The United States has always been the world's largest consumer of paper and paperboard. In 1995, the consumption of paper and board in the United States was 86.4 million tons, which was increased to 93 million tons in 2000. In 2004, it reached 92.3 million tons, but it was reduced to less than 90 million tons in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. 90.50 million tons. U.S. paper and board production increased from 80.87 million tons to 84.07 million tons from 2002 to 2006, with a total increase of 4%. The average annual growth rate was less than 1%. In 2006, the output of paper and board in the United States was 84.073 million tons, of which 33.664 million tons were papers, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year; and the cardboard was 50.409 million tons, an increase of 1.4%.
Since 1997, China has become the world's second largest consumer of paper and paperboard. The consumption of paper and paperboard in China increased from 26.5 million tons in 1995 to 37 million tons in 2000, 42 million tons in 2002, 54.40 million tons in 2004 and 59.30 million tons in 2005, respectively. In 2006, the consumption of paper and board in China increased to 66 million tons, including 16,101 tons of printing and writing paper, 3.44 million tons of newsprint, 4.36 million tons of household paper, 5.38 million tons of packaging paper, 972 million tons of white paperboard, and cardboard. 12.5 million tons, 11.93 million tons of corrugated paper, 1.31 million tons of special paper and board, and 1.35 million tons of other paper and board. China's paper and board production increased from 43 million tons to 65 million tons between 2002 and 2006, a total increase of 51%, an average annual increase of 10.9%.
The consumption of Japanese paper and paperboard in recent years is over 30 million tons, which was 30.3 million tons in 1995, 31.7 million tons in 1997, and increased to 32.1 million tons in 2000, and was reduced to 31.5 million tons in 2001 and 2002. 31.15 million tons. In 2003, 2004 and 2005, Japan’s paper and paperboard consumption rebounded 31.51 million tons, 31.84 million tons and 31.98 million tons in successive years. In 2006, it increased to 32 million tons, of which paper consumption was 19.57 million tons and the consumption of cardboard paper was 12.48 million tons. Japan's paper and paperboard production increased from 30.65 million tons to 31.11 million tons between 2002 and 2006. The total increase was only 1.5%, and the average annual growth rate was only 0.4%.
The country with more than 10 million tons of paper and paperboard consumption is Germany's 20.86 million tons, UK's 12.34 million tons, Italy's 11.69 million tons and France's 10.91 million tons. In the 20 largest paper and board consumption countries (regions) in the world, there are 7 in Asia, 9 in Europe, 2 in North America, and 2 in Central and South America.
The world's per capita consumption of paper and paperboard is 56.3 kg. While Asia’s total paper and paperboard consumption ranks first in the world, the per capita consumption is only 35.3 kg, which is far below the 293 kg in North America and 132.5 kg in Europe (2005).
The world’s per capita consumption of paper and paperboard is among the top 20 countries and regions, with 14 in Europe and 3 in Asia. There are two in North America and one in Oceania. There are four countries with a per capita paper and board consumption of more than 300 kilograms, namely 488 kilograms in Luxembourg, 361 kilograms in Belgium, 330 kilograms in Finland and 301 kilograms in the United States. The per capita paper and board consumption is 12 in countries and regions ranging from 200 to 300 grams.