Wood pulp production rose 3.46% to 8,579,000 kt in Russia in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood pulp production in Russia reached an all time high of 8,579,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 3,750,000 kt in 1997. When compared to Russia's main peers, wood pulp production in China amounted to 13,272,000 kt, 2,398,000 kt in Germany, 8,806,000 kt in Japan and 48,965,076 kt in USA in 2018.
Russia has been ranked 9th within the group of 57 countries we follow in terms of wood pulp production, 2 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Pulp 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 | 1,943,782 | 1,812,471 | 2,116,306 | 2,056,089 | 2,083,266 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 501,000 | 492,000 | 500,001 | 501,010 | 515,010 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 17,277,000 | 17,180,000 | 17,037,000 | 16,837,000 | 16,790,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 10,974,000 | 11,014,000 | 11,781,000 | 12,199,000 | 13,272,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 1,651,000 | 1,725,000 | 1,720,000 | 1,708,000 | 1,613,200 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 2,597,000 | 2,553,000 | 2,485,067 | 2,432,000 | 2,459,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 3,330,300 | 3,470,300 | 3,361,800 | 3,361,800 | 3,361,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 9,066,000 | 8,875,000 | 8,809,000 | 8,921,000 | 8,806,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 115,000 | 136,000 | 135,000 | 125,000 | 125,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 1,119,359 | 1,115,234 | 1,630,365 | 1,761,716 | 1,742,656 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 7,532,000 | 8,074,186 | 8,352,000 | 8,292,000 | 8,579,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 602,000 | 500,000 | 521,000 | 505,000 | 575,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 50,106,640 | 49,368,210 | 49,534,430 | 49,247,516 | 53,233,456 |
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