The European pulp and paper industry supplies a quarter of the global market. It employs 225 000 people in 950 mills and 520 companies, and adds €16 billion per year to the European economy. The industry is part of the much larger forest-based sector, which has 200 000 companies, employs 1.9 million people and adds €75 billion to the EU economy. For the most part the sector uses raw materials from Europe.
