Paper and board production excluding newsprint rose 6.33% to 16,084,000 kt in India in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and board production excluding newsprint in India reached an all time high of 16,084,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 423,800 kt in 1961. When compared to India's main peers, paper and board production excluding newsprint in Bangladesh amounted to 38,000 kt, 102,450,000 kt in China, 723,000 kt in Pakistan and 24,500 kt in Sri Lanka in 2018.
India has been ranked 5th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of paper and board production excluding newsprint, 8 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 |
| Afghanistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bangladesh | kt | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||||||
| China | kt | 101,450,000 | 104,150,000 | 105,950,000 | 108,950,000 | 102,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 13,110,000 | 14,055,000 | 14,450,000 | 15,127,000 | 16,084,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 686,000 | 686,000 | 686,000 | 686,000 | 686,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 23,492,000 | 23,419,000 | 23,314,000 | 23,765,000 | 23,462,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 | 1,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | kt | 39,700 | 39,700 | 39,700 | 39,700 | 39,700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 920,000 | 920,000 | 920,000 | 920,000 | 723,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 6,387,000 | 6,579,000 | 7,077,480 | 7,278,989 | 7,521,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 24,500 | 24,500 | 24,500 | 24,500 | 24,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 71,172,000 | 70,739,000 | 70,417,239 | 70,849,826 | 69,932,172 |
Helgi Library 
