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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
%

1987

1992

1997

2002

1987-1992

1992-1997

1997-2002

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

156

175

186

198

2.3

1.3

1.3


MECHANICAL

25

21

18

18

-3.3

-3.2

0.0


THERMO-MECHANICAL

14

23

28

30

10.5

4.5

1.3


SEMI-CHEMICAL

9

9

8

8

0.2

-3.9

0.6


CHEMICAL

107

120

132

142

2.4

1.9

1.5

OTHER FIBRE PULP

14

20

23

24 1

7.0

2.4

0.9

DISSOLVING PULP

5

5

4

4 1

-1.3

-5.0

-0.4

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

231

283

325

350

4.2

2.8

1.5


NEWSPRINT

33

38

40

43

3.1

1.2

1.1


PRINTING AND WRITING

63

84

101

111

5.9

3.6

2.0


OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

135

161

184

196

3.6

2.7

1.3

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


ANNUAL INCREASES
%

1997-1998

1998-1999

1999-2000

2000-2001

2001-2002

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

2.3

0.7

0.6

1.5

1.2


MECHANICAL

-1.0

0.6

0.8

-0.8

0.2


THERMO-MECHANICAL

3.3

0.9

0.6

1.4

0.1


SEMI-CHEMICAL

2.1

1.4

-0.4

0.1

0.0


CHEMICAL

2.5

0.7

0.7

1.9

1.6

OTHER FIBRE PULP

4.1

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

DISSOLVING PULP

-2.8

0.0

0.9

0.1

0.0

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

2.8

1.9

1.4

1.0

0.3


NEWSPRINT

2.3

1.2

1.4

0.6

0.3


PRINTING AND WRITING

3.4

2.3

1.9

1.9

0.6


OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

2.6

1.8

1.2

0.6

0.2

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


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

174642

186322

198324

11680

12002

1.3

1.3


DEVELOPED

158170

162281

167805

4111

5524

0.5

0.7



NORTH AMERICA

87615

89814

91065

2199

1251

0.5

0.3



EASTERN EUROPE

3057

2553

2996

-504

443

-3.5

3.3



EEC COUNTRIES

11512

10929

11554

-583

625

-1.0

1.1



NORDIC COUNTRIES

22891

26733

28597

3842

1864

3.2

1.4



OTHER W. EUROPE

2632

2845

2895

213

50

1.6

0.3



FORMER USSR

11088

9830

9777

-1258

-53

-2.4

-0.1



OCEANIA

2799

2818

3290

19

472

0.1

3.1



OTHERS

16576

16759

17631

183

872

0.2

1.0


DEVELOPING

16472

24041

30519

7569

6478

7.9

4.9



AFRICA

1136

1220

1235

84

15

1.4

0.2



LATIN AMERICA

9548

11363

15064

1815

3701

3.5

5.8



ASIA

5788

11458

14220

5670

2762

14.6

4.4

Fig. 1

TABLE 4: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF MECHANICAL


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

21199

18055

18031

3144

-24

3.2

0.0


DEVELOPED

18938

15817

15756

-3121

-61

-3.5

-0.1



NORTH AMERICA

7365

5175

5138

-2190

-37

-6.8

-0.1



EASTERN EUROPE

454

428

543

-26

115

-1.2

4.9



EEC COUNTRIES

2397

1913

1924

-484

11

-4.4

0.1



NORDIC COUNTRIES

3496

3487

3387

-9

-100

-0.1

-0.6



OTHER W. EUROPE

660

544

544

-116

0

-3.8

0.0



FORMER USSR

2220

2050

2050

-170

0

-1.6

0.0



OCEANIA

458

474

480

16

6

0.7

0.3



OTHERS

1888

1746

1690

-142

-56

-1.6

-0.6


DEVELOPING

2261

2238

2275

-23

37

-0.2

0.3



AFRICA

148

153

153

5

0

0.7

0.0



LATIN AMERICA

854

706

693

-148

-13

-3.7

-0.4



ASIA

1259

1379

1429

120

50

1.8

0.7

Fig. 2

TABLE 5: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF THERMOMECHANICAL


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-. 1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

22665

28179

30018

5514

1839

+4.5

1.3


DEVELOPED

21789

26956

28489

5167

1533

4.3

1.1



NORTH AMERICA

11982

13953

14409

1971

456

3.1

0.6



EASTERN EUROPE

0

0

200

0

200

.

