Production of printing and writing paper rose 6.97% to 965,000 kt in Russia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of printing and writing paper in Russia reached an all time high of 980,000 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 425,000 kt in 2012. When compared to Russia's main peers, production of printing and writing paper in China amounted to 24,550,000 kt, 6,725,000 kt in Germany, 7,871,000 kt in Japan and 12,012,235 kt in USA in 2018.
Russia has been ranked 18th within the group of 68 countries we follow in terms of production of printing and writing paper, 9 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 775,165 | 760,364 | 772,156 | 785,825 | 765,038 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 15,363,000 | 14,527,000 | 14,405,388 | 13,546,628 | 12,012,037 |
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