| PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION FOR CHINA |
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| S.N. | Particular | Time of Information | Source | |
| 01 | Country | China | ||
| 02 | Population (Million) | 1321.85 | 2007 | http://en.wikipedia.org |
| 03 | Total Pulp/Paper/Paperboard Production | 78.026 | 2007 | FAO |
| 03.1 | Corrugated/Packaging | |||
| 03.2 | Newsprint | |||
| 03.3 | Writing & printing | |||
| 03.4 | Others | |||
| 04 | Import | 7.820 | 2007 | FAO |
| 05 | Export | 7.253 | 2007 | FAO |
| 06 | Net Consumption | 78.593 | 2007 | FAO |
| 07 | Per Capita Consumption (Kg./year/person) | 44.7 | 2005 | World Resource Institute |
| 08 | No. of Pulp/Paper Mills | |||
| 09 | Main Raw Materials | |||
| 10 | Major Companies | |||
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Nov 21, 2008 – Summary
In 2007, China had 3500-4000 legal paper-making enterprises with a total
production of 73.5 million tons, increased by 13.08% as compared with 65
million tons in 2006. Consumption reached 72.9 million tons, a 10.45%
increment over the last year's 66 million tons, annual consumption was 55
kilograms per capita, increased by 5 kilograms.
Chart Production and consumption of paper and cardboard in China, 2000-2007

Production increased by 140.98% from 2000 to 2007, and consumption 103.92%.
Production and consumption of paper and cardboard increased by 13.39% and
10.72% respectively, 2000-2007, surpassing China's GDP annual growth rate of
the same period.
According to the production and consumption of 2007, both kept continuous
growth all the year round, however, growth rate of production weakened. A
larger increase of production can be seen in those products such as
newsprint, coated paper, household paper, coated white board, boxboard and
corrugated paper. And newsprint, copperplate paper, boxboard as well as
corrugated paper have a larger increase in consumption.