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There are xx employees in the Global Paper & Pulp Mills industry in Global, which is expected to decline at xx% over the next five years. Paper and pulp mills produce a variety of bulk paper, paperboard and pulp input materials using woodchips, clay, lime, dyes, chemical resins, bleaches and other inputs. Pulp mills separate cellulose fibers from wood and other recyclable materials to make pulp and paper mills use this pulp to manufacture paper products. Some paper mills manufacture paper and paperboard through their own separate pulp mill processes while others choose to purchase pulp from upstream pulp mills.
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There is 1,468,148 people employed in the Global Paper & Pulp Mills as of 2026.
The number of people employed in the Global Paper & Pulp Mills declined -1.3% on average over the five years between 2021 and 2026.
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The average Global Paper & Pulp Mills business is 153.8 employees.
The average business in the Global Paper & Pulp Mills now employs less workers than it did five years ago.
The revenue per employee for the average business in the Global Paper & Pulp Mills has decreased in the last five years.