Total fibre furnish production fell 2.81% to 7,774,000 kt in the United Kingdom in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, total fibre furnish production in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 9,045,000 kt in 2008 and an all time low of 1,982,000 kt in 1963. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, total fibre furnish production in Belgium amounted to 1,608,830 kt, 8,542,200 kt in France, 17,468,000 kt in Germany and 369,000 kt in Ireland in 2018.
United Kingdom has been ranked 14th within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of total fibre furnish production, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Total Fibre Furnish Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 2,970,605 | 2,869,831 | 3,132,574 | 3,011,277 | 3,093,819 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,594,820 | 1,585,820 | 1,593,821 | 1,594,830 | 1,608,830 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 19,169,000 | 19,190,000 | 19,247,000 | 19,037,000 | 18,910,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 8,925,200 | 8,839,000 | 8,953,000 | 8,978,600 | 8,542,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 17,699,000 | 17,913,000 | 17,661,067 | 17,669,000 | 19,743,384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 31,000 | 25,000 | 33,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kt | 401,837 | 436,455 | 434,054 | 434,054 | 369,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6,681,780 | 6,950,783 | 7,073,900 | 5,585,117 | 5,715,635 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kt | 100,000 | 100,000 | 77,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 2,253,000 | 2,276,200 | 2,314,000 | 2,671,400 | 2,530,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 3,716,435 | 3,655,142 | 4,336,934 | 4,535,311 | 4,612,905 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 7,087,090 | 7,011,700 | 6,800,957 | 6,455,776 | 6,272,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 8,251,000 | 8,139,000 | 8,052,000 | 7,999,000 | 7,766,000 |
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