Paper and paperboard production rose 2.81% to 6,556,000 kt in Russia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, paper and paperboard production in Russia reached an all time high of 6,556,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 1,546,000 kt in 1996. When compared to Russia's main peers, paper and paperboard production in China amounted to 77,900,000 kt, 14,731,000 kt in Germany, 15,591,000 kt in Japan and 58,582,394 kt in USA in 2018.
Russia has been ranked 11th 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 3,377,843 | 3,529,221 | 3,809,336 | 3,907,501 | 4,037,725 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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