Recovered paper production rose 0% to 27.0 kt in Macao in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Macao reached an all time high of 33.0 kt in 1986 and an all time low of 1.00 kt in 1974. When compared to Macao's main peers, recovered paper production in China amounted to 48,318,000 kt, 6.00 kt in Hong Kong, 700,000 kt in Singapore and 2,876 kt in Taiwan in 2015.
Macao has been ranked 127th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 28 places below 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 |
| China | kt | 48,412,000 | 48,318,000 | 49,635,000 | 52,852,000 | 49,392,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | kt | 6.00 | 6.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 3,600,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | 3,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,233,309 | 3,233,309 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 21,783,651 | 21,435,849 | 21,274,708 | 21,093,763 | 20,694,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macao | kt | 27.0 | 27.0 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | kt | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | kt | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | 854,500 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | kt | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | 700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | kt | 2,876 | 2,876 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 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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