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Wood and Paper Exports and Imports 2020

Exports of wood and paper products were €751 million in 2020

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CSO statistical publication, 03 March 2022, 11am

Key Findings

Exports of wood and paper products were valued at €751 million in 2020 compared with a value of €1.8 billion for imports of wood and paper products in 2020.
Exports of Veneer sheets and Wood-based panels were valued at €230 million in 2020 which represented 30.6% of the total value of wood and paper products. Exports of Secondary paper products at €182 million accounted for a further 24.2% in 2020 while exports of Coniferous sawnwood in 2020 were €145 million or 19.2%.
Imports of Secondary paper products were valued at €666 million in 2020 which represented 37.1% of the total value of imports in 2020. Secondary wood products accounted for a further 26.4% or €473 million.
Exports of coniferous sawnwood increased by 212% from 212 thousand cubic metres in 1995 to 662 thousand cubic metres in 2020.
Exports of coniferous industrial roundwood increased by 89% from 207 thousand cubic metres in 1995 to 392 thousand cubic metres in 2020.

Statistician's Comment

Niamh Shanahan, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division of the CSO, noted that: "This is the first time that the CSO has published these trade figures from an environmental perspective. Over the period 1995 to 2020, there has been a substantial shift from exporting forest log towards processing the log removals from forests into products such as sawnwood, veneer sheets and wood-based panels before exporting them.

There was a large increase in imports of Other biomass in 2020 to 148,633 cubic metres reflecting a shift away from other energy products such as peat and coal.
In recent years, export volumes of Coniferous industrial roundwood, Coniferous sawnwood, Veneer sheets and Wood-based panels, and Recovered paper have exceeded imports of these products.
In contrast import volumes of Wood fuel, Pulp, Paper and paperboard, Secondary wood products and Secondary paper products have exceeded export volumes. "

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Imports	Value
Coniferous Roundwood	23.835
Coniferous Sawnwood	82.245
Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	141.762
Paper and Paperboard	274.752
Secondary Wood Products	472.93
Secondary Paper Products	665.454

Exports	Value
Coniferous Roundwood	18.495
Coniferous Sawnwood	144.578
Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	229.752
Paper and Paperboard	24.377
Secondary Wood Products	99.296
Secondary Paper Products	181.952

Imports	Coniferous Sawnwood	Coniferous Roundwood
1995	258.85	28.265
1996	280.807	28.78
1997	350.311	72.939
1998	414.832	78.32
1999	437.814	72.702
2000	532.519	88.694
2001	444.893	130.929
2002	532.338	182.255
2003	690.673	235.321
2004	681.36	287.299
2005	747.42	321.045
2006	785.775	231.721
2007	625.971	239.618
2008	364.268	304.096
2009	208.408	202.893
2010	213.315	92.906
2011	166.712	98.383
2012	128.633	194.619
2013	120.844	243.201
2014	173.757	259.681
2015	203.16	302.689
2016	207.243	314.957
2017	235.762	378.906
2018	311.294	302.737
2019	439.361	278.619
2020	393.536	252.748

Exports	Coniferous Sawnwood	Coniferous Roundwood
1995	212.332	206.751
1996	219.723	351.118
1997	231.823	234.167
1998	193.072	259.021
1999	190.398	280.035
2000	217.33	184.818
2001	259.281	364.641
2002	383.736	286.839
2003	403.855	301.906
2004	410.986	273.134
2005	354.376	352.327
2006	304.458	327.749
2007	301.013	312.938
2008	315.376	273.252
2009	458.858	261.367
2010	535.115	216.224
2011	498.637	185.133
2012	570.541	165.472
2013	638.372	225.894
2014	653.701	281.309
2015	626.422	269.422
2016	722.66	323.195
2017	724.091	343.416
2018	685.4	374.827
2019	639.997	549.963
2020	662.373	391.726

