Paper and board production excluding newsprint rose 0.393% to 85,727 kt in the European Union in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and board production excluding newsprint in the European Union reached an all time high of 92,246 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 14,232 kt in 1961. When compared to European Union's main peers, paper and board production excluding newsprint in China amounted to 104,150,000 kt, 23,419,000 kt in Japan, 6,579,000 kt in Russia and 70,739,000 kt in USA in 2015.
European Union has been ranked th within the group of 117 countries we follow in terms of paper and board production excluding newsprint.
| Paper and Board Production (Excl. Newsprint) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Canada | kt | 6,757,000 | 6,800,000 | 6,569,000 | 6,902,000 | 7,141,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 101,450,000 | 104,150,000 | 105,950,000 | 108,950,000 | 102,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Union | kt | 85,392 | 85,727 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 20,807,000 | 20,831,000 | 20,868,000 | 21,492,000 | 21,471,434 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 13,110,000 | 14,055,000 | 14,450,000 | 15,127,000 | 16,084,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 23,492,000 | 23,419,000 | 23,314,000 | 23,765,000 | 23,462,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,712,000 | 5,188,000 | 5,544,000 | 5,679,000 | 5,887,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 6,387,000 | 6,579,000 | 7,077,480 | 7,278,989 | 7,521,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 10,199,000 | 10,235,000 | 10,262,000 | 9,971,000 | 10,543,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 71,172,000 | 70,739,000 | 70,417,239 | 70,849,826 | 69,932,172 |
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