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Germany was the world's largest exporter of paper and paperboard in 2024, with shipments totaling **** million metric tons. The United States and China followed, with both countries exporting more than **** million metric tons each. 

Paper export and import values

In 2024, the value of global paper exports totaled ****billion U.S. dollars. Germany accounted for **** percent of this total, with exports of ** billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the U.S. accounted for the largest share of global paper import value that year, at over ** percent.

Leading paper-producing countries

Although Germany is the largest paper and paperboard exporter worldwide, it ranks fourth in terms of production. Meanwhile, China has become the world’s largest-paper producing country by far, having overtaken the U.S. in the mid-2000s. In 2023, China produced roughly *** million metric tons of paper and paperboard, almost twice as much as the U.S.