Other Biomass	Imports	Exports
1995	24.008	101.292
1996	2.38	101.168
1997	2.362	55.23
1998	30.057	65.505
1999	36.301	91.596
2000	51.327	78.95
2001	97.598	88.748
2002	127.098	84.081
2003	131.772	76.783
2004	116.818	52.729
2005	203.462	46.648
2006	68.71	50.333
2007	160.692	60.173
2008	51.264	63.165
2009	30.081	44.129
2010	36.823	58.019
2011	22.088	115.432
2012	16.096	118
2013	34.214	33.058
2014	11.81	18.23
2015	9.468	26.49
2016	39.805	33.698
2017	91.341	76.735
2018	39.086	111.535
2019	68.881	118.084
2020	148.633	119.098

Table 1 Exports and Imports of Wood and Paper Products 2020

Table 2.1 Volume of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Cubic metres)

Table 2.2 Volume of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Tonnes)

Table 2.3 Volume of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Cubic metres)

Table 2.4 Volume of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Tonnes)

Table 3.1 Value of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (€000)

Table 3.1 Value of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (€000)
	€000
Year	Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Non-Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Wood Fuel	Other Biomass	Coniferous Sawnwood	Non-Coniferous Sawnwood	Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	Pulp	Recovered Paper	Paper and Paperboard	Secondary Wood Products	Secondary Paper Products	Total
1995	11,769	99	29	2,804	36,604	1,825	70,296	28	9,362	27,973	61,182	107,351	329,323
1996	12,248	97	5	2,051	40,046	616	71,285	103	5,749	25,625	67,788	123,973	349,585
1997	10,146	199	3	1,355	35,439	493	85,602	246	5,193	36,118	80,713	115,721	371,228
1998	10,523	262	1	1,565	28,890	358	99,815	30	5,063	39,735	80,197	123,121	389,559
1999	11,186	116	40	3,660	29,088	565	109,259	808	6,811	62,008	74,437	123,036	421,013
2000	12,406	280	249	3,447	35,127	995	123,334	1,909	11,946	75,284	79,132	142,536	486,646
2001	9,951	333	159	3,095	39,797	1,048	159,239	1,753	10,939	63,407	81,779	157,801	529,300
2002	9,140	90	283	2,434	60,709	1,289	179,019	1,871	16,741	62,562	84,291	137,567	555,995
2003	13,692	45	51	1,272	61,856	730	195,762	2,371	21,129	93,463	69,816	139,435	599,620
2004	14,637	16	252	1,733	60,254	267	205,928	2,360	34,114	85,471	70,529	132,725	608,287
2005	14,525	17	31	1,233	56,709	177	233,941	66	57,649	68,960	67,348	122,859	623,514
2006	14,854	20	78	1,059	52,629	247	239,519	19	50,922	71,775	112,219	117,306	660,646
2007	17,431	8	2	1,611	70,506	502	261,130	4	57,903	69,778	77,650	110,131	666,656
2008	12,547	82	243	1,412	55,237	604	195,085	129	58,366	63,877	61,499	112,340	561,420
2009	10,515	32	79	1,027	53,885	624	147,570	3	48,977	38,091	44,995	104,936	450,734
2010	12,226	-	14	1,102	86,838	626	179,037	1	60,021	38,193	47,778	115,190	541,026
2011	13,783	25	21	1,489	85,042	796	172,876	30	54,239	45,775	65,049	117,025	556,151
2012	11,398	0	10	2,996	95,027	200	179,710	3	52,467	43,580	72,406	129,517	587,314
2013	12,257	13	32	703	105,778	480	199,215	12	52,726	54,996	89,104	123,875	639,190
2014	16,878	2	38	1,515	131,165	397	197,971	1	60,702	45,676	96,055	137,761	688,161
2015	18,177	2	220	3,626	126,162	508	190,737	3	60,803	39,169	128,519	144,605	712,530
2016	21,174	1	192	7,263	124,690	684	208,761	1	67,716	41,802	127,247	141,698	741,227
2017	20,859	2	383	9,114	127,423	803	223,423	307	71,671	33,910	107,179	153,299	748,372
2018	22,342	8	709	10,695	144,273	634	244,634	1	59,900	25,848	118,601	163,414	791,060
2019	25,942	40	842	12,264	135,396	660	241,135	306	45,593	24,667	109,948	193,301	790,095
2020	18,495	-	719	10,791	144,578	984	229,752	0	40,346	24,377	99,296	181,952	751,290
- No Exports or Imports

