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Top 20 Global Importers of Recovered Paper by Country and Year 2007-2017
Key Figures
  • 57243891 Metric Tons Recovered Paper imported in 2015
  • 56867666 Metric Tons Recovered Paper imported in 2016
  • 57383130 Metric Tons Recovered Paper imported in 2017
Import Statistic Data
Importers20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017
China2256211024205826275017072435235127278635300671452923677427518476292836492849851125716582
Germany30255513164258286087236247644108603402167239073643954795400118042857334543913
India17821771739619216168519629832079101230372725311673187792308892131775683280683
Netherlands24493102568851137627029287253193646293139927390202383691261813327487073250333
Indonesia22248232080390228465624124622323760229248822164242280384169235120210512192203
Spain1277484117072892118612791881154169122626315445861505165162754716383231525263
Rep. of Korea11821081306820112182713559901530872146715015894861547289154229215622581459811
Mexico20657611429525140801214780181414239130486312592741407736138480015311751076687
Austria13164471288989117297712996711387955128485512122401162476122668712790271210376
Thailand10158351217338969850102385792398199983385830185651311330751086867
Belgium1315999147389016437481454905145619113115311335797114754810891021069313909540
France9807199484007876868773128864477495167715299406991015194977765986729
Canada798143716081300088711534911543992497817785787768712125806420897704
Viet Nam19444751764051131424110575848023791205258721825628656736422762639799710
Taiwan4040125258672896235911625567003841964505566374536482327128261800878
Poland9827198341225626405685585960308648897904948458215860127089331105864
Sweden85291424017843264677306645392984457695518191444857479079412530
Turkey7776488417288943651059611976319871241612446618816462590454577398199
Hungary289198482782246115965719225250180068183834301404450913753444
Switzerland3949817188103115359743390415415333442558428249398172433586462764
Rest of the World44145684024671348731145660755701488447045641464853914857401645330352394599917

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