Paper and paperboard production rose 2.14% to 6,624,000 kt in Italy in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and paperboard production in Italy reached an all time high of 6,653,753 kt in 2007 and an all time low of 901,700 kt in 1961. When compared to Italy's main peers, paper and paperboard production in Austria amounted to 2,656,859 kt, 5,753,500 kt in France, 374,288 kt in Slovenia and 502,839 kt in Switzerland in 2018.
Italy has been ranked 10th within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of paper and paperboard production, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Paper and Paperboard Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 2,137,790 | 2,232,694 | 2,255,850 | 2,308,336 | 2,656,859 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 583,000 | 606,000 | 593,000 | 604,000 | 592,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | kt | 264,086 | 288,740 | 337,710 | 348,962 | 341,031 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 5,510,000 | 5,637,000 | 5,725,500 | 5,798,200 | 5,753,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 13,682,000 | 13,987,000 | 14,080,000 | 14,554,000 | 14,747,630 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kt | 765,000 | 792,801 | 822,639 | 846,811 | 837,928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 5,940,346 | 6,148,835 | 6,295,000 | 6,484,927 | 6,624,001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | 358,850 | 361,436 | 365,769 | 374,288 | 462,013 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 4,626,100 | 4,808,500 | 4,841,400 | 4,988,300 | 5,127,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 465,815 | 495,998 | 511,301 | 502,839 | 442,472 |
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