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Tables and figures - Tableaux et figures - Cuadros y figuras

TABLE 1: WORLD PULP, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD CAPACITY

 

Total Capacity
Million Metric tons

Annual Average Increase
%

1986

1991

1996

2001

1986-1991

1991-1996

1996-2001

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

154

171

183

197

2.1

1.3

1.5

MECHANICAL

25

22

19

19

-2.6

-3.1

0.0

THERMO-MECHANICAL

13

22

27

30

11.2

4.6

1.8

SEMI-CHEMICAL

10

9

8

9

-0.5

-3.9

1.9

CHEMICAL

107

117

129

140

1.9

2.0

1.7

OTHER FIBRE PULP

14

21

22

24

7.8

1.7

1.4

DISSOLVING PULP

6

5

5

5

-3.1

-2.2

0.6

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

226

273

314

344

3.9

2.9

1.8

NEWSPRINT

32

37

39

42

2.7

1.3

1.4

PRINTING AND WRITING

60

80

96

109

6.0

3.7

2.5

OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

134

156

178

193

3.1

2.7

1.6

TABLE 2: ANNUAL RATE OF INCREASE IN WORLD PULP, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD CAPACITY

 

ANNUAL INCREASES
%

1996-1997

1997-1998

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

2.1

2.4

0.8

1.1

1.3

MECHANICAL

-1.5

0.3

0.8

0.8

-0.1

THERMO-MECHANICAL

3.2

2.6

1.1

1.4

0.8

SEMI-CHEMICAL

3.9

1.8

1.7

1.2

0.9

CHEMICAL

2.3

2.7

0.7

1.1

1.6

OTHER FIBRE PULP

2.6

4.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

DISSOLVING PULP

1.3

1.2

0.0

0.7

0.0

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

3.3

3.0

1.7

0.8

0.4

NEWSPRINT

2.1

2.3

1.4

0.8

0.2

PRINTING AND WRITING

4.0

4.7

1.9

1.3

0.7

OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

3.2

2.2

1.7

0.6

0.3

TABLE 3: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

171070

182716

197258

11646

14542

1.3

1.5

DEVELOPED

156414

160824

168205

4410

7381

0.6

0.9

NORTH AMERICA

86624

89608

91224

2984

1616

0.7

0.4

EASTERN EUROPE

3109

2289

2781

-820

492

-5.9

4.0

EEC COUNTRIES

10781

10775

11356

-6

581

0.0

1.1

NORDIC COUNTRIES

23061

25800

28693

2739

2893

2.3

2.1

OTHER W. EUROPE

2603

2785

2845

182

60

1.4

0.4

FORMER USSR

10925

10264

10264

-661

0

-1.2

0.0

OCEANIA

2779

2849

3518

70

669

0.5

4.3

OTHERS

16532

16454

17524

-78

1070

-0.1

1.3

DEVELOPING

14656

21892

29053

7236

7161

8.4

5.8

AFRICA

1017

1216

1231

199

15

3.6

0.2

LATIN AMERICA

8398

11275

14523

2877

3248

6.1

5.2

ASIA

5241

9401

13299

4160

3898

12.4

7.2

Fig.1 - TOTAL CAPACITY: TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

TABLE 4:INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF MECHANICAL

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

21966

18745

18783

-3221

38

-3.1

0.0

DEVELOPED

20020

16523

16504

-3497

-19

-3.8

0.0

NORTH AMERICA

8202

5858

5538

-2344

-320

-6.5

-1.1

EASTERN EUROPE

467

394

524

-73

130

-3.3

5.9

EEC COUNTRIES

2379

1885

1904

-494

19

-4.5

0.2

NORDIC COUNTRIES

3621

3564

3715

-57

151

-0.3

0.8

OTHER W. EUROPE

665

544

544

-121

0

-3.9

0.0

FORMER USSR

2265

2050

2050

-215

0

-2.0

0.0

OCEANIA

533

477

478

-56

1

-2.2

0.0

OTHERS

1888

1751

1751

-137

0

-1.5

0.0

