| Rank | Country | Imports of Recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard. in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $5,353,297,553 |  | | 2 | Germany | $776,658,427 | | | 3 | Indonesia | $546,461,335 | | | 4 | India | $510,547,686 | | | 5 | Mexico | $422,763,180 | | | 6 | Netherlands | $399,332,205 | | | 7 | Korea, South | $349,746,889 | | | 8 | Belgium | $268,637,821 | | | 9 | Austria | $262,813,075 | | | 10 | Thailand | $233,491,518 | | | 11 | Spain | $220,383,982 | | | 12 | Canada | $182,859,601 | | | 13 | France | $171,686,320 | | | 14 | Sweden | $163,691,085 | | | 15 | Italy | $155,237,870 | | | 16 | United States | $125,061,800 | | | 17 | Vietnam | $95,196,720 | | | 18 | Slovenia | $80,394,860 | | | 19 | Malaysia | $70,187,726 | | | 20 | Hungary | $70,084,000 | | | 21 | Ukraine | $45,264,616 | | | 22 | El Salvador | $42,599,835 | | | 23 | Poland | $41,926,918 | | | 24 | Venezuela | $35,098,766 | | | 25 | Colombia | $33,662,537 | | | 26 | Chile | $33,116,451 | | | 27 | Norway | $30,180,621 | | | 28 | Switzerland | $26,748,707 | | | 29 | United Kingdom | $26,607,076 | | | 30 | Denmark | $26,442,421 | | | 31 | Philippines | $26,020,578 | | | 32 | Saudi Arabia | $21,885,894 | | | 33 | Pakistan | $21,254,263 | | | 34 | Hong Kong | $21,028,386 | | | 35 | Singapore | $18,234,129 | | | 36 | Turkey | $17,277,420 | | | 37 | Japan | $16,272,407 | | | 38 | Belarus | $15,809,200 | | | 39 | Slovakia | $15,709,972 | | | 40 | Peru | $15,450,540 | | | 41 | Croatia | $15,443,420 | | | 42 | Argentina | $15,077,863 | | | 43 | Lithuania | $14,888,153 | | | 44 | Ireland | $13,115,519 | | | 45 | Czech Republic | $12,266,422 | | | 46 | Serbia | $11,465,225 | | | 47 | Ecuador | $10,943,833 | | | 48 | Portugal | $9,117,284 | | | 49 | Guatemala | $8,755,968 | | | 50 | Israel | $8,530,000 | | | 51 | Finland | $8,111,830 | | | 52 | Panama | $5,566,894 | | | 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | $5,183,060 | | | 54 | Lebanon | $4,366,981 | | | 55 | Costa Rica | $4,295,469 | | | 56 | Greece | $3,812,616 | | | 57 | Brazil | $3,027,349 | | | 58 | South Africa | $2,618,336 | | | 59 | Tunisia | $2,260,338 | | | 60 | Dominican Republic | $1,976,763 | | | 61 | Morocco | $1,568,012 | | | 62 | Nepal | $1,493,624 | | | 63 | Syria | $1,187,735 | | | 64 | Ethiopia | $1,167,305 | | | 65 | Iran | $1,105,927 | | | 66 | Nigeria | $1,100,465 | | | 67 | Estonia | $1,096,462 | | | 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1,040,150 | | | 69 | Bolivia | $1,034,836 | | | 70 | Paraguay | $922,244 | | | 71 | Tanzania | $869,219 | | | 72 | Latvia | $848,343 | | | 73 | Romania | $810,225 | | | 74 | Bulgaria | $772,893 | | | 75 | Russia | $654,696 | | | 76 | Oman | $647,336 | | | 77 | Yemen | $586,885 | | | 78 | Australia | $490,651 | | | 79 | Ghana | $456,821 | | | 80 | Zimbabwe | $413,221 | | | 81 | Luxembourg | $387,188 | | | 82 | Jordan | $349,197 | | | 83 | Kenya | $320,967 | | | 84 | New Zealand | $296,702 | | | 85 | Bahrain | $251,798 | | | 86 | Egypt | $207,526 | | | 