Total fibre furnish production rose 52.9% to 26,000 kt in Panama in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, total fibre furnish production in Panama reached an all time high of 28,000 kt in 1984 and an all time low of 9,000 kt in 1970. When compared to Panama's main peers, total fibre furnish production in Colombia amounted to 1,189,915 kt, 281,000 kt in Costa Rica, 60,000 kt in Honduras and 35,000 kt in Nicaragua in 2018.
Panama has been ranked 94th within the group of 130 countries we follow in terms of total fibre furnish production, 1 place 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 |
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Brazil | kt | 21,270,000 | 22,168,000 | 23,424,000 | 24,546,000 | 26,211,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | kt | 1,177,337 | 1,217,754 | 1,206,815 | 1,241,304 | 1,324,687 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kt | 287,800 | 283,800 | 283,800 | 281,000 | 281,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 5,032,000 | 5,053,000 | 5,052,000 | 4,764,000 | 4,926,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,000 | 39,000 | 39,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||
| Panama | kt | 15,000 | 15,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kt | 89,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | 72,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 95,525,078 | 95,713,587 | 96,392,150 | 95,977,466 | 99,973,107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kt | 240,396 | 240,396 | 240,396 | 218,928 | 218,928 |
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