Recovered paper production fell 4.23% to 8,471,000 kt in South Korea in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in South Korea reached an all time high of 8,857,000 kt in 2010 and an all time low of 80,000 kt in 1970.
South Korea has been ranked 5th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Recovered Paper Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cambodia | kt | ... | ... | ... | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||||||
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| India | kt | 3,600,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 21,783,651 | 21,435,849 | 21,274,708 | 21,093,763 | 20,694,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,000 | 15,000 | 22,000 | 28,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 8,723,000 | 8,333,000 | 8,340,000 | 8,845,000 | 8,471,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 2,365,000 | 2,765,000 | 2,785,000 | 2,758,000 | 2,842,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
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