87 | Georgia | $202,315 | | | 88 | Macau | $180,069 | | | 89 | Qatar | $168,860 | | | 90 | Senegal | $161,314 | | | 91 | Uganda | $154,246 | | | 92 | Guyana | $130,812 | | | 93 | Sri Lanka | $99,591 | | | 94 | Bahamas, The | $53,736 | | | 95 | Cameroon | $51,810 | | | 96 | Zambia | $40,170 | | | 97 | Botswana | $30,651 | | | 98 | Suriname | $30,078 | | | 99 | Moldova | $22,338 | | | 100 | Jamaica | $19,308 | | | 101 | Nicaragua | $11,554 | | | 102 | Togo | $10,047 | | | 103 | Gambia, The | $8,280 | | | 104 | Malta | $7,537 | | | 105 | Madagascar | $7,082 | | | 106 | Montenegro | $6,228 | | | 107 | Albania | $5,357 | | | 108 | Aruba | $3,651 | | | 109 | Iceland | $3,491 | | | 110 | Cyprus | $2,885 | | | 111 | French Polynesia | $2,177 | | | 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $2,044 | | | 113 | Bhutan | $1,723 | | | 114 | Kyrgyzstan | $1,711 | | | 115 | New Caledonia | $1,673 | | | 116 | Mauritania | $1,545 | | | 117 | Mali | $1,171 | | | 118 | Algeria | $916 | | | 119 | Bermuda | $912 | | | 120 | Barbados | $813 | | | 121 | Niger | $365 | | | 122 | Tonga | $264 | | | 123 | Burkina Faso | $81 | | | 124 | Burundi | $80 | | | 125 | Fiji | $7 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $15,274 | $1,128 | $1,004 | $52,173 | $125,748 | $5,357 | $1,130 |
| Algeria | $12,425 | $4,278 | $346,860 | $68,059 | $30,434 | $916 | $567 |
| Argentina | $6,704,369 | $6,746,857 | $15,016,756 | $10,717,699 | $6,451,971 | $15,077,863 | $14,061,882 |
| Armenia | | | | $5,200 | | | $28,581 |
| Aruba | | | | | $1,643 | $3,651 | $5,926 |
| Australia | $1,356,316 | $1,664,008 | $1,936,481 | $1,067,473 | $496,760 | $490,651 | $475,518 |
| Austria | $133,172,016 | $151,171,723 | $212,047,938 | $248,589,581 | $153,178,196 | $262,813,075 | |
| Azerbaijan | $15,850 | $17,893 | $11,377 | $6,930 | $6,189 | | $22,328 |
| Bahamas, The | $38,041 | $34,807 | $47,067 | $67,391 | $51,573 | $53,736 | $58,106 |
| Bahrain | $87,410 | $121,383 | $232,169 | $140,716 | $130,144 | $251,798 | $27,203 |
| Bangladesh | $25,401,427 | $33,541,912 | $35,577,949 | | | | |
| Barbados | $37,585 | $2,924 | $141 | $23,588 | $743 | $813 | $875 |
| Belarus | $7,335,100 | $10,860,700 | $15,246,900 | $15,874,800 | $3,641,600 | $15,809,200 | $17,040,000 |
| Belgium | $81,867,717 | $125,996,904 | $191,117,216 | $266,847,193 | $198,295,027 | $268,637,821 | $329,428,653 |
| Belize | | | | $137 | | | |
| Benin | $190 | | | | | | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $912 | |
| Bhutan | $3,327 | $869 | $1,797 | $3,465 | $3,150 | $1,723 | |
| Bolivia | $465,810 | $515,537 | $1,460,991 | $1,911,445 | $870,929 | $1,034,836 | $3,260,223 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $3,400,757 | $3,401,654 | $3,056,123 | $2,745,253 | $878,707 | $1,040,150 | $1,751,890 |
| Botswana | $145,064 | $55,354 | $85 | $3,737 | $4,712 | $30,651 | $6,315 |
| Brazil | $1,626,712 | $1,492,446 | $3,475,133 | $2,120,968 | $972,806 | $3,027,349 | $2,598,752 |
