Paper and paperboard production rose 2.23% to 58,582,394 kt in the USA in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and paperboard production in the USA reached an all time high of 58,936,000 kt in 1999 and an all time low of 22,401,496 kt in 1961. When compared to USA's main peers, paper and paperboard production in Canada amounted to 4,081,000 kt, 77,900,000 kt in China, 15,591,000 kt in Japan and 5,298,000 kt in Mexico in 2018.
USA has been ranked 2nd within the group of 111 countries we follow in terms of paper and paperboard production, 1 place 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 |
| Australia | kt | 2,321,000 | 2,381,000 | 2,392,000 | 2,426,038 | 2,451,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | kt | 3,716,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,574,000 | 3,927,000 | 4,081,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 76,550,000 | 79,000,000 | 80,700,000 | 83,400,000 | 77,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 29,000 | 29,000 | 29,000 | 29,000 | 29,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 8,711,000 | 9,255,000 | 9,772,000 | 10,335,000 | 10,964,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 15,001,000 | 15,013,000 | 15,208,000 | 15,499,000 | 15,591,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,151,000 | 4,582,000 | 4,952,000 | 5,080,000 | 5,298,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,407,000 | 5,674,000 | 6,252,480 | 6,376,871 | 6,556,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 7,934,000 | 8,101,000 | 8,324,000 | 7,604,000 | 7,863,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 55,809,000 | 56,212,000 | 56,011,851 | 57,303,198 | 57,920,135 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 2,853,000 | 2,917,001 | 2,780,001 | 2,939,000 | 2,932,736 |
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