Recovered paper production rose 5.88% to 18,000 kt in Moldova in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Moldova reached an all time high of 18,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 2,800 kt in 2007. When compared to Moldova's main peers, recovered paper production in Bulgaria amounted to 80,000 kt, 500,000 kt in Romania, 3,450,000 kt in Russia and 725,000 kt in Ukraine in 2018.
Moldova has been ranked 97th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 6 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 |
| Bulgaria | kt | 50,000 | 70,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | kt | 275,000 | 295,000 | 320,000 | 315,000 | 310,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | kt | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 21,783,651 | 21,435,849 | 21,274,708 | 21,093,763 | 20,694,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,000 | 15,000 | 16,000 | 17,000 | 18,000 | ||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,535,000 | 2,495,400 | 2,682,000 | 2,799,900 | 2,892,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | kt | 491,420 | 492,000 | 490,000 | 607,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,860,000 | 2,720,000 | 2,720,000 | 3,115,000 | 3,450,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 155,000 | 157,000 | 178,000 | 183,000 | 197,000 | ||||||||||
| Turkey | kt | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | 1,534,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 147,000 | 147,000 | 147,000 | 725,000 | 725,000 |
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