Coated papers production fell 9.66% to 4,505,155 kt in the USA in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, coated papers production in the USA reached an all time high of 8,763,359 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 4,505,155 kt in 2018. When compared to USA's main peers, coated papers production in Canada amounted to 456,000 kt, 7,050,000 kt in China, 4,515,000 kt in Japan and 589,000 kt in Mexico in 2018.
USA has been ranked 3rd within the group of 40 countries we follow in terms of coated papers production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
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 |
Australia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | 115,000 | 127,000 | 129,000 | 132,000 | |||||||||||||
Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Guatemala | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Honduras | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | kt | 118,010 | 80,482 | 68,509 | 70,110 | 73,470 |