.



EEC COUNTRIES

1474

2162

2164

688

2

8.0

0.0



NORDIC COUNTRIES

4852

7148

7820

2296

672

8.1

1.8



OTHER W. EUROPE

150

254

254

104

0

11.1

0.0



FORMER USSR

690

600

600

-90

0

-2.8

0.0



OCEANIA

703

834

836

131

2

3.5

0.0



OTHERS

1938

2005

2206

67

201

0.7

1.9


DEVELOPING

876

1223

1529

347

306

6.9

4.6



AFRICA

33

0

0

-33

0

.

.



LATIN AMERICA

516

770

1074

254

304

8.3

6.9



ASIA

327

453

455

126

2

6.7

0.1

Fig. 3

TABLE 6: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF SEMI-CHEMICAL


 

Capacity

Total increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

9362

7674

7917

1688

243

-3.9

0.6


DEVELOPED

8449

6733

6954

-1716

221

-4.4

0.6



NORTH AMERICA

4618

4363

4517

-255

154

-1.1

0.7



EASTERN EUROPE

319

295

315

-24

20

-1.6

1.3



EEC COUNTRIES

492

298

299

-194

1

-9.5

0.1



NORDIC COUNTRIES

965

368

410

-597

42

-18

2.2



OTHER W. EUROPE

68

68

68

0

0

0.0

0.0



FORMER USSR

640

400

400

-240

0

-9.0

0.0



OCEANIA

286

285

289

-1

4

-0.1

0.3



OTHERS

1061

656

656

-405

0

-9.2

0.0


DEVELOPING

913

941

963

28

22

0.6

0.5



AFRICA

34

92

92

58

0

22.0

0.0



LATIN AMERICA

344

321

341

-23

20

-1.4

1.2



ASIA

535

528

530

-7

2

-0.3

0.1

Fig. 4

TABLE 7: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF CHEMICAL


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

120409

132414

142358

12005

9944

1.9

1.5


DEVELOPED

108137

112775

116606

4638

3831

0.8

0.7



NORTH AMERICA

63650

66323

67001

2673

678

0.8

0.2



EASTERN EUROPE

2284

1830

1938

-454

108

-4.3

1.2



EEC COUNTRIES

6292

6556

7167

264

611

0.8

1.8



NORDIC COUNTRIES

13578

15730

16980

2152

1250

3.0

1.5



OTHER W. EUROPE

1754

1979

2029

225

50

2.4

0.5



FORMER USSR

7538

6780

6727

-758

-53

-2.1

-0.2



OCEANIA

1352

1225

1685

-127

460

-2.0

6.6



OTHERS

11689

12352

13079

663

727

1.1

1.2


DEVELOPING

12272

19639

25752

7367

6113

9.9

5.6



AFRICA

921

975

990

54

15

1.1

0.3



LATIN AMERICA

7684

9566

12956

1882

3390

4.5

6.3



ASIA

3667

9098

11806

5431

2708

19.9

5.3

Fig. 5

TABLE 8: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF OTHER FIBRE PULP


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

20278

22814

23810

2536

996

2.4

0.9


DEVELOPED

979

1285

1274

306

-11

5.6

-0.2



NORTH AMERICA

196

219

219

23

0

2.2

0.0



EASTERN EUROPE

146

78

108

-68

30

-12

6.7



EEC COUNTRIES

496

536

491

40

-45

1.6

-1.7



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

9

304

304

295

0

102

0.0



OTHERS

103

119

123

16

4

2.9

0.7


DEVELOPING

19299

21529

22536

2230

1007

2.2

0.9



AFRICA

157

195

195

38

0

4.4

0.0



LATIN AMERICA

1451

1215

1271

-236

56

-3.5

0.9



ASIA

17691

20119

21070

2428

951

2.6

0.9

Fig. 6

TABLE 9: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF DISSOLVING PULP


 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

4654

3605

3539

-1049

-66

-5.0

-0.4


DEVELOPED

3949

2511

2402

-1438

-109

-8.7

-0.9



NORTH AMERICA

1678

1159

1079

-519

-80

-7.1

-1.4



EASTERN EUROPE

237

89

89

-148

0

-18

0.0



EEC COUNTRIES

60

103

137

43

34

11.4

5.9



NORDIC COUNTRIES

165

0

0

-165

0

.

