Month inSTATISTICS  
   

 
  U.S. paper and board shipments in January totaled 7.79 million tons (unadjusted), down 7.9% from January 1998, according to the American Forest & Paper Assn. Total paper shipments were 3.76 million tons and paperboard was 4.05 million tons. Both segments were behind trend from January a year ago.

Canadian shipments of paper and board were 1.57 million metric tons in January, up 5.2% from the year-ago month, according to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Assn. Newsprint, uncoated groundwood, and containerboard shipments showed gains, while kraft paper and uncoated free-sheet were flat.

U.S. paper grade chemical market woodpulp production in January totaled 662,000 tons, down about 2% year-over-year. Canadian chemical paper grade pulp production in January was 1.18 million metric tons; a total of 827,000 metric tons was exported.

 

Please note: Starting with 1999, the Month in Statistics table has been revised to reflect actual year-to-date data, instead of an annualized rate.
Newsprint January 615 0.8 615 0.8
Uncoated groundwood (s) January 175 1.7 175 –3.8
Coated paper (s) January 724 –4.2 724 –4.3
Uncoated free-sheet 7 January 1,154 0.9 1,154 0.9
Other printing/writing 7 January 115 6.0 115 –1.1
Total packaging and other paper January n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Tissue January n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Total paper January 3,768 –0.3 3,740 –1.0
Unbleached kraft paperboard January 1,798 –13.1 1,798 –13.0
Semichemical medium January 478 –12.9 478 –13.0
Bleached paperboard January 431 –7.9 5,525 –0.4
Recycled paperboard January 1,327 0.5 1,327 0.5
Total paperboard January 4,058 –7.9 4,058 –7.9
Total paper and paperboard 5 January 7,798 –0.4 7,798 –4.7
Total woodpulp production January 5,099 –9.1 5,099 –9.3
Market pulp production January 662 –4.5 662 –2.3
Wastepaper consumptionat paper/board mills January 3,152 –3.3 36,411 0.5
Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2) 6 January 32.213 0.6 395.495 0.6
Containerboard inventories at mills/plants January 2,607 –2.7 32,342 –0.9
U.S. paper imports (including products) December 1,389 5.6 16,577 6.1
Imports of Canadian newsprint December 580 4.9 6,619 –4.6
U.S. paper exports (including products) December 921 –12.7 12,189 –7.2
Exports of unbleached kraft liner December 258 –28.1 3,633 –17.9
Exports of woodpulp December 43 –17.6 451 3.7
Total newsprint shipments 6(metric tons) January 732 7.3 732 7.3
Operating rates, % January 96 89 96 89
Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 January 1,297 –1.7    
Woodpulp shipments 6 January 827 15.2 827 15.2
Operating rates, % January 96 84 96 84
(s) = Shipments. n.a. = not available. 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.
Look back at statistics for each of the previous months from Pulp & Paper magazine
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May 1999 January 1999
April 1999 December 1998
March 1999 November 1998
February 1999 October 1998
January 1999 September 1998
December 1998 August 1998
November 1998 July 1998
October 1998 June 1998
September 1998 May 1998
August 1998 April 1998
July 1998 March 1998
June 1998 February 1998
May 1998 February 1998
April 1998 December 1997
March 1998 November 1997
February 1998 October 1997