Open in Excel: Wood and Paper Exports and Imports 2020 Table 3.1 (XLS 14KB)

Table 3.2 Value of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (€000)

Table 3.2 Value of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (€000)
	€000
Year	Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Non-Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Wood Fuel	Other Biomass	Coniferous Sawnwood	Non-Coniferous Sawnwood	Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	Pulp	Recovered Paper	Paper and Paperboard	Secondary Wood Products	Secondary Paper Products	Total
1995	4,568	5,765	27	736	55,116	36,103	60,071	13,594	542	344,572	116,877	357,889	995,859
1996	6,156	6,499	11	348	55,394	34,016	67,511	13,383	133	309,031	150,195	360,093	1,002,771
1997	16,701	10,598	58	406	77,701	40,816	75,354	15,426	78	324,285	198,619	409,278	1,169,320
1998	18,964	11,204	80	1,237	91,601	63,095	82,029	19,484	159	343,084	243,458	456,986	1,331,380
1999	20,813	11,836	358	1,481	98,791	60,386	82,830	20,552	755	351,269	292,516	453,113	1,394,700
2000	24,213	14,783	358	3,890	125,948	73,226	105,560	24,505	359	381,027	387,302	495,346	1,636,519
2001	30,773	16,640	424	4,096	107,495	65,185	107,892	24,708	1,758	386,297	395,499	482,131	1,622,898
2002	38,182	15,144	364	3,677	112,886	44,642	101,697	21,153	1,412	379,239	437,437	495,653	1,651,488
2003	49,749	18,827	350	3,500	151,934	52,884	102,168	17,564	2,779	384,866	461,894	448,624	1,695,139
2004	62,108	19,050	757	3,698	147,968	65,699	127,111	16,785	3,948	380,124	559,299	424,278	1,810,826
2005	55,223	18,920	325	5,553	168,483	73,505	135,391	14,513	2,645	377,513	640,824	455,656	1,948,551
2006	51,048	18,924	1,096	4,335	190,807	63,200	140,775	15,345	2,019	375,359	759,635	486,467	2,109,009
2007	50,866	11,912	1,612	7,999	198,708	74,716	144,378	21,135	5,505	412,136	758,304	516,319	2,203,592
2008	36,368	6,075	2,406	4,267	94,529	50,390	106,790	19,869	5,551	380,512	551,242	564,979	1,822,979
2009	24,377	3,003	3,312	2,052	43,944	27,797	67,435	22,225	7,188	267,317	317,162	471,546	1,257,357
2010	19,872	3,432	3,869	2,516	51,561	26,039	65,091	30,811	9,670	274,501	304,581	491,901	1,283,844
2011	20,569	2,235	2,427	3,658	42,508	22,439	68,111	45,136	7,775	290,133	256,584	539,567	1,301,142
2012	19,443	1,454	3,036	5,159	34,970	22,249	74,330	44,075	6,475	292,505	256,203	550,083	1,309,983
2013	20,334	1,646	4,083	9,285	35,351	18,840	77,787	40,621	5,921	303,762	263,289	512,016	1,292,936
2014	25,978	3,119	4,125	9,278	49,111	23,873	96,983	41,914	7,217	310,930	319,696	547,519	1,439,743
2015	35,933	2,931	4,995	15,022	57,725	29,059	111,400	53,346	6,714	317,691	389,824	628,235	1,652,875
2016	27,727	3,361	3,119	24,502	56,518	30,236	115,494	45,709	6,411	294,306	376,013	598,836	1,582,230
2017	33,256	4,820	2,990	18,344	67,678	29,351	125,324	46,372	7,329	292,628	410,754	610,553	1,649,399
2018	23,381	5,078	4,840	20,941	91,687	31,084	131,118	38,592	7,084	316,417	458,431	627,240	1,755,893
2019	26,556	5,405	5,153	29,931	93,606	37,474	141,626	53,159	6,612	312,727	519,812	676,964	1,909,024
2020	23,835	4,097	5,475	34,940	82,245	30,258	141,762	52,909	3,458	274,752	472,930	665,454	1,792,114

