Production of case materials fell 0.721% to 163,210,581 kt in the World in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of case materials in the World reached an all time high of 164,395,847 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 76,641,133 kt in 1998. When compared to World's main peers, production of case materials in China amounted to 42,500,000 kt, 8,576,000 kt in Germany, 9,766,000 kt in Japan and 34,692,235 kt in USA in 2018.
World has been ranked th within the group of 81 countries we follow in terms of production of case materials.
| Production of Case Materials | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 978,490 | 1,011,334 | 1,021,991 | 1,052,448 | 1,231,961 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 195,000 | 203,000 | 198,645 | 305,009 | 298,950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 1,865,000 | 1,900,000 | 1,882,000 | 2,114,000 | 2,250,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 43,350,000 | 44,700,000 | 45,750,000 | 47,200,000 | 42,500,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 3,024,000 | 3,369,000 | 3,447,000 | 3,525,700 | 3,482,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 7,638,000 | 7,693,000 | 7,919,000 | 8,334,000 | 8,575,947 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 5,308,000 | 5,685,000 | 6,089,000 | 6,522,000 | 6,985,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 9,096,000 | 9,187,000 | 9,364,000 | 9,682,000 | 9,766,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 2,406,000 | 2,756,000 | 3,014,000 | 3,116,000 | 3,265,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,010,528 | 2,068,403 | 2,199,915 | 2,261,607 | 2,353,104 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 3,596,000 | 3,620,000 | 3,986,273 | 4,065,572 | 4,387,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 4,544,000 | 4,677,000 | 4,853,000 | 4,932,000 | 5,039,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 32,084,000 | 32,545,000 | 32,431,551 | 33,438,980 | 34,691,662 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | kt | 151,448,719 | 155,749,121 | 159,279,996 | 164,395,765 | 163,139,842 |
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