| Brunei | | $25 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $6,773,721 | $1,063,903 | $6,345,394 | $6,519,397 | $708,787 | $772,893 | $3,809,985 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | $17,973 | $1,003 | $81 | |
| Burundi | | $4,417 | | | $1,604 | $80 | |
| Cambodia | $10,650 | $1,264 | | | | | |
| Cameroon | $52,503 | $98,424 | $38,872 | $41,422 | $81,829 | $51,810 | |
| Canada | $246,954,463 | $219,961,048 | $289,414,812 | $316,385,212 | $145,034,052 | $182,859,601 | $178,608,355 |
| Cape Verde | | | $236 | | | | |
| Chile | $24,551,774 | $11,374,360 | $31,220,115 | $25,052,725 | $22,988,368 | $33,116,451 | $27,160,709 |
| China | $2,457,178,461 | $2,748,045,275 | $4,041,972,243 | $5,556,925,599 | $3,796,053,693 | $5,353,297,553 | $6,968,049,425 |
| Colombia | $16,667,857 | $16,527,764 | $21,595,151 | $29,927,842 | $20,461,812 | $33,662,537 | $38,569,680 |
| Comoros | $154 | | $2,241 | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $4,806,828 | $5,731,258 | $4,938,709 | $5,840,525 | $2,323,511 | $4,295,469 | $1,768,788 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | | | | | $32,635 | | $12,746 |
| Croatia | $12,596,856 | $9,195,714 | $13,504,742 | $12,389,079 | $4,625,869 | $15,443,420 | $21,742,134 |
| Cuba | $2,973,135 | $3,105,000 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | | | $5,113 | $34 | $10 | $2,885 | $6,887 |
| Czech Republic | $5,938,361 | $7,999,309 | $9,699,135 | $9,054,654 | $5,502,587 | $12,266,422 | $17,556,662 |
| Denmark | $10,793,960 | $11,299,940 | $17,843,210 | $19,609,227 | $15,282,293 | $26,442,421 | $29,668,229 |
| Djibouti | | | | | $3,621 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $316,637 | $214,705 | $328,399 | $757,379 | $761,505 | $1,976,763 | $839,579 |
| East Timor | $201 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $2,455,658 | $1,111,062 | $1,269,947 | $2,362,156 | $4,841,190 | $10,943,833 | $11,178,520 |
| Egypt | $1,937,631 | $1,269,744 | $740,536 | $565,751 | $252,932 | $207,526 | $16,021 |
| El Salvador | $21,353,493 | $24,996,447 | $28,093,744 | $40,448,628 | $31,063,828 | $42,599,835 | |
| Estonia | $457,042 | $246,702 | $111,466 | $83,345 | $225,955 | $1,096,462 | $1,263,078 |
| Ethiopia | $341,643 | $708,123 | $522,453 | $451,258 | $1,052,699 | $1,167,305 | $1,354,103 |
| Faroe Islands | $259 | $3,302 | $2,319 | $2,229 | $4,924 | | |
| Fiji | $19 | | | $1,151 | $361 | $7 | |
| Finland | $5,435,501 | $5,996,533 | $8,931,863 | $11,824,563 | $7,061,939 | $8,111,830 | $12,988,716 |
| France | $124,310,335 | $111,520,265 | $155,662,201 | $160,541,167 | $92,118,693 | $171,686,320 | $202,476,078 |
| French Polynesia | | $316 | $288 | $438 | $1,066 | $2,177 | $9,431 |
| Gabon | | | | $666 | | | |
| Gambia, The | $5,071 | | $2,707 | | | $8,280 | $85,667 |
| Georgia | $17,710 | | | | $14,384 | $202,315 | |
| Germany | $351,870,000 | $409,767,000 | $545,991,000 | $607,019,000 | $411,206,000 | $776,658,427 | $1,094,476,981 |
| Ghana | $1,215,334 | $1,075,061 | $912,322 | $886,568 | $750,075 | $456,821 | $565,813 |
