Paper and board production excluding newsprint rose 3.40% to 76,300 kt in Estonia in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and board production excluding newsprint in Estonia reached an all time high of 78,177 kt in 2012 and an all time low of 35,000 kt in 1997. When compared to Estonia's main peers, paper and board production excluding newsprint in Finland amounted to 9,976,658 kt, 16,000 kt in Latvia, 125,000 kt in Lithuania and 7,278,989 kt in Russia in 2017.
Estonia has been ranked 69th within the group of 113 countries we follow in terms of paper and board production excluding newsprint, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Australia | kt | 2,712,000 | 2,851,000 | 2,905,000 | 2,908,038 | 2,907,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | kt | 286,800 | 255,230 | 228,000 | 258,999 | 317,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 101,450,000 | 104,150,000 | 105,950,000 | 108,950,000 | 102,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | kt | 73,636 | 69,863 | 73,791 | 76,778 | 76,734 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,126,852 | 10,046,847 | 9,835,775 | 9,976,658 | 10,235,242 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 20,807,000 | 20,831,000 | 20,868,000 | 21,492,000 | 21,471,434 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 10,047,285 | 10,241,874 | 10,693,514 | 11,378,878 | 11,488,878 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 23,492,000 | 23,419,000 | 23,314,000 | 23,765,000 | 23,462,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | kt | 40,000 | 45,000 | 20,187 | 16,000 | 16,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | kt | 139,520 | 142,322 | 119,564 | 125,000 | 143,153 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | kt | 589,029 | 580,000 | 531,000 | 588,000 | 588,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Russia | kt | 6,387,000 | 6,579,000 | 7,077,480 | 7,278,989 | 7,521,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 71,172,000 | 70,739,000 | 70,417,239 | 70,849,826 | 69,932,172 |
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