NEWSPRINT CONSUMPTION
A study of world newsprint consumption produces some interesting features. A very noticeable, though not unexpected finding, is the predominance of the English-speaking nations ns users of newsprint. The United States has the highest per capita consumption in the world. Australia, where population is almost wholly English speaking, is second, some distance below the United Stales figure. Great Britain stands third, followed closely by Canada. New Zealand and South Africa (white population of latter only) respectively, complete the six leading world consumers of newsprint on a per capita basis. Less than 10 per cent of Canadian production is absorbed in the domestic market, the remainder being produced for export, with the United States as the chief consumer. Newsprint consumption figures on European Russia are revealing. The total consumption of 125,000,000 people in the one-time land of the Czars is scarcely more than half that of Canada, with a population of approximately 11,000,000.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1941, Page 2
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154NEWSPRINT CONSUMPTION Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1941, Page 2
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