Open in Excel: Wood and Paper Exports and Imports 2020 Table 3.2 (XLS 14KB)

Table 4.1 Exports and Imports of Coniferous Industrial Roundwood

Table 4.2 Exports and Imports of Non-Coniferous Industrial Roundwood

Table 4.3 Exports and Imports of Wood Fuel

Table 4.4 Exports and Imports of Other Biomass

Table 4.5 Exports and Imports of Coniferous Sawnwood

Table 4.6 Exports and Imports of Non-Coniferous Sawnwood

Table 4.7 Exports and Imports of Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels

Table 4.8 Exports and Imports of Pulp

Table 4.9 Exports and Imports of Recovered Paper

Table 4.10 Exports and Imports of Paper and Paperboard

Table 4.11 Exports and Imports of Secondary Wood Products

Table 4.12 Exports and Imports of Secondary Paper Products

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Table 2.1 Volume of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Cubic metres)
	Cubic metres
Year	Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Non-Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Wood Fuel	Other Biomass	Coniferous Sawnwood	Non-Coniferous Sawnwood	Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	Total
1995	206,751	284	564	101,292	212,332	717	222,467	744,407
1996	351,118	294	93	101,168	219,723	981	307,965	981,344
1997	234,167	440	0	55,230	231,823	723	343,405	865,789
1998	259,021	724	1	65,505	193,072	530	376,671	895,524
1999	280,035	192	98	91,596	190,398	827	448,102	1,011,249
2000	184,818	350	177	78,950	217,330	1,165	455,518	938,308
2001	364,641	455	511	88,748	259,281	1,040	484,630	1,199,306
2002	286,839	117	754	84,081	383,736	1,628	563,073	1,320,228
2003	301,906	75	1,010	76,783	403,855	1,169	630,858	1,415,656
2004	273,134	14	554	52,729	410,986	353	633,533	1,371,304
2005	352,327	18	75	46,648	354,376	284	721,297	1,475,025
2006	327,749	41	406	50,333	304,458	314	784,473	1,467,773
2007	312,938	28	4	60,173	301,013	543	700,996	1,375,695
2008	273,252	82	904	63,165	315,376	876	588,899	1,242,554
2009	261,367	96	738	44,129	458,858	685	559,905	1,325,778
2010	216,224	-	44	58,019	535,115	690	645,733	1,455,825
2011	185,133	40	37	115,432	498,637	828	597,695	1,397,801
2012	165,472	0	1	118,000	570,541	256	627,782	1,482,052
2013	225,894	6	7	33,058	638,372	329	662,664	1,560,330
2014	281,309	3	12	18,230	653,701	342	660,975	1,614,571
2015	269,422	1	832	26,490	626,422	585	605,977	1,529,729
2016	323,195	0	962	33,698	722,660	777	696,057	1,777,350
2017	343,416	0	2,504	76,735	724,091	882	751,067	1,898,696
2018	374,827	6	3,643	111,535	685,400	769	689,658	1,865,837
2019	549,963	20	3,062	118,084	639,997	691	701,027	2,012,845
2020	391,726	-	2,349	119,098	662,373	464	687,044	1,863,055
- No Exports or Imports

