Production of case materials rose 3.75% to 34,692,235 kt in the USA in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, production of case materials in the USA reached an all time high of 34,692,235 kt in 2018 and an all time low of 27,469,000 kt in 1998. When compared to USA's main peers, production of case materials in Canada amounted to 2,250,000 kt, 42,500,000 kt in China, 9,766,000 kt in Japan and 3,265,000 kt in Mexico in 2018.
USA has been ranked 2nd within the group of 81 countries we follow in terms of production of case materials, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Australia | kt | 1,861,000 | 1,917,000 | 2,097,000 | 2,107,000 | 2,124,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | 62,000 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 1,268,153 | 1,333,638 | 1,266,947 | 1,361,966 | 1,340,147 |
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