The line chart illustrates the production of paper, wood pulp, and sawn wood in the UK between 1980 and 2000.
As is observed, in the UK, except for paper and packaging, the forest industry’s output was trending downward. Moreover, paper and packaging were produced the most in the forest industry.
Starting at 230 million tons in 1980, paper and packaging stood as the most produced goods in the UK, then steadily increased to 250 million tons until 1990. With the same starting year as paper and packaging, both wood pulp and sawn wood stood at 200 million tons and 170 million tons, respectively, before falling to 150 million tons in 1990.
Paper and packaging not only experienced a rapid increase from 1990 but also reached the highest point of 350 million tons in 2000. The period between 1990 and 2000 witnessed a gradual decline in sawn wood and the figure finally bottomed at 130 million tons —the least manufactured goods of the forest industry; in contrast, wood pulp increased slightly from 150 million tons to 160 million tons, almost the same as the original figure.