Table 2.2 Volume of Exports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Tonnes)
Tonnes
Year	Pulp	Recovered Paper	Paper and Paperboard	Secondary Wood Products	Secondary Paper Products	Total
1995	81	57,570	35,104	17,675	38,839	149,269
1996	136	53,328	33,217	23,403	34,956	145,041
1997	196	64,533	57,549	24,398	37,489	184,164
1998	49	59,307	62,620	28,705	42,745	193,426
1999	513	66,910	65,107	32,265	37,512	202,308
2000	1,154	98,115	59,416	35,069	38,533	232,287
2001	931	123,636	53,103	34,517	46,992	259,178
2002	1,502	159,304	53,225	35,606	41,821	291,458
2003	1,479	241,304	52,475	20,199	45,186	360,643
2004	1,517	355,158	50,384	21,496	43,442	471,998
2005	239	450,486	42,081	19,934	41,195	553,936
2006	123	447,032	65,598	27,628	40,328	580,710
2007	9	463,750	74,580	30,506	38,291	607,135
2008	193	463,966	77,852	22,487	46,196	610,694
2009	15	469,268	42,465	19,748	35,783	567,278
2010	3	357,412	30,391	20,286	40,373	448,465
2011	32	337,358	56,445	52,790	40,146	486,772
2012	3	360,621	73,437	63,162	47,632	544,855
2013	73	392,680	82,234	66,430	48,935	590,352
2014	1	401,626	68,524	66,170	69,709	606,031
2015	32	438,376	84,136	79,168	56,917	658,629
2016	1	460,961	112,843	77,464	58,391	709,659
2017	58	404,626	66,859	75,717	54,663	601,924
2018	0	369,562	36,236	82,145	60,948	548,892
2019	267	366,500	28,153	77,791	56,590	529,301
2020	0	375,151	31,541	67,717	55,880	530,289

Table 2.3 Volume of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Cubic metres)
Cubic metres
Year	Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Non-Coniferous Industrial Roundwood	Wood Fuel	Other Biomass	Coniferous Sawnwood	Non-Coniferous Sawnwood	Veneer Sheets and Wood-based Panels	Total
1995	28,265	16,828	31	24,008	258,850	64,080	151,943	544,004
1996	28,780	16,418	33	2,380	280,807	70,528	172,387	571,333
1997	72,939	25,734	212	2,362	350,311	91,145	193,916	736,619
1998	78,320	20,293	289	30,057	414,832	122,783	222,330	888,904
1999	72,702	18,726	457	36,301	437,814	114,771	201,383	882,155
2000	88,694	20,803	578	51,327	532,519	128,589	233,007	1,055,517
2001	130,929	24,263	800	97,598	444,893	101,196	238,429	1,038,108
2002	182,255	21,597	497	127,098	532,338	73,165	249,699	1,186,649
2003	235,321	27,269	519	131,772	690,673	78,030	257,185	1,420,771
2004	287,299	27,187	817	116,818	681,360	92,306	328,376	1,534,163
2005	321,045	25,083	373	203,462	747,420	100,177	344,175	1,741,735
2006	231,721	23,950	1,346	68,710	785,775	93,035	370,657	1,575,194
2007	239,618	16,590	2,508	160,692	625,971	102,868	371,907	1,520,155
2008	304,096	8,324	5,238	51,264	364,268	67,445	271,248	1,071,884
2009	202,893	4,653	4,236	30,081	208,408	41,330	186,892	678,494
2010	92,906	3,909	4,208	36,823	213,315	37,073	172,446	560,679
2011	98,383	2,210	4,581	22,088	166,712	31,506	205,565	531,045
2012	194,619	1,460	5,862	16,096	128,633	29,442	206,648	582,761
2013	243,201	1,679	6,045	34,214	120,844	26,372	199,592	631,947
2014	259,681	2,024	5,112	11,810	173,757	29,476	243,539	725,399
2015	302,689	1,658	7,450	9,468	203,160	33,100	247,168	804,692
2016	314,957	2,021	5,959	39,805	207,243	33,734	261,706	865,423
2017	378,906	4,900	3,964	91,341	235,762	33,351	281,394	1,029,617
2018	302,737	4,863	10,124	39,086	311,294	28,401	283,765	980,270
2019	278,619	5,392	9,909	68,881	439,361	34,851	317,565	1,154,578
2020	252,748	5,088	11,707	148,633	393,536	26,694	326,508	1,164,914

