Recovered paper production rose 12.3% to 82,000 kt in Uruguay in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Uruguay reached an all time high of 82,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 8,000 kt in 1972. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, recovered paper production in Argentina amounted to 947,000 kt, 5,063,000 kt in Brazil, 357,000 kt in Chile and 30,000 kt in Paraguay in 2018.
Uruguay has been ranked 64th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 16 places 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 |
| Argentina | kt | 684,000 | 531,000 | 495,000 | 960,000 | 947,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | kt | 948 | 948 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 4,805,000 | 4,742,000 | 4,589,000 | 4,956,000 | 5,063,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 489,000 | 489,000 | 489,000 | 489,000 | 357,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kt | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 12,000 | 16,000 | 21,000 | 73,000 | 82,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kt | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 | 201,000 |
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