The industry is dominated by North American (United States and Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden, and North-West Russia) and East Asian countries (such as East Siberian Russia, China, Japan, and South Korea). Australasia and Brazil also have significant pulp and paper enterprises. The industry is also significantly present in a number of European countries including Germany, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland, The United States had been the world's leading producer of paper until it was overtaken by China in 2009.[1]