Total fibre furnish production fell 3.25% to 9,046,000 kt in South Korea in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, total fibre furnish production in South Korea reached an all time high of 9,412,000 kt in 2011 and an all time low of 18,800 kt in 1962. When compared to South Korea's main peers, total fibre furnish production in China amounted to 66,968,000 kt, 106,000 kt in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 29,338,000 kt in Japan and 580,000 kt in Vietnam in 2018.
South Korea has been ranked 12th within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of total fibre furnish production.
| 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 |
| Cambodia | kt | ... | ... | ... | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||||||
| China | kt | 65,585,000 | 64,781,000 | 65,599,000 | 69,226,000 | 66,968,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kt | 106,000 | 106,000 | 106,000 | 106,000 | 106,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 9,586,300 | 9,976,300 | 9,826,800 | 9,826,800 | 9,826,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 30,772,651 | 30,180,849 | 29,930,708 | 29,850,763 | 29,338,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15,000 | 15,000 | 22,000 | 28,000 | 153,000 | ||||||||
| Russia | kt | 10,463,000 | 10,894,186 | 11,172,000 | 11,507,000 | 12,129,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 9,325,000 | 8,833,000 | 8,861,000 | 9,350,000 | 9,046,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 3,508,000 | 3,808,000 | 3,934,000 | 3,896,000 | 4,028,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 95,525,078 | 95,713,587 | 96,392,150 | 95,977,466 | 99,973,107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 580,000 | 580,000 | 580,000 | 580,000 | 580,000 |
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