| Greece | $4,308,968 | $4,490,611 | $2,866,007 | $2,843,024 | $2,937,990 | $3,812,616 | $2,616,587 |
| Greenland | $4,470 | $21,773 | $14,623 | | | | |
| Grenada | | | $125 | | | | |
| Guatemala | $6,775,281 | $4,405,669 | $7,386,599 | $7,394,472 | $6,451,114 | $8,755,968 | $9,583,939 |
| Guinea-Bissau | $28 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | | | $108,806 | $446,878 | $242,935 | $130,812 | $260,225 |
| Honduras | $1,098,209 | $1,202,353 | $1,519,213 | | $790,971 | | |
| Hong Kong | $17,376,024 | $11,839,645 | $8,461,738 | $8,245,489 | $10,015,930 | $21,028,386 | $34,084,001 |
| Hungary | $2,655,000 | $3,088,000 | $5,739,000 | $2,984,000 | $15,014,000 | $70,084,000 | $89,245,000 |
| Iceland | | $2,956 | $6,083 | $242 | $236 | $3,491 | |
| India | $295,724,172 | $299,788,240 | $407,298,973 | $441,899,203 | $382,811,137 | $510,547,686 | $610,693,354 |
| Indonesia | $288,419,506 | $309,829,683 | $416,977,511 | $515,910,171 | $323,139,958 | $546,461,335 | $610,839,177 |
| Iran | $13,157 | | | | | $1,105,927 | |
| Ireland | $2,974,448 | $2,541,673 | $7,549,116 | $8,192,564 | $9,952,972 | $13,115,519 | $10,820,743 |
| Israel | $5,760,000 | $3,712,000 | $7,767,000 | $13,590,000 | $7,421,000 | $8,530,000 | $25,038,000 |
| Italy | $97,616,086 | $108,080,226 | $141,270,631 | $157,429,583 | $96,745,531 | $155,237,870 | $181,074,202 |
| Jamaica | $17,714 | $14,449 | $8,806 | $9,742 | $26,183 | $19,308 | |
| Japan | $16,629,346 | $17,019,043 | $20,125,139 | $21,268,047 | $11,038,413 | $16,272,407 | $18,433,649 |
| Jordan | $4,036 | $47,869 | $11,080 | | $51,324 | $349,197 | $15,845 |
| Kazakhstan | $801,512 | $1,311,138 | $1,504,606 | $2,030,061 | $1,631,118 | | |
| Kenya | $401,401 | $231,954 | $113,778 | $309,372 | $143,024 | $320,967 | |
| Korea, South | $246,768,359 | $215,398,940 | $272,147,470 | $380,512,844 | $208,107,353 | $349,746,889 | $441,919,769 |
| Kuwait | | $772,567 | $112,518 | $141,640 | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $4,152 | $420 | $504 | | $4,579 | $1,711 | $11,555 |
| Latvia | $951,526 | $711,222 | $508,582 | $696,328 | $567,773 | $848,343 | $1,295,988 |
| Lebanon | $487,000 | $1,505,747 | $5,429,742 | $6,767,845 | $2,478,973 | $4,366,981 | $4,449,222 |
| Lesotho | | | | $47,124 | | | |
| Lithuania | $5,406,162 | $5,547,924 | $10,071,092 | $9,378,195 | $5,729,705 | $14,888,153 | $20,553,770 |
| Luxembourg | $126,158 | $539,389 | $347,786 | $1,037,355 | $670,123 | $387,188 | $382,368 |
| Macau | $5,748 | $15,177 | $71,121 | $184,438 | $21,438 | $180,069 | $50,393 |
| Macedonia | $43,439 | $25,567 | $67,745 | $97,518 | $144,773 | | $134,490 |
| Madagascar | $73,929 | $66,848 | $16,894 | $32,974 | $13,993 | $7,082 | |
| Malawi | $15,518 | $448 | $1,004 | $1,442 | | | |
| Malaysia | $27,130,022 | $29,877,900 | $49,187,958 | $49,466,386 | $41,146,825 | $70,187,726 | $71,265,480 |
| Maldives | | | | | | | $1,648 |
| Mali | $3,206 | $35 | $171 | $161 | | $1,171 | |
| Malta | $11,759 | $324 | $93 | $10,128 | $3,621 | $7,537 | |
| Mauritania | | | | $2,081 | $1,156 | $1,545 | $1,101 |
