Production of printing and writing paper fell 5.33% to 1,370,560 kt in France in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of printing and writing paper in France reached an all time high of 3,506,000 kt in 2005 and an all time low of 762,000 kt in 1961. When compared to France's main peers, production of printing and writing paper in Belgium amounted to 1,028,000 kt, 6,725,000 kt in Germany, 2,457,000 kt in Italy and 863,659 kt in Spain in 2018.
France has been ranked 15th within the group of 68 countries we follow in terms of production of printing and writing paper, 5 places below 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 |
| Austria | kt | 2,327,040 | 2,391,041 | 2,337,313 | 2,227,677 | 2,093,412 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,141,000 | 1,185,000 | 1,159,222 | 1,118,000 | 1,053,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,715,000 | 1,556,677 | 1,470,931 | 1,447,650 | 1,370,557 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 7,125,000 | 6,844,000 | 6,788,000 | 6,938,000 | 6,723,804 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 2,708,114 | 2,691,515 | 2,593,000 | 2,586,556 | 2,456,991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | kt | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | 34,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 891,000 | 744,000 | 725,000 | 701,000 | 661,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 775,165 | 760,364 | 772,156 | 785,825 | 765,038 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | kt | 1,581,700 | 1,597,700 | 1,609,800 | 1,594,500 | 1,537,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | kt | 224,300 | 225,916 | 228,625 | 233,954 | 138,854 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 1,182,393 | 1,162,749 | 1,154,700 | 1,030,937 | 863,659 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | kt | 403,299 | 388,421 | 319,763 | 306,682 | 269,861 |
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