Production of pulp for paper rose 3.42% to 8,679,000 kt in Russia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of pulp for paper in Russia reached an all time high of 8,679,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 3,657,000 kt in 1997. When compared to Russia's main peers, production of pulp for paper in China amounted to 17,576,000 kt, 2,398,000 kt in Germany, 8,644,000 kt in Japan and 47,924,814 kt in USA in 2018.
Russia has been ranked 7th within the group of 70 countries we follow in terms of production of pulp for paper, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Production of Pulp for 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 | 1,496,402 | 1,361,520 | 1,654,339 | 1,597,681 | 1,627,511 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 502,790 | 493,790 | 501,791 | 502,800 | 516,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 16,592,000 | 16,590,000 | 16,547,000 | 16,337,000 | 16,210,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 17,173,000 | 16,463,000 | 15,964,000 | 16,374,000 | 17,576,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,612,000 | 1,716,000 | 1,711,000 | 1,689,000 | 1,604,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | 2,432,000 | 2,543,384 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 5,986,300 | 6,276,300 | 6,126,800 | 6,126,800 | 6,126,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,989,000 | 8,745,000 | 8,656,000 | 8,757,000 | 8,644,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 132,000 | 153,000 | 152,000 | 142,000 | 142,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 1,181,435 | 1,159,742 | 1,654,934 | 1,735,411 | 1,720,605 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,603,000 | 8,174,186 | 8,452,000 | 8,392,000 | 8,679,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 602,000 | 500,000 | 521,000 | 505,000 | 575,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 49,103,770 | 48,503,940 | 48,765,200 | 48,350,516 | 52,186,107 |
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