Hardboard production fell 26.7% to 252,100 '000 cbm in the USA in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, hardboard production in the USA reached an all time high of 1,558,000 '000 cbm in 1996 and an all time low of 124,000 '000 cbm in 2011. When compared to USA's main peers, hardboard production in Canada amounted to 90,000 '000 cbm, 3,421,000 '000 cbm in China, 44,000 '000 cbm in Japan and 35,000 '000 cbm in Mexico in 2018.
USA has been ranked 7th within the group of 44 countries we follow in terms of hardboard production, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Hardboard Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Belize | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | '000 cbm | 82,000 | 84,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | '000 cbm | 6,113,000 | 5,967,000 | 5,176,000 | 3,493,000 | 3,421,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48.0 | 44.0 | ... | ... |
| Honduras | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| India | '000 cbm | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | 83,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | '000 cbm | 46,800 | 43,700 | 44,000 | 44,000 | 44,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | '000 cbm | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | 35,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 cbm | 528,000 | 492,000 | 437,000 | 420,000 | 418,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| USA | '000 cbm | 390,000 | 390,000 | 390,000 | 343,700 | 316,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | '000 cbm | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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