Romania$118,805
62New Zealand$116,642
63Senegal$101,349
64Nigeria$99,427
65Croatia$98,373
66Sri Lanka$90,966
67Paraguay$84,373
68Hungary$56,000
69Australia$50,793
70Japan$45,620
71Qatar$43,592
72Brazil$17,970
73Latvia$17,297
74Colombia$14,193
75Bahrain$10,463
76Togo$10,047
77Malta$7,126
78Montenegro$6,213
79Nicaragua$6,047
80Panama$4,564
81Botswana$4,394
82Peru$3,745
83Aruba$3,568
84Iceland$2,575
85Egypt$2,411
86Jordan$2,394
87Mauritania$1,545
88Uganda$1,384
89Kenya$1,151
90Chile$1,030
91Bahamas, The$943
92Estonia$877
93Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$830
94Zimbabwe$826
95Bermuda$604
96Cyprus$546
97Bhutan$507
98Oman$507
99Madagascar$444
100Tunisia$341
101Cameroon$255
102Albania$204
103Kyrgyzstan$164
104Tonga$135
105Nepal$21
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$1,574$537$1,004$13,555$38,805$204$1,130
Algeria  $204    
Argentina$598,033$1,557,685$2,464,565$1,055,497$432,018$729,695$900,818
Armenia      $345
Aruba    $32$3,568$5,926
Australia$314,171$156,395$248,829$66,047$34,430$50,793$68,159
Austria$37,262,819$43,118,968$62,113,563$71,820,370$36,936,181$52,095,171 
Azerbaijan$15,850$16,383$9,700$6,930$6,189 $3,150
Bahamas, The $3,274 $250$2,196$943$1,729
Bahrain$62,989$117,864$160,750$114,641$838$10,463$8,899
Bangladesh$541,298$719,402$1,080,104    
Barbados  $141    
Belarus$24,000$156,800$207,900$13,900$171,400$245,200$153,100
Belgium$39,996,531$53,302,613$71,884,372$97,344,935$72,423,905$101,362,093$119,621,665
Benin$190      
Bermuda     $604 
Bhutan$2,047$14$426$23$2,675$507 
Bolivia$67,853$178,717$1,074,940$624,798$396,146$425,362$894,405
Bosnia and Herzegovina$306,880$357,948$459,603$622,642$360,074$360,104$170,174
Botswana$72$844 $3,010$25$4,394 
Brazil$1,396$9$2,857$94,808$1$17,970$872
Bulgaria$1,235,488$599,339$777,233$969,102$488,199$508,417$462,779
Burkina Faso   $17,541   
Burundi $4,417  $501  
Cambodia$10,650      
Cameroon$40,546$9,725$14,124$21,157$5,239$255 
Canada$120,367,215$115,505,109$150,092,570$192,831,049$78,384,182$71,878,194$61,384,694
Chile$61,748$10,830$958$7,312$133,465$1,030$21,448
China$699,232,141$717,863,604$1,049,516,049$1,624,711,144$1,004,882,884$1,266,926,517$1,681,369,076
Colombia$458,860$412,307$75,752$5,456$118,638$14,193$35,843
Comoros$154      
Costa Rica$8,775$87,715$220,171$382,525$5,076 $71
Croatia$285,082$242,468$342,808$329,803$158,044$98,373$103,109
Cyprus  $5,113  $546$6,887
Czech Republic$1,681,263$3,178,803$3,432,826$3,556,005$2,128,517$4,617,307$3,121,014
Denmark$3,743,933$2,835,187$4,339,661$6,847,027$6,125,694$8,919,983$9,924,015
Djibouti    $3,621  
Dominican Republic$50$171$25,365$181,473$127,990$122,247$190,183
East Timor$101      
Ecuador$135,573$8,484    $256
Egypt$25,340$14,381$44,045 $22,036$2,411$9,084
El Salvador$770,808$5,137,814$6,413,815$10,565,133$1,023,366$287,926 
Estonia$4,340$11,315 $9,450$24,552$877$239,823
Ethiopia$279,371$552,481$404,448$192,600$393,533$498,585$517,064
Faroe Islands$90$2,385$1,543$1,047   
Fiji$19   $143  
Finland$720,412$837,038$2,294,394$4,347,515$2,140,288$1,131,186$2,724,235
France$31,370,610$27,291,842$41,996,526$45,915,425$25,741,047$38,562,088$49,718,419
French Polynesia  $130    
Gambia, The$5,071 $2,707   $3,070
Georgia$23   $38$128,777 
Germany$131,648,000$171,675,000$244,209,000$267,491,000$146,548,000$288,524,156$367,594,493
Ghana$902,955$929,833$735,720$672,526$611,193$385,510$526,082
Greece$1,014,978$619,600$331,351$152,019$930,473$1,078,504$622,101
Greenland$4,137$16,094$14,463    
Guatemala$34,975$57,980$66,337$150,690$237,878$1,320,119$1,876,655
Guyana      $211
Honduras  $46    
Hong Kong$757,855$324,290$888,590$1,857,716$7,895,947$12,610,757$19,893,371
Hungary$537,000 $50,000$11,000$45,000$56,000$2,680,000
Iceland $895$151$242$236$2,575 
India$2,740,050$3,731,814$6,583,252$5,410,936$2,315,830$869,234$2,054,230
Indonesia$123,073,998$133,566,651$166,462,009$215,390,787$119,615,938$165,406,765$166,109,498
Iran     $431,100 
Ireland$482,080$470,450$340,158$369,099$321,526$578,647$368,636
Israel  $1,000$57,000$307,000$137,000$14,000
Italy$35,547,955$36,913,327$49,051,426$50,779,669$33,710,551$47,942,242$39,020,826
