Production of printing and writing paper fell 3.91% to 24,550,000 kt in China in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of printing and writing paper in China reached an all time high of 25,550,000 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 641,000 kt in 1967. When compared to China's main peers, production of printing and writing paper in India amounted to 5,120,000 kt, 7,871,000 kt in Japan, 965,000 kt in Russia and 12,012,235 kt in USA in 2018.
China has been ranked 1st within the group of 68 countries we follow in terms of production of printing and writing paper, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Production of Printing and Writing Paper | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 3,041,000 | 3,050,000 | 2,995,000 | 2,975,000 | 3,060,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 24,900,000 | 25,150,000 | 25,250,000 | 25,550,000 | 24,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 7,125,000 | 6,844,000 | 6,788,000 | 6,938,000 | 6,723,804 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 4,399,000 | 4,800,000 | 4,678,000 | 4,792,000 | 5,120,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,491,000 | 8,406,000 | 8,106,000 | 8,266,000 | 7,871,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 561,000 | 606,000 | 592,000 | 599,000 | 589,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 258,000 | 258,000 | 258,000 | 258,000 | 199,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 980,000 | 905,000 | 825,000 | 902,118 | 965,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 2,265,000 | 2,134,000 | 1,938,000 | 2,367,000 | 2,680,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 15,363,000 | 14,527,000 | 14,405,388 | 13,546,628 | 12,012,037 |
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