Recovered paper production rose 0.338% to 47,788,000 kt in the USA in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in the USA reached an all time high of 47,970,000 kt in 2011 and an all time low of 7,927,000 kt in 1963. When compared to USA's main peers, recovered paper production in Canada amounted to 2,700,000 kt, 49,392,000 kt in China, 20,694,000 kt in Japan and 4,784,000 kt in Mexico in 2018.
USA has been ranked 2nd within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place 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 |
| Australia | kt | 3,037,000 | 3,142,000 | 3,224,000 | 3,139,259 | 3,064,690 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 300 | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 95,000 | 101,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 57,953 | 60,000 | 53,745 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 8,014,000 | 7,912,000 | 7,825,000 | 7,772,000 | 7,539,000 |
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