Recovered Paper Production fell 0.399% to 1,277,000 kt in South Africa in 2018

Recovered paper production fell 0.399% to 1,277,000 kt in South Africa in 2018, according to Faostat.

Historically, recovered paper production in South Africa reached an all time high of 1,282,120 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 175,000 kt in 1970. When compared to South Africa's main peers, recovered paper production in Botswana amounted to 10,000 kt, 1,000 kt in Lesotho, 20,000 kt in Namibia and 6,000 kt in Swaziland in 2018.

South Africa has been ranked 22nd within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.