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Production of Case Materials

Based on a comparison of 82 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in production of case materials with 42,500,000 kt followed by USA and Japan. On the other end of the scale was Jordan with 300 kt, Madagascar with 640 kt and Ethiopia with 1,000 kt.

Total production of case materials reached 163,210,581 kt in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.726% less than in the previous year and 24% more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total production of case materials reached an all time high of 164,395,847 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 76,641,133 kt in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to 3.85% since 1998.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 26.0 % of production of case materials in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 53.3 % share while the ten largest countries some 75.5% in 2018.

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Country	Unit	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Albania	kt	...	...								...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Argentina	kt															241,000	311,000	277,000	334,000	727,000
Armenia	kt	...	...	...			...	...						...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Australia	kt															1,961,000	1,843,000	1,861,000	1,917,000	2,097,000
Austria	kt															1,047,743	972,154	978,490	1,011,334	1,021,991
Azerbaijan	kt	...	...	...				...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	2,400	5,000
Bangladesh	kt															8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000
Belarus	kt															300	56,800	62,900	48,962	42,374
Belgium	kt	...	...													171,000	300,000	195,000	203,000	198,645
Bhutan	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000
Bolivia	kt	...	...													41,000	40,550	43,350	44,700	...	...	...
Bosnia and Herzegovina	kt	...	...	...	...	...					...					12,000	11,000	8,700	10,310	11,720
Brazil	kt															4,055,000	4,314,000	4,298,000	4,428,000	4,427,000
Bulgaria	kt															91,073	90,000	93,133	96,000	91,029
Canada	kt															1,664,000	1,742,000	1,865,000	1,900,000	1,882,000
Chile	kt															429,000	427,000	412,700	436,300	390,600
China	kt															41,000,000	40,550,000	43,350,000	44,700,000	45,750,000
Colombia	kt															389,695	402,883	427,557	447,332	464,697
Costa Rica	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	136,946	130,251	130,251
Croatia	kt															142,000	138,240	153,282	158,549	108,779
Cuba	kt															11,400	10,600	11,900	10,000	6,300
Czech Republic	kt															271,000	166,000	174,400	182,982	184,338
Denmark	kt															210,524	210,520	210,520	22,000	23,000
Dominican Republic	kt															58,000	58,000	58,000	58,000	58,000
Ecuador	kt															62,000	62,000	62,000	62,000	62,000
Egypt	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000	150,000
Ethiopia	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...				1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
European Union	kt															24,735	26,042	26,143	26,765	...	...	...
Finland	kt															758,000	798,967	652,134	667,832	708,822
France	kt															2,930,515	2,765,651	3,024,000	3,369,000	3,447,000
Germany	kt															7,319,000	7,557,000	7,638,000	7,693,000	7,919,000
Greece	kt															165,000	165,000	165,000	165,000	165,000
Guatemala	kt															8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000
Honduras	kt															62,000	62,000	62,000	62,000	62,000
Hong Kong	kt	...	...													180	180	180	180	...	...	...
Hungary	kt															611,000	675,000	675,000	700,927	727,307
India	kt															3,164,000	3,898,000	5,308,000	5,685,000	6,089,000
Indonesia	kt															2,416,000	2,416,000	3,089,000	3,156,000	3,211,000
Iraq	kt															3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000
Iran	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	165,000	165,000	165,000	165,000	165,000
Ireland	kt															45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000
Israel	kt															202,000	202,000	202,000	202,000	202,000
Italy	kt															2,119,100	2,337,183	2,316,311	2,396,077	2,362,000
Japan	kt															8,637,000	8,805,000	9,096,000	9,187,000	9,364,000
Jordan	kt	...	...	...												300	300	300	300	300
Kazakhstan	kt	...								...	...	...	...	...	...	...	68,476	66,523	66,523	66,523
Kenya	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...						...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Kuwait	kt	...	...													20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Kyrgyzstan	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...						...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Latvia	kt															27,467	27,470	28,000	33,000	8,187
Lebanon	kt															36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000
Lithuania	kt															95,500	93,400	96,700	99,859	84,220
Macedonia	kt															12,000	12,000	12,000	15,000	15,000
Madagascar	kt															400	32,532	27,512	50,238	297
Malaysia	kt															1,100,000	1,030,000	930,000	930,000	930,000
Mexico	kt															2,261,000	2,396,000	2,406,000	2,756,000	3,014,000
Moldova	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							...	...	...	...	1,000		...
Netherlands	kt															904,000	936,000	934,000	939,000	979,000
New Zealand	kt															404,825	408,000	410,123	411,000	408,000
Norway	kt															87,000	23,000	28,000	28,000	26,000
Pakistan	kt	...	...													106,000	106,000	106,000	106,000	106,000
Paraguay	kt															11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000
Peru	kt															39,787	44,314	42,712	43,140	48,147
Philippines	kt															460,000	506,000	506,000	506,000	607,000
Poland	kt															1,689,256	1,904,602	2,010,528	2,068,403	2,199,915
Portugal	kt															395,387	393,947	386,400	395,700	378,100
Romania	kt															159,000	173,000	184,565	222,260	227,037
Russia	kt															3,233,000	3,366,000	3,596,000	3,620,000	3,986,273
Saudi Arabia	kt	...	...	...												844,000	844,000	844,000	844,000	844,000
Serbia	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							72,000	99,000	108,000	111,000	114,000
Slovakia	kt															17,000	16,000	15,000	62,110	63,700
Slovenia	kt				...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
South Africa	kt															1,194,000	1,197,699	1,154,191	1,252,986	1,314,812
South Korea	kt															4,037,000	4,381,000	4,544,000	4,677,000	4,853,000
Spain	kt															2,525,805	3,041,000	2,833,900	2,897,300	2,879,700
Sri Lanka	kt															8,500	8,500	8,500	8,500	8,500
Swaziland	kt	...	...													39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000
Sweden	kt															1,914,000	1,933,000	2,065,000	2,095,000	2,168,000
Switzerland	kt															323,473	323,718	353,336	377,202	388,900
Syria	kt															1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Taiwan	kt															2,302	2,283	2,283	2,283	...	...	...
Thailand	kt															2,545,000	2,443,000	2,443,000	2,712,000	2,782,000
Tunisia	kt															79,000	79,000	79,000	79,000	79,000
Turkey	kt	...														1,151,000	1,202,000	1,073,088	1,080,491	1,091,587
Ukraine	kt															367,970	683,900	683,900	683,900	683,900
United Arab Emirates	kt	...	...													184,000	184,000	184,000	184,000	184,000
United Kingdom	kt															1,126,620	1,303,359	1,268,153	1,333,638	1,266,947
USA	kt															31,174,000	31,595,265	32,084,000	32,545,000	32,431,551
Uruguay	kt															2,000	2,000	1,200	2,200	2,000
Uzbekistan	kt	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...		1,300	1,300	1,300	1,300	30,732
Venezuela	kt															109,815	109,815	109,815	109,815	109,815
Zimbabwe	kt	...	...										...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
World	kt															141,830,755	145,275,595	151,448,719	155,749,121	159,279,996

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