DEVELOPING

1946

2222

2279

276

57

2.7

0.5

AFRICA

122

153

153

31

0

4.6

0.0

LATIN AMERICA

715

722

697

7

-25

0.2

-0.7

ASIA

1109

1347

1429

238

82

4.0

1.2

Fig.2 - TOTAL CAPACITY: MECHANICAL WOODPULP

TABLE 5: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF THERMOMECHANICAL

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

21559

26972

29541

5413

2569

4.6

1.8

DEVELOPED

20817

25922

28049

5105

2127

4.5

1.6

NORTH AMERICA

11288

13310

14018

2022

708

3.4

1.0

EASTERN EUROPE

0

0

200

0

200



EEC COUNTRIES

1106

2020

2044

914

24

12.8

0.2

NORDIC COUNTRIES

5020

6948

7942

1928

994

6.7

2.7

OTHER W. EUROPE

150

254

254

104

0

11.1

0.0

FORMER USSR

590

600

600

10

0

0.3

0.0

OCEANIA

695

785

785

90

0

2.5

0.0

OTHERS

1968

2005

2206

37

201

0.4

1.9

DEVELOPING

742

1050

1492

308

442

7.2

7.3

AFRICA

0

0

0

0

0



LATIN AMERICA

401

708

1145

307

437

12.0

10.1

ASIA

431

342

347

1

5

0.1

0.3

Fig.3 - TOTAL CAPACITY: THERMOMECHANICAL WOODPULP

TABLE 6: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF SEMI-CHEMICAL

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

9440

7731

8495

-1709

764

-3.9

1.9

DEVELOPED

8581

6842

7530

-1739

688

-4.4

1.9

NORTH AMERICA

4649

4394

4800

-255

406

-1.1

1.8

EASTERN EUROPE

342

200

255

-142

55

-10

5.0

EEC COUNTRIES

492

432

434

-60

2

-2.6

0.1

NORDIC COUNTRIES

980

376

410

-604

34

-17

1.7

OTHER W. EUROPE

68

68

68

0

0

0.0

0.0

FORMER USSR

640

400

400

-240

0

-9.0

0.0

OCEANIA

349

316

507

-33

191

-2.0

9.9

OTHERS

1061

656

656

-405

0

-9.2

0.0

DEVELOPING

859

889

965

30

76

0.7

1.7

AFRICA

34

92

92

58

0

22.0

0.0

LATIN AMERICA

346

333

353

-13

20

-0.8

1.2

ASIA

479

464

520

-15

56

-0.6

2.3

Fig. 4 - TOTAL CAPACITY: SEMI-CHEMICAL WOODPULP

TABLE 7: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF CHEMICAL

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

117120

129268

140439

12148

11171

2.0

1.7

DEVELOPED

106161

111537

116122

5376

4585

1.0

0.8

NORTH AMERICA

62485

66046

66868

3561

822

1.1

0.2

EASTERN EUROPE

2300

1695

1802

-605

107

-5.9

1.2

EEC COUNTRIES

5969

6438

6974

469

536

1.5

1.6

NORDIC COUNTRIES

13440

14912

16626

1472

1714

2.1

2.2

OTHER W. EUROPE

1720

1919

1979

199

60

2.2

0.6

FORMER USSR

7430

7214

7214

-216

0

-0.6

0.0

OCEANIA

1202

1271

1748

69

477

1.1

6.6

OTHERS

11615

12042

12911

427

869

0.7

1.4

DEVELOPING

10959

17731

24317

6772

6586

10.1

6.5

AFRICA

861

971

986

110

15

2.4

0.3

LATIN AMERICA

6786

9512

12328

2726

2816

7.0

5.3

ASIA

3312

7248

11003

3936

3755

17.0

8.7

Fig. 5 - TOTAL CAPACITY: CHEMICAL WOODPULP

TABLE 8: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF OTHER FIBRE PULP

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

20545

22404

24060

41859

1656

1.7

1.4

DEVELOPED

1024

1357

1567

333

210

5.8

2.9

NORTH AMERICA

252

352

377

100

25

6.9

1.4

EASTERN EUROPE

146

90

120

-56

30

-9.2

5.9

EEC COUNTRIES

494

512

667

18

155

0.7

5.4

NORDIC COUNTRIES

0

0

0

0

0



OTHER W. EUROPE

29

29

29

0

0

0.0

0.0.

