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Pulp and paper industry

An International Paper mill in South Carolina

The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Sweden, Finland) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries. Both Russia and China are expected to be key in the industry's growth over the next few years.

According to the 2003 PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Forest & Paper Industry Survey, the top 20 forest and paper products companies were:

Rank	Company	Country	2002 Net Sales (US$M)	2002 Net Income (Loss) (US$M)
1	International Paper	US	24,976	(880)
2	Georgia-Pacific	US	23,271	(735)
3	Weyerhaeuser	US	16,771	16
4	Kimberly-Clark	US	13,566	1,675
5	Stora Enso	Finland	12,090	(211)
6	Procter & Gamble (Paper)	US	11,877	954
7	UPM-Kymmene	Finland	9,907	520
8	Nippon Unipac	Japan	9,696	(5)
9	Oji Paper	Japan	9,635	(142)
10	SCA	Sweden	9,091	588
11	Metsaliitto	Finland	8,387	118
12	Smurfit-Stone	US	7,483	65
13	Boise	US	7,412	11
14	MeadWestvaco	US	7,242	(389)
15	Anglo American plc (Mondi)	UK	4,805	345
16	Jefferson Smurfit	Ireland	4,455	93
17	Worms & Cie	France	4,186	180
18	Amcor	Australia	4,071	463
19	Asia Pulp & Paper (est)	Singapore	4,000	(1,450)
20	Sappi	South Africa	3,729	220

11-30-2008 18:11:33
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