Annual Paper and Paperboard Statistics
| Year | Production | Exports | Imports | Apparent Consumption |
|---|
| 1947 |
12,803 |
|
|
|
| 1951 |
21,408 |
|
5,126 |
26,534 |
| 1956 |
61,310 |
|
3,793 |
65,103 |
| 1961 |
120,382 |
21,013 |
5,946 |
105,315 |
| 1966 |
226,956 |
36,975 |
4,913 |
194,849 |
| 1971 |
476,345 |
27,787 |
60,737 |
509,295 |
| 1972 |
509,833 |
49,652 |
58,776 |
518,957 |
| 1973 |
626,814 |
55,215 |
50,074 |
621,673 |
| 1974 |
608,749 |
33,210 |
77,115 |
652,654 |
| 1975 |
735,891 |
79,118 |
51,185 |
707,958 |
| 1976 |
876,669 |
103,806 |
68,661 |
841,524 |
| 1977 |
966,052 |
86,858 |
93,137 |
972,331 |
| 1978 |
1,158,717 |
95,781 |
103,955 |
1,166,891 |
| 1979 |
1,336,277 |
106,927 |
101,153 |
1,330,503 |
| 1980 |
1,479,296 |
154,347 |
89,445 |
1,414,394 |
| 1981 |
1,478,079 |
171,422 |
85,330 |
1,411,987 |
| 1982 |
1,555,671 |
168,129 |
104,246 |
1,491,788 |
| 1983 |
1,720,347 |
122,861 |
129,508 |
1,726,994 |
| 1984 |
1,929,451 |
96,548 |
154,185 |
1,987,088 |
| 1985 |
2,017,589 |
93,327 |
160,918 |
2,085,180 |
| 1986 |
2,526,718 |
148,898 |
192,800 |
2,570,620 |
| 1987 |
2,737,032 |
145,430 |
287,715 |
2,879,317 |
| 1988 |
2,949,184 |
247,324 |
352,422 |
3,054,282 |
| 1989 |
3,041,848 |
297,722 |
443,845 |
3,187,971 |
| 1990 |
3,336,814 |
552,148 |
587,795 |
3,372,461 |
| 1991 |
3,745,734 |
757,919 |
660,822 |
3,648,637 |
| 1992 |
3,976,809 |
709,966 |
863,745 |
4,130,588 |
| 1993 |
3,905,352 |
651,075 |
992,298 |
4,246,575 |
| 1994 |
4,198,939 |
714,476 |
1,246,277 |
4,730,740 |
| 1995 |
4,243,267 |
721,694 |
1,177,154 |
4,698,727 |
| 1996 |
4,337,429 |
924,406 |
1,075,861 |
4,488,884 |
| 1997 |
4,506,972 |
794,352 |
1,358,314 |
5,070,934 |
| 1998 |
4,223,111 |
676,902 |
1,291,263 |
4,837,472 |
| 1999 |
4,349,217 |
670,628 |
1,419,474 |
5,098,063 |
| 2000 |
4,494,156 |
781,445 |
1,390,947 |
5,103,658 |
| 2001 |
4,210,647 |
917,444 |
1,218,232 |
4,511,435 |
| 2002 |
4,511,783 |
1,041,356 |
1,296,827 |
4,767,254 |
| 2003 |
4,657,608 |
1,108,673 |
1,493,672 |
5,042,607 |
| 2004 |
4,801,087 |
1,281,676 |
1,667,125 |
5,186,536 |
| 2005 |
4,661,033 |
1,309,963 |
1,603,518 |
4,954,588 |
| 2006 |
4,646,193 |
1,410,837 |
1,526,409 |
4,761,765 |
| 2007 |
4,706,595 |
1,482,039 |
1,450,069 |
4,674,625 |
| 2008 |
4,142,683 |
1,221,512 |
1,485,439 |
4,406,610 |
| 2009 |
3,988,478 |
1,375,975 |
1,278,971 |
3,891,474 |
| 2010 |
4,069,074 |
1,202,393 |
1,505,121 |
4,371,802 |
| 2011 |
4,138,505 |
1,262,841 |
1,548,095 |
4,423,795 |
| 2012 |
4,229,391 |
1,368,739 |
1,543,896 |
4,404,548 |
| 2013 |
4,155,831 |
1,358,023 |
1,531,498 |
4,329,306 |
| 2014 |
4,178,449 |
1,342,342 |
1,541,572 |
4,377,679 |
| 2015 |
3,587,639 |
1,088,135 |
1,497,364 |
4,266,868 |
| 2016 |
3,937,591 |
1,253,320 |
1,524,118 |
4,208,389 |
| 2017 |
4,024,251 |
1,415,782 |
1,553,294 |
4,161,763 |
| 2018 |
4,253,598 |
1,446,479 |
1,536,871 |
4,343,990 |
| 2019 |
4,248,510 |
1,504,254 |
1,547,305 |
4,291,561 |
| 2020 |
4,361,874 |
1,566,789 |
1,578,667 |
4,373,752 |
| 2021 |
4,482,317 |
1,391,208 |
1,570,515 |
4,661,624 |
| 2022 |
4,243,424 |
1,602,633 |
1,486,001 |
4,126,792 |
| 2023 |
4,090,101 |
1,586,275 |
1,413,950 |
3,917,776 |
* Apparent Consumption = Production - Exports + Imports
