| Table 6. Leading Users of Nonwood Fibers in Papermaking | |||||||
| Country | Nonwood Pulping Capacity 1993 | Nonwood Pulping Capacity 1998 (estimate) | Nonwood Raw Materials 1998 (estimate) | Wheat and Rice Straw Pulping Capacity 1998 | |||
| Capacity (Oye 1991) | % of Total Pulping Capacity (Oye 1991) | Capacity (Oye 1991) | % of Total Pulping Capacity (Oye 1991) | Raw Material Capacity (Paperloop) | % of National Capacity (Paperloop) | Pulping Capacity | |
| ('000 tonnes) | (%) | ('000 tonnes) | (%) | ('000 tons/yr) | (%) | ('000 tons/yr) | |
| China | 15,246 | 86.9 | 16,830 | 84.3 | 17,672 | 84.2 | 9,702 |
| India | 1,307 | 55.5 | 2,001 | 61.3 | 2,000 | 61.3 | 296 |
| Pakistan | 415 | 100 | 415 | 100 | 491 | 100 | 260 |
| Mexico | 321 | 29.2 | 324 | 29.3 | 230 | 24.1 | - |
| Peru | 298 | 95.2 | 296 | 95.2 | 50 | 100 | - |
| Indonesia | 267 | 22.1 | 267 | 10.1 | 86 | 1.4 | 21 |
| Colombia | 218 | 45.1 | 218 | 37.2 | 217 | 46.8 | - |
| Thailand | 209 | 100 | 509 | 100 | 158 | 27.5 | 3 |
| Brazil | 196 | 3.1 | 238 | 3.3 | 139 | 1.9 | - |
| Venezuela | 185 | 75.2 | 187 | 75.4 | 255 | 68.0 | - |
| United States | 179 | 0.3 | 204 | 0.3 | 380 | 0.6 | - |
| Greece | 150 | 85.7 | 160 | 84.2 | 155 | 83.8 | 15 |
| Spain | 140 | 7.9 | 141 | 7.7 | 140 | 7.3 | 125 |
| Argentina | 140 | 14.6 | 140 | 12.8 | 140 | 12.8 | - |
| Egypt | 127 | 100 | 127 | 100 | 127 | 100 | 67 |
| Italy | 120 | 13.3 | 120 | 13.3 | 165 | 26.0 | 20 |
| Cuba | 108 | 100 | 108 | 100 | 108 | 100 | - |
| Turkey | 103 | 16.5 | 103 | 16.5 | 191 | 27.4 | 187 |
| Vietnam | - | - | - | - | 100 | 38.0 | 6 |
| France | - | - | - | - | 150 | 4.0 | - |
| South Africa | - | - | - | - | 115 | 7.1 | - |
| Iraq | - | - | - | - | 101 | 100 | - |
| Iran | - | - | - | - | 90 | 25.0 | 30 |
| Australia | - | - | - | - | 255 | 18.1 | - |
| Romania | - | - | - | - | - | - | 64 |
| Denmark | - | - | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Hungary | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Yugoslavia (former) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Kenya | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Cambodia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| World | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10,961 |
| - | Source: Oye et al., 1991 | Paperloop Nonwood Raw Materials | Paperloop Wheat and Rice Straw | ||||
| Compiled by Fiber Futures and Conservatree | - | Source: Atchison, J.E., "Progress in the Global Use of Nonwood Plant Fibers and Prospects for Their Greater Use in the Future." Inpaper International, Apr-Jun 1998, pg 21 | |||||