Wood pulp production rose 1.87% to 6,267,000 kt in Russia in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood pulp production in Russia reached an all time high of 6,307,000 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 2,841,000 kt in 1996. When compared to Russia's main peers, wood pulp production in China amounted to 9,389,000 kt, 1,636,000 kt in Germany, 8,225,000 kt in Japan and 46,751,196 kt in USA in 2017.
Russia has been ranked 9th within the group of 52 countries we follow in terms of wood pulp production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Pulp Production (Excl. Mechanical) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | kt | 1,625,363 | 1,637,120 | 1,622,837 | 1,571,312 | 1,454,497 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | ... | ... | ... | 273,444 | 268,400 | 267,500 | 272,000 | 267,000 | |||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 10,623,000 | 10,184,000 | 10,298,000 | 10,223,000 | 10,130,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 8,907,000 | 8,419,000 | 9,580,000 | 10,109,000 | 10,149,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,299,068 | 1,332,644 | 1,454,346 | 1,486,000 | 1,725,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 1,562,000 | 1,593,000 | 1,597,000 | 1,633,000 | 1,608,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 1,896,300 | 1,896,300 | 2,171,300 | 2,826,300 | 2,966,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 8,369,000 | 8,033,000 | 8,175,000 | 8,419,000 | 8,288,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 138,000 | 139,000 | 125,000 | 107,000 | 136,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 1,081,691 | 967,800 | 1,036,000 | 1,048,026 | 1,046,641 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 5,873,000 | 6,014,000 | 5,753,000 | 6,307,000 | 5,925,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 447,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 517,000 | 441,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 47,309,521 | 46,600,530 | 45,670,100 | 47,059,640 | 46,621,054 |
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