Recovered paper production fell 6.55% to 49,392,000 kt in China in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in China reached an all time high of 52,852,000 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 569,000 kt in 1976. When compared to China's main peers, recovered paper production in India amounted to 3,700,000 kt, 20,694,000 kt in Japan, 3,450,000 kt in Russia and 47,788,000 kt in USA in 2018.
China has been ranked 1st 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 |
| Bangladesh | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Canada | kt | 2,577,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 15,102,000 | 15,360,000 | 15,176,000 | 15,237,000 | 17,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,622,000 | 4,784,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 163,000 | 163,000 | 163,000 | 163,000 | 163,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 155,000 | 160,000 | 170,000 | 170,000 | 170,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 |
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