Recovered paper production rose 3.50% to 4,784,000 kt in Mexico in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Mexico reached an all time high of 4,900,000 kt in 2016 and an all time low of 345,000 kt in 1970. When compared to Mexico's main peers, recovered paper production in Belize amounted to 300 kt, 115,000 kt in Guatemala, 60,000 kt in Honduras and 47,788,000 kt in USA in 2018.
Mexico has been ranked 10th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production.
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 95,000 | 101,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 57,953 | 60,000 | 53,745 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,000 | 39,000 | 39,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 |
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