.



OTHER W. EUROPE

260

275

285

15

10

1.1

0.7



FORMER USSR

804

0

0

-804

0

.

.



OCEANIA

0

0

0

0

0

.

.



OTHERS

745

885

812

140

-73

3.5

-1.7


DEVELOPING

705

1094

1137

389

43

9.2

0.8



AFRICA

30

30

30

0

0

0.0

0.0



LATIN AMERICA

84

247

248

163

1

24.1

0.1



ASIA

591

817

859

226

42

6.7

1.0

Fig. 7

TABLE 10: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD


Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

283121

324905

349796

41784

24891

2.8

1.5


DEVELOPED

230029

252967

271250

22938

18283

1.9

1.4



NORTH AMERICA

100248

113505

118329

13257

4824

2.5

0.8



EASTERN EUROPE

5321

4408

5177

-913

769

-3.7

3.3



EEC COUNTRIES

46273

54585

61274

8312

6689

3.4

2.3



NORDIC COUNTRIES

22191

25756

28794

3565

3038

3.0

2.3



OTHER W. EUROPE

6279

7295

8140

1016

845

3.0

2.2



FORMER USSR

11302

7992

7947

-3310

-45

-6.7

-0.1



OCEANIA

3240

3524

4050

284

526

1.7

2.8



OTHERS

35175

35902

37539

727

1637

0.4

0.9


DEVELOPING

53092

71938

78546

18846

6608

6.3

1.8



AFRICA

1337

1451

1492

114

41

1.6

0.6



LATIN AMERICA

14603

16784

18740

2181

1956

2.8

2.2



ASIA

37152

53703

58314

16551

4611

7.6

1.7

Fig. 8

TABLE 11: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF NEWSPRINT


 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

37925

40321

42679

2396

2358

1.2

1.1


DEVELOPED

33902

34669

35943

767

1274

0.4

0.7



NORTH AMERICA

16693

16475

16363

-218

-112

-0.3

-0.1



EASTERN EUROPE

355

307

307

-48

0

-2.9

0.0



EEC COUNTRIES

3883

4621

5404

738

783

3.5

3.2



NORDIC COUNTRIES

4882

5171

5253

289

82

1.2

0.3



OTHER W. EUROPE

835

907

937

72

30

1.7

0.7



FORMER USSR

2118

2619

2619

501

0

4.3

0.0



OCEANIA

922

899

916

-23

17

-0.5

0.4



OTHERS

4214

3670

4144

-544

474

-2.7

2.5


DEVELOPING

4023

5652

6736

1629

1084

7.0

3.6



AFRICA

169

171

171

2

0

0.2

0.0



LATIN AMERICA

1342

1266

1620

-76

354

-1.2

5.1



ASIA

2512

4215

4945

1703

730

10.9

3.2

Fig. 9

TABLE 12: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF PRINTING AND WRITING


 

Capacity

Total Increase.

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

84170

100645

111191

16475

10546

3.6

2.0


DEVELOPED

69637

80266

89347

10629

9081

2.9

2.2



NORTH AMERICA

27239

30858

32914

3619

2056

2.5

1.3



EASTERN EUROPE

1406

1023

1451

-383

428

-6.2

7.2



EEC COUNTRIES

16803

19469

22424

2666

2955

3.0

2.9



NORDIC COUNTRIES

8704

11188

13163

2484

1975

5.1

3.3



OTHER W. EUROPE

2351

2857

3432

506

575

4.0

3.7



FORMER USSR

1430

1914

1914

484

0

6.0

0.0



OCEANIA

395

378

576

-17

198

-0.9

8.8



OTHERS

11309

12579

13473

1270

894

2.2

1.4


DEVELOPING

14533

20379

21844

5846

1465

7.0

1.4



AFRICA

365

394

406

29

12

1.5

0.6



LATIN AMERICA

3394

3814

4188

420

374

2.4

1.9



ASIA

10774

16171

17250

5397

1079

8.5

1.3

Fig. 10

TABLE 13: INCREASE IN CAPACITY OF OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD


 