FORMER USSR

0

0

0

0

0



OCEANIA

0

255

255

255

0


0.0.

OTHERS

103

119

119

16

0

2.9

0.0

DEVELOPING

19521

21047

22493

1526

1446

1.5

1.3.

AFRICA

152

195

195

43

0

5.1

0.0

LATIN AMERICA

1330

1214

1228

116

14

-1.8

0.2

ASIA

18039

19638

21070

1599

1432

1.7

1.4

Fig. 6 - TOTAL CAPACITY: OTHER FIBRE PULP

TABLE 9: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF DISSOLVING PULP

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

5162

4616

4765

546

149

-2.2

0.6

DEVELOPED

4391

3616

3653

-775

37

-3.8

0.2

NORTH AMERICA

1614

1342

1346

-272

4

-3.6

0.1

EASTERN EUROPE

237

89

89

-148

0

-18

0.0

EEC COUNTRIES

69

103

136

-34

33

8.3

5.7

NORDIC COUNTRIES

646

80

80

-566

0

-34

0.0

OTHER W. EUROPE

260

275

275

15

0

1.1

0.0

FORMER USSR

820

842

842

22

0

0.5

0.0

OCEANIA

0

0

0

0

0



OTHERS

745

885

885

140

0

3.5

0.0

DEVELOPING

771

1000

1112

229

112

5.3

2.1

AFRICA

30

30

30

0

0

0.0

0.0

LATIN AMERICA

98

188

223

90

35

13.9

3.5

ASIA

643

782

859

139

77

4.0

1.9

Fig. 7 - TOTAL CAPACITY: DISSOLVING PULP

TABLE 10: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

272942

314230

344257

41288

30027

2.9

1.8

DEVELOPED

224781

247379

266577

22598

19198

1.9

1.5

NORTH AMERICA

98830

112026

117796

13196

5770

2.5

1.0

EASTERN EUROPE

5168

4177

5036

-991

859

-4.2

3.8

EEC COUNTRIES

45020

52650

57723

7630

5073

3.2

1.9

NORDIC COUNTRIES

21237

24915

28942

3678

4027

3.2

3.0

OTHER W. EUROPE

6083

7193

7890

1110

697

3.4

1.9

FORMER USSR

11018

8092

8092

-2926

0

-6.0

0.0

OCEANIA

2925

3475

4019

550

544

3.5

3.0

OTHERS

34500

34851

37079.

351

2228

0.2

1.2

DEVELOPING

48161

66851

77680

18690

10829

6.8

3.0

AFRICA

1164

1442

1495.

278

53

4.4

0.7

LATIN AMERICA

13966

15948

17633

1982

1685

2.7

2.0

ASIA

33031

49461

58552

16430

9091

8.4

3.4

Fig. 8 - TOTAL CAPACITY: TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

TABLE 11: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF NEWSPRINT

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

36873

39387

42130

2514

2743

1.3

1.4

DEVELOPED

33389

34394

35501

1005

1107

0.6

0.6

NORTH AMERICA

16698

16295

16253

-403

-42

-0.5

-0.1

EASTERN EUROPE

330

307

307

-23

0

-1.4

0.0

EEC COUNTRIES

3650

4619

5239

969

620

4.8

2.6

NORDIC COUNTRIES

4870

5043

5049

173

6

0.7

0.0

OTHER W. EUROPE

829

897

922

68

25

1.6

0.6

FORMER USSR

1874

2719

2719

845

0

7.7

0.0

OCEANIA

880

899

916

19

17

0.4

0.4

OTHERS

4258

3615

4096

-643

481

-3.2

2.5

DEVELOPING

3484

4993

6629

1509

1636

7.5

5.8

AFRICA

136

171

171

35

0

4.7

0.0

LATIN AMERICA

1107

1235

1597

128

362

2.2

5.3

ASIA

2241

3587

4861

1346

1274

9.9

6.3

Fig. 9 - TOTAL CAPACITY: NEWSPRINT

TABLE 12: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF PRINTING AND WRITING