Table 2.4 Volume of Imports of Wood and Paper Products 1995-2020 (Tonnes)
Tonnes
Year	Pulp	Recovered Paper	Paper and Paperboard	Secondary Wood Products	Secondary Paper Products	Total
1995	17,710	4,468	416,149	59,891	192,636	690,854
1996	17,426	2,008	376,207	71,103	177,328	644,071
1997	23,892	2,057	434,357	100,781	187,277	748,363
1998	29,513	1,954	453,413	113,568	184,911	783,360
1999	29,598	5,143	433,518	125,065	173,589	766,913
2000	28,530	618	416,867	147,746	175,914	769,675
2001	28,671	2,844	397,779	159,097	165,730	754,120
2002	25,597	1,719	403,544	181,107	177,128	789,095
2003	24,760	2,816	425,312	202,742	185,358	840,988
2004	24,833	6,304	461,073	242,337	176,766	911,313
2005	20,069	6,190	469,527	273,716	206,303	975,805
2006	21,730	3,717	489,082	314,612	222,724	1,051,865
2007	29,755	7,682	535,552	324,170	202,218	1,099,377
2008	28,701	7,406	497,671	227,627	214,158	975,563
2009	32,369	8,831	361,829	142,818	220,262	766,110
2010	40,532	11,767	353,195	139,698	237,471	782,664
2011	53,932	10,411	363,590	125,279	241,588	794,799
2012	46,036	5,943	385,742	113,819	245,337	796,877
2013	45,318	5,904	409,925	116,342	239,254	816,742
2014	46,467	7,066	394,177	138,918	278,445	865,073
2015	51,587	7,650	410,461	159,363	336,104	965,166
2016	46,297	6,070	399,009	161,267	347,262	959,905
2017	46,083	10,147	388,583	187,633	317,336	949,781
2018	41,832	6,247	384,858	193,396	359,221	985,555
2019	51,990	5,513	378,859	226,648	388,849	1,051,858
2020	50,345	5,067	345,409	223,341	360,645	984,807

Table 4.1 Exports and Imports of Coniferous Industrial Roundwood
Year	Imports			Exports
Year	Tonnes	Cubic metres	€000	Tonnes	Cubic metres	€000
1995	20,408	28,265	4,568	163,217	206,751	11,769
1996	19,562	28,780	6,156	280,392	351,118	12,248
1997	52,610	72,939	16,701	186,999	234,167	10,146
1998	57,360	78,320	18,964	206,429	259,021	10,523
1999	57,445	72,702	20,813	223,109	280,035	11,186
2000	70,012	88,694	24,213	143,971	184,818	12,406
2001	101,296	130,929	30,773	290,792	364,641	9,951
2002	145,758	182,255	38,182	229,020	286,839	9,140
2003	183,723	235,321	49,749	235,354	301,906	13,692
2004	226,147	287,299	62,108	215,418	273,134	14,637
2005	247,786	321,045	55,223	282,627	352,327	14,525
2006	174,478	231,721	51,048	262,327	327,749	14,854
2007	180,846	239,618	50,866	246,194	312,938	17,431
2008	228,117	304,096	36,368	206,321	273,252	12,547
2009	155,230	202,893	24,377	204,815	261,367	10,515
2010	71,538	92,906	19,872	169,693	216,224	12,226
2011	77,008	98,383	20,569	148,131	185,133	13,783
2012	153,719	194,619	19,443	132,583	165,472	11,398
2013	193,017	243,201	20,334	177,473	225,894	12,257
2014	203,127	259,681	25,978	216,963	281,309	16,878
2015	239,024	302,689	35,933	216,221	269,422	18,177
2016	249,907	314,957	27,727	257,969	323,195	21,174
2017	297,629	378,906	33,256	275,192	343,416	20,859
2018	239,869	302,737	23,381	300,841	374,827	22,342
2019	219,174	278,619	26,556	440,589	549,963	25,942
2020	200,395	252,748	23,835	313,518	391,726	18,495

Wood and Paper Exports and Imports 2020