Wood pulp production rose 8.80% to 13,272,000 kt in China in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood pulp production in China reached an all time high of 13,272,000 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 670,000 kt in 1972. When compared to China's main peers, wood pulp production in India amounted to 3,361,800 kt, 8,806,000 kt in Japan, 8,579,000 kt in Russia and 48,965,076 kt in USA in 2018.
China has been ranked 4th within the group of 57 countries we follow in terms of wood pulp production, 4 places above 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 |
| Bangladesh | kt | 47,000 | 47,000 | 47,000 | 47,000 | 47,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kt | 82,000 | 82,000 | 82,000 | 82,000 | 82,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kt | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | 2,600 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 50,106,640 | 49,368,210 | 49,534,430 | 49,247,516 | 53,233,456 |
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