Paper: monthly producer price index (PPI) in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2024

This statistic shows the monthly output Producer Price Index (PPI) of paper and paper products in the United Kingdom, from January 2016 to March 2024. After a period of fluctuation, the output price for paper and products in the UK has risen substantially between March 2017 and February 2019, declined throughout the rest of 2019 and 2020, and rapidly started to increase again from March 2021 to February 2023. Most recently, the PPI began to decrease again, measuring at 129.1 in March 2024. 

Paper production in the United Kingdom

The paper production industry is an important contributor to the United Kingdom's economy. In 2022, the UK produced nearly three and half metric tons' worth of paper products. The same year, the most produced type of paper was corrugated case materials, widely used in the form of cardboard boxes.

Paper consumption around the world

The United Kingdom is among some of of the world's largest consumers of paper and paperboard by volume, consuming 7.2 million metric tons of paper and paperboard in 2022, slightly less than the 8.3 million metric tons consumed in France. China consumes more paper and paperboard than any other country, consuming over 130 million metric tons of paper and paperboard, compared with the 63.9 million metric tons consumed by the United States, the next highest nation by consumption of paper and paperboard.