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

80264

96422

109138

16158

12716

3.7

2.5

DEVELOPED

67371

77671

87356

10300

9685

2.9

2.4

NORTH AMERICA

26902

30750

32971

3848

2221

2.7

1.4

EASTERN EUROPE

1325

977

1406

-348

429

-5.9

7.6

EEC COUNTRIES

15998

18439

20561

2441

2122

2.9

2.2

NORDIC COUNTRIES

8003

10414

13087

2411

2673

5.4

4.7

OTHER W. EUROPE

2263

2832

3387

569

555

4.6

3.6

FORMER USSR

1393

1914

1914

521

0

6.6

0.0

OCEANIA

392

358

577

-34

219

-1.8

10.0

OTHERS

11095

11987

13453

892

1466

1.6

2.3

DEVELOPING

12893

18751

21782

5858

3031

7.8

3.0

AFRICA

341

393

407

52

14

2.9

0.7

LATIN AMERICA

3156

3800

3926

644

126

3.8

0.7

ASIA

9396

14558

17449

5162

2891

9.2

3.7

Fig. 010 - TOTAL CAPACITY: PRINTING AND WRITING PAPER

TABLE 13: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1991

1996

2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

1991-1996

1996-2001

WORLD TOTAL

155795

178421

192989

22626

14568

2.7

1.6

DEVELOPED

124021

135314

143720

11293

8406

1.8

1.2

NORTH AMERICA

55230

64981

68572

9751

3591

3.3

1.1

EASTERN EUROPE

3513

2893

3323

-620

430

-3.8

2.8

EEC COUNTRIES

25372

29592

31923

4220

2331

3.1

1.5

NORDIC COUNTRIES

8364

9458

10806

1094

1348

2.5

2.7

OTHER W. EUROPE

2991

3464

3581

473

117

3.0

0.7

FORMER USSR

7751

3459

3459

-4292

0

-15

0.0

OCEANIA

1653

2218

2526

565

308

6.1

2.6

OTHERS

19147

19249

19530

102

281

0.1

0.3

DEVELOPING

31774

43107

49269

11333

6162

6.3

2.7

AFRICA

677

878

917

201

39

5.3

0.9

LATIN AMERICA

9703

10913

12110

1210

1197

2.4

2.1

ASIA

21394

31316

36242

9922

4926

7.9

3.0

Fig. 11 - TOTAL CAPACITY: OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

TABLE 14: CAPACITY RATIO: PULP FOR PAPER TO PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

(Historical)

Year

Percent

1976

77.7

1977

77.7

1978

77.5

1979

77.1

1980

76.3

1981

75.8

1982

74.7

1983

74.4

1984

74.0

1985

74.6

1986

74.6

1987

73.7

1988

72.4

1989

71.8

1990

70.8

1991

70.2

1992

68.8

1993

67.8

1994

66.9

1995

66.5

1996

65.3

(ESTIMATE)

1997

64.6

1998

64.3

1999

63.7

2000

63.8

2001

64.3

Fig. 12 - CAPACITY RATIO: PULP FOR PAPER TO PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