| Mauritius | $43 | $45 | $156 | $2,407 | | | $4,790 |
| Mayotte | $2,008 | | | $709 | $846 | | |
| Mexico | $273,851,874 | $254,141,035 | $329,392,025 | $386,702,726 | $277,097,385 | $422,763,180 | $431,678,349 |
| Moldova | $3,452,012 | $5,209,178 | $9,022,225 | $2,102,782 | $21 | $22,338 | $9,761 |
| Mongolia | $11,921 | $28,747 | $27,139 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $8,717 | $178,181 | $6,433 | $155 | $6,228 | $9,224 |
| Morocco | $8,251,409 | $4,704,929 | $3,830,291 | $6,975,735 | $2,157,252 | $1,568,012 | |
| Mozambique | $27,584 | $6,103 | $371 | | $2,449 | | $83,000 |
| Namibia | $5,561 | $23 | $1,174 | $1,557 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $1,265,411 | $1,493,624 | |
| Netherlands | $246,182,462 | $262,134,188 | $337,223,354 | $366,168,825 | $291,008,228 | $399,332,205 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $8,083 | | $8,256 | $718 | | | |
| New Caledonia | | $91 | $169 | $1,319 | $554 | $1,673 | $12,127 |
| New Zealand | $145,183 | $166,469 | $261,729 | $383,372 | $325,623 | $296,702 | $118,812 |
| Nicaragua | $30,300 | $1,589 | $644 | $1,440 | $28,905 | $11,554 | $20,727 |
| Niger | $357 | $499 | $145 | $30 | $150 | $365 | $8,820 |
| Nigeria | | $153,727 | $57,104 | $119,572 | $380,556 | $1,100,465 | |
| Norway | $6,575,728 | $7,422,514 | $12,039,304 | $14,092,507 | $14,502,287 | $30,180,621 | $36,762,394 |
| Oman | $15,768 | $25,904 | $283,072 | $39,147 | $315,603 | $647,336 | |
| Pakistan | $16,071,053 | $15,155,340 | $16,865,143 | $19,828,447 | $26,245,751 | $21,254,263 | $27,950,412 |
| Panama | $3,094,042 | $2,865,890 | $3,743,774 | $5,701,698 | $3,498,860 | $5,566,894 | $3,648,994 |
| Paraguay | $2,919 | $13,205 | $78,361 | $33,248 | $133,752 | $922,244 | $4,208,079 |
| Peru | $5,424,970 | $4,706,912 | $5,512,874 | $10,402,696 | $6,824,671 | $15,450,540 | $16,367,081 |
| Philippines | $36,901,831 | $31,509,089 | $26,685,050 | $23,839,878 | $17,050,239 | $26,020,578 | $58,546,559 |
| Poland | $2,709,750 | $1,755,735 | $1,716,385 | $4,432,697 | $3,029,716 | $41,926,918 | $54,319,214 |
| Portugal | $1,431,154 | $1,838,641 | $1,910,533 | $6,032,186 | $4,254,419 | $9,117,284 | $5,305,065 |
| Qatar | $391,746 | $322,579 | $641,804 | $293,693 | | $168,860 | |
| Romania | $1,063,922 | $923,247 | $935,487 | $1,300,672 | $1,023,079 | $810,225 | $1,343,863 |
| Russia | $251,633 | $294,993 | $422,296 | $399,267 | $462,298 | $654,696 | $520,477 |
| Rwanda | | $62,582 | $15,010 | $12,609 | $19,156 | | $5,657 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | $41,438 | $15 | $12 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $3,592 | $9,155 | $9,608 | $23,195 | $7,894 | $2,044 | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | | $1,765 | $21 | | |
| Saudi Arabia | $5,354,845 | $4,538,079 | $11,285,048 | $2,598,136 | $5,010,827 | $21,885,894 | |
| Senegal | $231,213 | $351,651 | $253,382 | $253,638 | $418,930 | $161,314 | $308,093 |
| Serbia | $44,097 | $1,170,164 | $3,231,883 | $3,273,352 | $2,798,759 | $11,465,225 | $13,178,615 |
