Total fibre furnish production rose 1.45% to 70,000 kt in Latvia in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, total fibre furnish production in Latvia reached an all time high of 105,000 kt in 2013 and an all time low of 20,000 kt in 1997. When compared to Latvia's main peers, total fibre furnish production in Belarus amounted to 70,000 kt, 326,000 kt in Estonia, 162,000 kt in Lithuania and 11,507,000 kt in Russia in 2017.
Latvia has been ranked 78th within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of total fibre furnish production, 11 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 |
| Belarus | kt | 32,900 | 77,900 | 44,000 | 32,000 | 57,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 65,585,000 | 64,781,000 | 65,599,000 | 69,226,000 | 66,968,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | kt | 326,228 | 321,348 | 329,429 | 331,193 | 331,039 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | kt | 10,834,386 | 10,886,000 | 11,080,000 | 11,324,000 | 12,280,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 17,699,000 | 17,913,000 | 17,661,067 | 17,669,000 | 19,743,384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 30,772,651 | 30,180,849 | 29,930,708 | 29,850,763 | 29,338,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | kt | 90,000 | 98,000 | 69,000 | 70,000 | 70,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | kt | 168,980 | 159,604 | 171,500 | 162,000 | 167,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 3,716,435 | 3,655,142 | 4,336,934 | 4,535,311 | 4,612,905 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 10,463,000 | 10,894,186 | 11,172,000 | 11,507,000 | 12,129,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 95,525,078 | 95,713,587 | 96,392,150 | 95,977,466 | 99,973,107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kt | 147,000 | 147,000 | 147,000 | 725,000 | 725,000 |
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