TABLE 15: SURVEY ESTIMATES OF CAPACITY AND CAPACITY INCREASE- PULP AND PAPER


Period of Survey

Total Capacity in First Year of Survey

Total Increase over Period

Million metric tons

Total Pulp for Paper

Total Paper and Paperboard

Total Pulp for Paper

Total Paper and Paperboard

1972-1977

122.8

152.1

24.1

27.7

1973-1978

128.1

160.7

23.1

32.9

1974-1979

132.1

167.0

29.9

37.2

1975-1980

136.1

174.9

25.4

31.0

1976-1981

139.6

179.7

23.3

28.1

1977-1982

143.3

184.4

21.0

27.3

1978-1983

145.4

187.6

19.1

26.6

1979-1984

148.1

192.2

20.5

29.3

1980-1985

150.8

197.6

17.9

26.1

1981-1986

153.8

203.0

15.9

24.1

1982-1987

151.5

203.0

13.4

19.0

1983-1988

153.2

205.9

12.2

18.2

1984-1989

157.0

212.3

11.1

17.8

1985-1990

164.3

220.4

15.1

21.4

1986-1991

168.4

225.8

13.7

22.8

1987-1992

170.0

230.5

19.7

30.7

1988-1993

175.6

242.6

21.9

37.4

1989-1994

179.7

250.4

23.8

39.4

1990-1995

184.3

260.4

17.5

39.2

1991-1996

191.6

272.9

19.1

37.6

1992-1997

194.9

283.1

14.9

29.9

1993-1998

197.0

290.5

12.3

31.1

1994-1999

196.0

293.2

14.9

30.0

1995-2000

199.8

300.5

19.1

36.9

1996-2001

205.1

314.2

16.2

30.1

TABLE 16: SURVEY ESTIMATES OF CAPACITY INCREASE BY MAJOR PRODUCTS

 

1000 Metric tons

Survey 1992- 1997

Survey 1993-1998

Survey 1994-1999

Survey 1995-2000

Survey 1996- 2001

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES:

12203

8787

11682

16571

14542

MECHANICAL

-490

-640

318

222

38

THERMO-MECHANICAL

2625

2330

2509

3915

2569

SEMI-CHEMICAL

276

-40

46

639

764

CHEMICAL

9762

7114

8851

11795

11171

OTHER FIBRE PULP

2629

3506

3163

2510

1656

DISSOLVING PULP

7

131

344

486

149

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

29901

31123

29987

36922

30027

NEWSPRINT

3298

4066

2962

3900

2743

PRINTING AND WRITING

10378

11037

9717

14790

12716

OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

16225

16020

17308

18232

14568

TABLE 17: CAPACITY UTILIZATION FOR REPORTING COUNTRIES, 1996

Country

CAPACITY UTILIZATION
1996
%

WOOD PULP FOR PAPER & BOARD

PULP OF OTHERFIBRE FOR P. & B.:

DISSOLVING PULP

PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

AUSTRALIA

79.3

 


74.3

AUSTRIA

77.3

100.0

91.2

85.5

BRAZIL

88.2

54.0

81.6

83.0

CANADA

87.3

 


91.3

CHILE

97.0

 


90.0

COLOMBIA

71.4

64.2

 

76.8

CZECH REPUBLIC

66.3

200.0


73.8

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC


 


100.0

EL SALVADOR


 


100.0

FINLAND

79.4

 

 

85.3

FRANCE

75.6

100.0

 

79.2

GERMANY

94.8

 

83.7

92.1

HUNGARY


53.3

 

93.1

ITALY

87.2

87.9

 

88.1

JAPAN

75.1

100.0

41.2

93.1

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

84.9

 

 

84.2

MALAYSIA

85.0

 

 

97.7

MOROCCO

100.0

 

 

100.0

MYANMAR


100.0

 

105.9

NETHERLANDS

71.8

 

 

91.1

MEW ZEALAND

83.2

 

 

87.8

NORWAY

82.4

 

 

86.1

PAKISTAN


94.1

 

89.9

POLAND

87.3

 

64.2

84.7

PORTUGAL

91.4

 

 

85.0

SPAIN

79.7

43.6

 

85.2

SWEDEN

90.1

 

 

89.9

THAILAND

104.7

81.0

 

78.9

UNITED KINGDOM

75.0

.

.

91.6

UNITED STATES

94.4

85.5

95.0

90.9

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

4.5

7.1

 

4.9


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