Japan$837,823$383,324$872,848$2,366,968$77,965$45,620$71,810
Jordan     $2,394 
Kazakhstan$2,403$2,846$3,548$4,705$1,887  
Kenya  $9,271$17$14,794$1,151 
Korea, South$108,416,328$103,183,097$127,432,014$199,535,398$101,708,477$201,046,022$267,352,805
Kuwait $38,132$5,375    
Kyrgyzstan$2,228$420  $106$164$1,385
Latvia$45,152$14,936$16,138$10,224$1,838$17,297$78,824
Lebanon$122,000$28,335$534,212$742,229$169,886$1,247,455$2,264,360
Lesotho   $3,630   
Lithuania$177,100$103,873$221,593$343,835$876,258$2,210,260$2,678,957
Luxembourg$31,388$69,667$43,400$227,590$189,819$135,968$157,937
Macau $12,301$20,733$1,450$10,920 $50,393
Macedonia$5,340$3,292$13,138 $11,406 $5,153
Madagascar$12,839$1$54$245 $444 
Malawi $448     
Malaysia$15,973,707$20,680,371$35,538,306$39,089,633$22,528,865$44,826,591$52,232,661
Maldives      $1,648
Mali $35     
Malta $280$93$37$404$7,126 
Mauritania   $1,209 $1,545 
Mauritius   $2,407  $3,978
Mayotte$2,008      
Mexico$80,977,090$71,979,714$74,099,372$72,220,772$54,978,546$95,460,700$77,388,033
Moldova$487,636$1,082,399$1,254,357$162,953  $42
Mongolia$9,771$28,448$11,675    
Montenegro $4,440$177,478$4,377$155$6,213$8,959
Morocco$1,975,112$758,542$1,409,107$1,817,284$498,676$161,234 
Mozambique$30      
Namibia$4,517$1     
Nepal     $21 
Netherlands$33,386,573$34,721,574$44,943,258$35,656,906$17,374,542$32,389,860 
Netherlands Antilles$8,072 $6,997$718   
New Caledonia   $6   
New Zealand$143,639$165,304$261,729$383,176$322,407$116,642$100
Nicaragua $511  $2,366$6,047$16,750
Nigeria $133,443   $99,427 
Norway$1,743,463$1,766,891$3,688,443$4,724,047$7,804,595$17,634,155$19,662,085
Oman $237 $18,960$83,922$507 
Pakistan$419,278$364,238$1,078,337$1,337,696$811,345$254,984$548,522
Panama     $4,564 
Paraguay     $84,373$124,818
Peru$4,338$6,333   $3,745 
Philippines$3,813,864$4,445,049$4,263,980$3,850,235$3,022,402$3,638,832$2,285,043
Poland$463,897$1,374,358$1,315,875$2,995,933$1,793,456$3,468,179$2,632,852
Portugal$69,251$32,603$169,251$356,651$352,349$1,962,245$543,115
Qatar$78,568$113,049$102,801$72,605 $43,592 
Romania$581,612$690,657$106,726$569,220$410,411$118,805$223,019
Russia$148,838$151,467$79,405$45,001$296,447$330,394$275,349
Rwanda  $10,803$2,514   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$3,582  $681 $830 
Saudi Arabia$705,610$962,977$1,509,497  $5,608,807 
Senegal$215,025$342,666$197,090$137,849$209,785$101,349$194,794
Serbia$8,921$448,380$901,134$1,038,125$927,728$453,744$570,698
Seychelles$1,016 $441$395   
Singapore$562,381$1,093,897$953,812$936,640$366,445$2,027,948$4,100,765
Slovakia$4,150,380$3,750,161$7,019,048$8,272,730$2,939,711$3,146,037$7,671,892
Slovenia$11,355,426$15,858,302$25,686,789$28,611,322$21,278,710$41,924,018$45,215,324
South Africa$7,563$3,144,753$506,024$1,621,017$2,300,107$488,113$66,937
Spain$16,121,503$41,726,205$68,694,903$78,041,020$124,620,518$77,589,379 
Sri Lanka$51,850$31,898$34,169$24,076$89,099$90,966$84,226
Sudan$333,507$305,231$32,000    
Swaziland$1,231$8,767$15,735    
Sweden$47,653,517$53,423,194$63,055,255$97,748,883$75,790,424$107,869,839$127,749,989
Switzerland$3,640,839$3,193,746$5,150,068$4,481,860$4,650,350$10,328,278$24,177,894
Syria$169,149 $65,560    
Tanzania$963,728$623,303$925,107$645,747$1,541,195$697,742$523,552
Thailand$17,035,653$15,343,168$21,413,186$34,356,849$14,520,938$30,761,805$30,856,669
Togo$132    $10,047 
Tonga   $453$486$135 
Tunisia $324 $9 $341 
Turkey$702,921$361,935$1,595,256$3,821,797$1,320,925$2,803,312$3,189,497
Uganda$13,633$343$1,168$376$7,681$1,384 
Ukraine$4,452,600$3,674,131$5,887,475$6,660,540$3,013,768$5,744,173$10,663,192
United Arab Emirates$1,230,501 $562,625$429,619   
United Kingdom$3,378,257$3,862,920$7,117,223$9,713,209$8,620,743$11,015,273$15,268,938
United States$7,279,724$5,370,810$9,513,249$11,872,839$6,029,611$12,520,839$29,220,431
Uruguay$79,990$56,842$558,071$55,069$6,374  
Venezuela$1,047,733$441,711$474,599$5,738$320,649$345,043$703,139
Vietnam$2,487,255$1,991,540$741,215$619,369$514,396$683,090 
Yemen$142,377$50,743$289,280$475,348$420,643$420,376$539,632
Zambia   $714   
Zimbabwe$3,112$24,363$12,677$17 $826