Germany - Paper and cardboard

1. Paper and Cardboard
Consumption and Production

2. General Information
• ~ 407 metric tons
• 50% packaging paper, 30% graphic paper

3. Production
• China, USA, Japan  half of total paper production
• Leading exporters / importers: Germany and USA

4. Global Trends in Production

5. Major Production Companies
• 1. International Paper (USA)
• 2. Kimberly-Clark (USA)
• 3. Asia Pulp and Paper (Indonesia)
• 4. Svenska Cellulosa (Sweden)
• 5. Stora Enso (Finland)
• 6. UPM-Kynmene (Finland)
• 7. Oji Paper (Japan)
• 8. Nippon Paper Group (Japan)

6. Consumption
• Major consumers of paper and packaging: China, USA, Japan
• Consumption per capita and year:
• Worldwide: 57kg
• USA: 229kg
• Germany: 249kg

7. Comparision*
Country Paper & Paperboard
Production
Paper & Paperboard
Consumption
Germany 22,540 20,274
Finland 104,008 No data
Spain No data 6,912
China 108,750 106,004
Japan 26,477 27,099
Sweden 10,419 No data
USA 73,093 71,050
Results in metric tons (-000)
*data was difficult to collect because many sources
are contradictory

8. Paper and Deforestation
• 11% of the wood extracted from the worlds forests is used by the paper
industry

9. Sources
• www.statista.com
• GREEN AMERICA‘S better paper project
• http://www.dasos.fi/dz/documents/Dasos%20Timberland%20Markets%20report%204th%20e
d%2008_2015.pdf
• Confederation of European Paper Industries
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