PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION FOR SOUTH AFRICA
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S.N. Particular   Time of Information Source
01 Country South Africa    
02 Population (Million) 47.9 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org
03 Total Pulp/Paper/Paperboard Production 2.50 2010 PRASA
03.1 Corrugated/Packaging 1.11 2010 PRASA
03.2 Newsprint 0.31 2010 PRASA
03.3 Writing & printing 0.62 2010 PRASA
03.4 Others 0.46 2010 PRASA
04 Import 0.75 2010 PRASA
05 Export 0.76 2010 PRASA
06 Net Consumption 2.5 2010 PRASA
07 Per Capita Consumption (Kg./year/person) 52.1 2010  
08 No. of Pulp/Paper Mills      
09 Main Raw Materials      
10 Major Companies      
         
         

All Production, Import, Export and Net Consumption numbers are in Million Metric Tons (1,000,000,000 Kg.)
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Data from PRASA (Paper Recycling Association of South Africa)

Paper Recycling in South Africa - 2010

(all values in metric tons '000)

Paper production and consumption

    Paper Production Paper Imports Paper Exports
Newsprint    313.322   14.908                   55.870
Printing/writing        625.846 554.548            286.615

Corrugating materials/containerboard

 1,112.339       76.263      334.575
Other wrapping papers 

96.719

    
Tissue  217.040   45.997

   11.733
Other paper 27.613    61.628      75.928
Board   104.407    
Total    2,497 286 753.343   764.721

Recovery of recyclable paper

      Paper Recovered in South Africa Recovered Paper Imports Recovered   Paper Exports1
Newspapers  143.102         18    12.100
Magazines  48.003               1.274      

  0.823
Corrugated, solid cases, kraft papers 611.611     6.561  

  3.384
Office, graphic papers 189.204     2.297

    25.959
 Mixed and other papers 98.279   58 17.209
Total  1,090.198  10.208   59.475

 Recoverable paper

Paper consumption  2,485.908
Less paper exported in agric products2        210.000
Less paper unsuitable for recovery3  397.745
Recoverable paper     1,878.163

Recycling rates

Recyclable paper recovered as % of paper consumption 43,9%
Recycled paper used in paper produced in SA 41,7%
Recovered paper as % of recoverable paper 58,0%

Notes:

1. Customs and Excise export figures as well as over border transactions have been accounted for. E.g. Swaziland
2. The amount of    paper exported in agricultural products was used for 2010 (BMI).
3. it was assumed that 16% of paper consumed is not suitable for recovery --‐ tissue and sanitary