| Seychelles | $1,472 | $3,306 | $4,381 | $25,223 | | | |
| Singapore | $4,987,054 | $4,805,398 | $7,882,526 | $14,128,192 | $8,053,402 | $18,234,129 | $22,058,458 |
| Slovakia | $9,360,016 | $8,651,910 | $13,587,499 | $16,443,005 | $15,452,388 | $15,709,972 | $13,837,433 |
| Slovenia | $39,186,114 | $46,885,737 | $66,921,706 | $69,577,191 | $48,882,865 | $80,394,860 | $85,871,064 |
| South Africa | $134,000 | $3,695,971 | $624,427 | $5,255,717 | $4,444,658 | $2,618,336 | $861,837 |
| Spain | $87,720,350 | $134,311,276 | $200,322,042 | $192,232,645 | $175,623,395 | $220,383,982 | |
| Sri Lanka | $65,117 | $36,649 | $72,249 | $124,148 | $89,437 | $99,591 | $98,961 |
| Sudan | $389,085 | $387,818 | $58,051 | $47,522 | $21 | | |
| Suriname | | | | | | $30,078 | $54,253 |
| Swaziland | $435,102 | $1,866,836 | $2,365,322 | | | | |
| Sweden | $75,993,801 | $81,251,361 | $100,405,509 | $128,700,812 | $100,401,629 | $163,691,085 | $189,855,847 |
| Switzerland | $15,425,443 | $15,543,466 | $22,388,905 | $21,796,748 | $15,480,798 | $26,748,707 | $55,458,554 |
| Syria | $889,399 | $813,237 | $731,255 | $911,842 | | $1,187,735 | |
| Tanzania | $1,134,387 | $766,319 | $1,121,953 | $817,602 | $1,805,415 | $869,219 | $883,471 |
| Thailand | $136,901,212 | $144,039,840 | $185,796,613 | $284,022,448 | $142,314,310 | $233,491,518 | $240,848,101 |
| Togo | $132 | | | | | $10,047 | $336 |
| Tonga | | | | $7,273 | $3,079 | $264 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $152,826 | $2,409,358 | $6,602,398 | $6,847,205 | $1,574,197 | $5,183,060 | |
| Tunisia | $3,094,622 | $2,750,128 | $3,047,821 | $3,417,553 | $2,943,148 | $2,260,338 | |
| Turkey | $5,481,972 | $8,983,573 | $4,630,843 | $15,333,528 | $11,525,538 | $17,277,420 | $16,099,847 |
| Uganda | $173,841 | $59,231 | $26,657 | $194,519 | $48,056 | $154,246 | |
| Ukraine | $16,527,575 | $17,333,474 | $25,025,024 | $29,028,840 | $28,105,173 | $45,264,616 | $69,583,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | $8,966,541 | | $18,585,586 | $13,109,759 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $9,799,682 | $16,435,456 | $13,848,123 | $19,333,549 | $20,430,114 | $26,607,076 | $54,407,664 |
| United States | $72,302,408 | $65,375,300 | $108,617,612 | $121,442,492 | $50,155,501 | $125,061,800 | $183,066,400 |
| Uruguay | $358,992 | $807,665 | $2,372,663 | $3,715,420 | $1,233,327 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $1,417 | $28 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $14,969,726 | $11,993,101 | $17,103,781 | $30,985,423 | $24,942,212 | $35,098,766 | $33,443,365 |
| Vietnam | $28,609,788 | $36,479,715 | $59,217,867 | $97,248,673 | $61,251,865 | $95,196,720 | |
| Yemen | $258,387 | $118,446 | $530,860 | $883,487 | $1,043,902 | $586,885 | $759,544 |
| Zambia | $418,411 | $246,531 | $171,977 | $93,325 | $90,868 | $40,170 | |
| Zimbabwe | $862,646 | $1,547,214 | $13,240,501 | $1,346,530 | $255,604 | $413,221 | |
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