Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed β Import quantity by country
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.
What the numbers show
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed β Import quantity is currently reported for 133 countries. The highest value is 55,579 t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Caribbean.
The median across all reporting countries is 16.79 t, and the mean is 1,672 t.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 34,471.4%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).
Wool, degreased or carbonized, not carded or combed β Import quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 55,579 t | 2023 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 2 | China | 43,216 t | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 42,018 t | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15,457 t | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 5 | Lithuania | 10,876 t | 2023 | up 62.0% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 7,769 t | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 7 | Germany | 4,902 t | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 4,727 t | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 9 | Nepal | 4,417 t | 2023 | up 111.7% | rising |
| 10 | Portugal | 3,087 t | 2023 | up 21.9% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 3,086 t | 2023 | up 295.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 2,881 t | 2023 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 2,858 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 1,929 t | 2023 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,881 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 16 | Australia | 1,835 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 17 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1,575 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 1,444 t | 2023 | down 83.5% | volatile |
| 19 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,107 t | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 20 | France | 1,082 t | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 21 | Estonia | 1,062 t | 2023 | up 139.8% | volatile |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 886.01 t | 2023 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 23 | TΓΌrkiye | 839.13 t | 2023 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 758.58 t | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 25 | Hungary | 563.92 t | 2023 | down 73.0% | falling |
| 26 | Latvia | 543.29 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Switzerland | 475.34 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Ukraine | 437.82 t | 2023 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 424.88 t | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Norway | 393.59 t | 2023 | up 209.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Mongolia | 346.25 t | 2023 | up 1,358.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Serbia | 312.89 t | 2023 | up 118.8% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 264.51 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 34 | Mauritius | 262.68 t | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Canada | 225.13 t | 2023 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 36 | Ireland | 218.5 t | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 200.81 t | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Egypt | 200.12 t | 2020 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 184.99 t | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Viet Nam | 176.21 t | 2023 | up 936.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Pakistan | 152.32 t | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 42 | Iceland | 119.63 t | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 115.82 t | 2019 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 44 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 104.73 t | 2023 | up 355.3% | volatile |
| 45 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 91.06 t | 2023 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Senegal | 85.4 t | 2022 | up 4,170.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 82.94 t | 2023 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 48 | Brazil | 82.01 t | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 49 | Lesotho | 79.53 t | 2023 | up 494.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 78.92 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Sweden | 78.5 t | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 52 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 77.53 t | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 66.87 t | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Cambodia | 61.65 t | 2022 | up 1,955.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Belarus | 54.53 t | 2022 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Czechia | 52.92 t | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Croatia | 47.31 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 58 | New Zealand | 45.93 t | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 33.71 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 60 | China, Macao SAR | 26.97 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 61 | Uruguay | 24.44 t | 2023 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24.2 t | 2023 | up 34,471.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Republic of Moldova | 21.87 t | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Finland | 21.18 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 65 | Algeria | 20.91 t | 2019 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Bangladesh | 19.82 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 16.79 t | 2023 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 68 | Tunisia | 15.88 t | 2023 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Malaysia | 13.76 t | 2020 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 13.71 t | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Chile | 11.19 t | 2023 | up 1,019.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 10 t | 2022 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Panama | 9.06 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 74 | Philippines | 8.04 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 75 | Slovakia | 6.54 t | 2023 | up 227.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Argentina | 6.26 t | 2021 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 77 | Angola | 4.5 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 78 | Congo | 4.16 t | 2020 | up 108.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ghana | 4.01 t | 2023 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 4 t | 2021 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 80 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4 t | 2018 | β | volatile |
| 82 | Botswana | 3.9 t | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 3.83 t | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Eswatini | 3.17 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 85 | Namibia | 3.09 t | 2023 | up 209.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Zambia | 3 t | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 2.81 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 2.42 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 2 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 90 | Jordan | 1.86 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 91 | Honduras | 1.49 t | 2018 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Rwanda | 1.4 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 93 | Armenia | 1.23 t | 2021 | β | volatile |
| 94 | Comoros | 1.1 t | 2020 | β | volatile |
| 95 | Peru | 0.94 t | 2023 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.8 t | 2022 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Malawi | 0.74 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 98 | Mozambique | 0.7 t | 2021 | β | volatile |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.55 t | 2022 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 0.49 t | 2016 | β | volatile |
| 101 | Myanmar | 0.29 t | 2023 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Oman | 0.2 t | 2022 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.18 t | 2021 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Melanesia | 0.17 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 0.14 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 106 | Nigeria | 0.13 t | 2019 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Kuwait | 0.11 t | 2019 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.1 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 109 | Seychelles | 0.08 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 110 | Grenada | 0.06 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 111 | Malta | 0.04 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 111 | Polynesia | 0.04 t | 2020 | β | volatile |
| 113 | Jamaica | 0.03 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 113 | New Caledonia | 0.03 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 113 | Uganda | 0.03 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 116 | Barbados | 0.02 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.01 t | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.01 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0.01 t | 2019 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Niger | 0.01 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.01 t | 2021 | β | volatile |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 0.01 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 117 | CΓ΄te d'Ivoire | 0.01 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 124 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 124 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 124 | Israel | 0 t | 2022 | β | volatile |
| 124 | Kenya | 0 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Paraguay | 0 t | 2023 | β | flat |
| 124 | El Salvador | 0 t | 2018 | β | flat |
| 124 | Caribbean | 0 t | 2023 | β | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 178,524 t
- Asia 114,931 t
- Southern Asia 61,748 t
- Europe 58,464 t
- Eastern Asia 48,289 t
- European Union (27) 39,802 t
- Northern Europe 28,836 t
- Southern Europe 14,491 t
- Western Europe 9,225 t
- Eastern Europe 5,912 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5,600 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5,015 t
About this data
Commodity balances (CB) present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's non-food supply during a specified reference period.