Chemical wood pulp production rose 13.7% to 8,897,000 kt in China in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, chemical wood pulp production in China reached an all time high of 8,897,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 450,000 kt in 1961. When compared to China's main peers, chemical wood pulp production in India amounted to 2,434,800 kt, 8,077,000 kt in Japan, 6,159,000 kt in Russia and 42,539,598 kt in USA in 2018.
China has been ranked 4th within the group of 46 countries we follow in terms of chemical wood pulp production, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Chemical Wood Pulp Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 9,114,000 | 9,100,000 | 9,128,000 | 9,072,000 | 8,961,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 7,049,000 | 7,089,000 | 7,479,000 | 7,824,000 | 8,897,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 1,633,000 | 1,608,000 | 1,612,067 | 1,637,000 | 1,646,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 2,394,300 | 2,534,300 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | 2,434,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,302,000 | 8,132,000 | 8,048,000 | 8,184,000 | 8,077,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 107,000 | 136,000 | 135,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 41,000 | 41,000 | 41,000 | 41,000 | 41,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,463,000 | 5,325,000 | 5,552,000 | 6,012,000 | 6,159,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 517,000 | 441,000 | 450,000 | 437,000 | 499,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 42,334,000 | 42,110,000 | 42,461,999 | 42,525,299 | 46,394,152 |
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