Capacity

Total Increase

Annual Average Increase

1000 Metric tons

%

1992

1997

2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

1992-1997

1997-2002

WORLD TOTAL

161016

183939

195926

22923

11987

2.7

1.3


DEVELOPED

126490

138032

145960

11542

7928

1.8

1.1



NORTH AMERICA

56316

66172

69052

9856

2880

3.3

0.9



EASTERN EUROPE

3560

3078

3419

-482

341

-2.9

2.1



EEC COUNTRIES

25587

30495

33446

4908

2951

3.6

1.9



NORDIC COUNTRIES

8605

9397

10378

792

981

1.8

2.0



OTHER W. EUROPE

3093

3531

3771

438

240

2.7

1.3



FORMER USSR

7754

3459

3414

-4295

-45

-15

-0.3



OCEANIA

1923

2247

2558

324

311

3.2

2.6



OTHERS

19652

19653

19922

1

269

0.0

0.3


DEVELOPING

34526

45907

49966

11381

4059

5.9

1.7



AFRICA

793

886

915

93

29

2.2

0.6



LATIN AMERICA

9867

11704

12932

1837

1228

3.5

2.0



ASIA

23866

33317

36119

9451

2802

6.9

1.6

Fig. 11

TABLE 14: PULP AND PAPER CAPACITY RATIOS

(Historical)

Year

Percent

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

1997

64.4

(ESTIMATE)

1998

64.1

1999

63.4

2000

62.8

2001

63.0

2002

63.5

Fig. 12

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

1997-2002

209.1

324.9

13.0

24.9

TABLE 16: SURVEY ESTIMATES OF CAPACITY INCREASE BY MAJOR PRODUCTS


 

1000 Metric tons

Survey 1993-1998

Survey 1994-1999

Survey 1995-2000

Survey 1996-2001

Survey 1997-2002

TOTAL WOODPULP, PAPER GRADES

8787

11682

16571

14542

12002


MECHANICAL

-640

318

222

38

-24


THERMO-MECHANICAL

2330

2509

3915

2569

1839


SEMI-CHEMICAL

-40

46

639

764

243


CHEMICAL

7114

8851

11795

11171

9944

OTHER FIBRE PULP

3506

3163

2510

1656

996

DISSOLVING PULP

131

344

486

149

-66

TOTAL PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

31123

29987

36922

30027

24891


NEWSPRINT

4066

2962

3900

2743

2358


PRINTING AND WRITING

11037

9717

14790

12716

10546


OTHER PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

16020

17308

18232

14568

11987

TABLE 17: CAPACITY UTILIZATION, 1997

Country

CAPACITY UTILIZATION 1997
%

WOOD PULP FOR PAPER & BOARD

PULP OF OTHER FIBRE FOR P. & B.

DISSOLVING PULP

PAPER AND PAPERBOARD

AUSTRALIA

80.4

83.6

.

89.7

AUSTRIA

79.0

100.0

90.6

87.8

BANGLADESH

45.8

41.3

.

57.9

BRAZIL

89.1

55.4

67.5

85.2

CANADA

88.7

.

.

93.0

COLOMBIA

71.8

64.2

.

78.4

CZECH REPUBLIC

69.7

100.0

.

80.2

EL SALVADOR

.

.

.

98.2

FINLAND

86.9

.

.

93.6

FORMER USSR

38.3

.

.

41.7

GERMANY

103.1

.

58.1

94.3

HUNGARY

.

40.0

.

96.2

ITALY

89.4

84.8

.

89.7

JAPAN

75.6

125.0

38.8

93.2

JORDAN

.

.

.

100.0

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

70.6

.

.

81.3

MALAYSIA

86.7

.

.

96.6

MOROCCO

100.0

.

.

100.0

MYANMAR

.

109.1

.

111.8

NETHERLANDS

78.7

.

.

95.3

NEW ZEALAND

85.3

.

.

86.9

NORWAY

90.6

.

.

94.2

PAKISTAN

.

71.3

.

63.2

PORTUGAL

93.1

.

.

83.3

SOUTH AFRICA

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

SPAIN

86.5

24.8

.

86.3

SWAZILAND

100.0

.

.

.

SWEDEN

92.3

.

.

82.9

TUNISIA

.

88.9

.

100.0

UNITED KINGDOM

79.6

.

.

93.0

UNITED STATES

96.0

183.1

86.2

94.5

YUGOSLAVIA

5.8

3.6

.

8.9


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