Production of printing and writing paper rose 6.84% to 5,120,000 kt in India in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of printing and writing paper in India reached an all time high of 5,120,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 229,700 kt in 1961. When compared to India's main peers, production of printing and writing paper in Bangladesh amounted to 30,000 kt, 24,550,000 kt in China, 199,000 kt in Pakistan and 11,000 kt in Sri Lanka in 2018.
India has been ranked 6th within the group of 68 countries we follow in terms of production of printing and writing paper, 5 places 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 |
| Afghanistan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Bangladesh | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| China | kt | 24,900,000 | 25,150,000 | 25,250,000 | 25,550,000 | 24,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 4,399,000 | 4,800,000 | 4,678,000 | 4,792,000 | 5,120,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | kt | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | 55,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,491,000 | 8,406,000 | 8,106,000 | 8,266,000 | 7,871,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Myanmar | kt | 13,700 | 13,700 | 13,700 | 13,700 | 13,700 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 258,000 | 258,000 | 258,000 | 258,000 | 199,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 980,000 | 905,000 | 825,000 | 902,118 | 965,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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