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FEBRUARY 1997 · Volume 71, Issue 2
PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION1
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% change |
Annualized |
% change |
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Oct. |
from |
year-to-date |
from |
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(000 short tons) |
year ago |
(000 short tons) |
year ago
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| Newsprint |
609 |
0.7 |
6,916 |
-1.0
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| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
172 |
0.6 |
2,023 |
-5.1
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| Coated paper (s) |
760 |
6.6 |
7,920 |
11.8
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| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
1,126 |
8.8 |
13,411 |
0.7
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| Other printing/writing 7 |
136 |
12.4 |
1,475 |
-12.3
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| Total packaging and other paper |
387 |
0.5 |
4,421 |
2.1
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| Tissue |
541 |
3.2 |
6,235 |
1.1
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| Total paper |
3,730 |
4.3 |
42,402 |
-2.4
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| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
1,969 |
3.8 |
22,220 |
-4.0
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| Semichemical medium |
497 |
11.7 |
5,510 |
-4.9
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| Bleached paperboard |
418 |
-0.2 |
5,179 |
-3.0
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| Recycled paperboard |
1,307 |
19.9 |
14,678 |
12.2
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| Total paperboard |
4,191 |
8.8 |
47,587 |
0.5
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| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
7,921 |
6.7 |
89,989 |
-0.9 |
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PULP, WASTEPAPER, AND FIBER2
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% change |
Annualized |
% change |
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Oct. |
from |
year-to-date |
from |
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(000 short tons) |
year ago |
(000 short tons) |
year ago
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Total woodpulp
production |
5,462 |
-1.2 |
64,239 |
-3.4 |
| Market pulp production |
706 |
-12.3 |
8,374 |
-8.0 |
Wastepaper consumption
at paper/board mills |
2,774 |
3.9 |
N.A. |
-1.0 |
CONVERTED PRODUCTS STATISTICS3
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% change |
Annualized |
% change |
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Oct. |
from |
year-to-date |
from |
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(000 short tons) |
year ago |
(000 short tons) |
year ago
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Corrugated box shipments
(billion ft2) 6 |
32.325 |
-4.3 |
320.697 |
1.7 |
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Containerboard inventories
at mills/plants |
Oct. 31/ 2,790 |
-9.6 |
- |
- |
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2
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% change |
Annualized |
% change |
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from |
year-to-date |
from |
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(000 short tons) |
year ago |
(000 short tons) |
year ago
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| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
Sept./1,201 |
1.6 |
13,994 |
-10.0 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
Sept./ 547 |
-8.4 |
6,770 |
-12.4 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
Sept./1,063 |
31.1 |
11,894 |
5.9 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
Sept./338 |
42.6 |
3,772 |
2.3 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
Oct./537 |
-13.4 |
6,526 |
-13.4 |
CANADIAN STATISTICS 4 (reported in metric tons)
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% change |
Annualized |
% change |
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from |
year-to-date |
from |
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(000 short tons) |
year ago |
(000 short tons) |
year ago
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| Total newsprint shipments 6 |
Oct./789 |
2.6 |
7,195 |
-6.4 |
| Operating rates, % |
Oct./96 |
98 |
91 |
96 |
| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
Oct. 31/964 |
-15.4 |
- |
- |
| Woodpulp shipments 6 |
Oct./839 |
-2.3 |
8,273 |
-3.2 |
| Operating rates, % |
Oct./89 |
87 |
89 |
94 |
1. American Forest & Paper Assn. 2. AF&PA, Bureau of Census, American Pulpwood Assn. 3. Fibre Box Assn., Paperboard Packaging Council. 4. Canadian Pulp and Paper Assn. 5. Includes construction and wet machine grades. 6. Not annualized. 7. Categories have been revised: thin papers, previously included under the "other printing/writing" category, is now part of uncoated free-sheet. "Other printing/writing" now encompasses only bristols and cotton fiber papers. (s) = Shipments. N.A.=not available.
    
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