Coated papers production fell 6.14% to 35,370,267 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, coated papers production in the World reached an all time high of 48,793,260 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 35,130,548 kt in 1998. When compared to World's main peers, coated papers production in China amounted to 7,050,000 kt, 3,043,000 kt in Germany, 4,515,000 kt in Japan and 4,505,155 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of coated papers production.
| Coated Papers Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 1,201,580 | 1,263,646 | 1,206,876 | 1,224,448 | 1,220,649 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,141,000 | 1,185,000 | 1,159,222 | 1,118,000 | 1,053,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 459,000 | 450,000 | 458,000 | 455,000 | 456,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 7,750,000 | 7,700,000 | 7,550,000 | 7,650,000 | 7,050,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 915,000 | 717,822 | 715,156 | 704,700 | 671,887 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 3,671,000 | 3,366,000 | 3,334,000 | 3,279,000 | 3,042,514 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 756,000 | 825,000 | 535,000 | 347,000 | 225,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 4,981,000 | 4,971,000 | 4,861,000 | 4,875,000 | 4,515,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 561,000 | 606,000 | 592,000 | 599,000 | 589,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | ... | ... | 27,670 | 30,581 | 29,409 | 29,837 | 34,593 | ||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | ... | ... | ... | 60,000 | 85,000 | 100,000 | 109,345 | 96,000 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 1,713,000 | 1,602,000 | 1,418,000 | 1,736,000 | 1,650,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 5,974,000 | 5,331,000 | 5,286,372 | 4,986,705 | 4,505,081 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 40,683,297 | 39,242,858 | 37,796,656 | 37,715,147 | 35,390,064 |
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