The line chart illustrates how to produce paper, wood pulp and sawn-wood in the UK over a period of 20 years starting from 1980.
Overall, it is clear that while the number of production of paper and packaging increased significantly, the opposite was true for sawn-wood and wood pulp. Also, the figure of paper was the highest during the period.
Starting at under 240 million tonnes in 1980, the number of production of paper and packaging grew steadily to reach a peak at 250 million after 10 years, before the figure witnessed a substantially upward trend afterwards and hit the highest peak at around 350 million in 2000.
In contrast, there were opposite trends in the manufacture of sawn-wood and wood pulp over the first 10 years beginning at around 200 and 150 million, respectively, before decreasing gradually by 50 and roughly 20 million in 1990. During the last 10-year period, after the slight decline from 1980 to 1990, the proportion of production of wood pulp witnessed a minimal rise of approximately 10 million in 2000; nevertheless, that for sawn-wood went down moderately and hitting the lowest point from 150 to just under 130 million in the final year.