Band 6+: The graph below shows the change in production (Million Tonnes) of three products in the forest industry in a European country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart illustrates how much timber, pulp, and paper were created by a particular region in Europe from 1980 to 2000.

Clearly, there was an increase in the rate of production of the three forest products over a 20-year period. Meanwhile, timber was massively manufactured at the beginning, but it was overtaken by paper, which consistently surged in the period of twenty years.

In more detail, 6 million tonnes of timber was generated in 1980, which were 2 million tonnes and approximately 4 million tonnes higher compared to pulp and paper production, respectively. It is also noticeable how the production of timber peaked at about 9 million tonnes in 1985, while those of pulp and paper landed on the same spot at roughly 5 million tonnes.

Also, despite an irregular rising and falling in quantity for two decades, all three products displayed an increasing tendency, wherein that of timber increased to about 7 million tonnes and pulp’s to 6 million tonnes in 2000. In contrast, only paper production consistently grew and peaked in the same year at 10 million tonnes after it experienced a crossover with that of timber at about 7 million tonnes in around 1992