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U.S. paper and paperboard production in June of 8.03 million tons was up a fractional 0.2% (unadjusted) compared with year-ago levels. Paper production was flat at 3.77 million tons while paperboard was up 0.5% to 4.26 million tons. U.S. market pulp shipments in June were 732,000 tons, up 3.3 %.
Newsprint production was off 2.4% vs a year ago for the first six months of 1999. Printing/writing paper shipments increased a tiny 0.4% through June.
Fiber box shipments, as measured by the Fibre Box Assn., were up 2.1% during the first half of 1999 compared with a year ago, but up 1.2% on an average-week basis. Folding box board production for domestic use was 4.3% ahead of year-ago levels for the January through June period, paced by an 11.3% increase in unbleached kraft.
In Canada, woodpulp production was at 1.99 million mtons in June, a slight 0.2% increase over June 1998. Year-to-date production through June was up 4%. Newsprint shipments were up 1% for the six months and the operating rate for June was 89%. Total paper and paperboard production for June was 1.58 million mtons, up 2% over last year.
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Latest month (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
Annualized year-to-date (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
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| Newsprint |
June |
584 |
–2.4 |
3,525 |
–2.4 |
| Coated groundwood(s) |
June
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170 |
0.0 |
946 |
–2.7 |
| Coated paper (s) |
June |
842 |
0.0 |
4,610 |
–1.0 |
| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
June |
1,126 |
0.0 |
6,814 |
2.2 |
| Other printing/writing 7 |
June |
127 |
0.0 |
751 |
–1.8 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
June |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tissue |
June |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Total paper |
June |
3,776 |
0.0 |
22,196 |
0.3 |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
June |
1,913 |
–4.9 |
11,523 |
–3.1 |
| Semichemical medium |
June |
481 |
–0.8 |
2,857 |
–3.8 |
| Bleached paperboard |
June |
493 |
4.0 |
2,830 |
1.7 |
| Recycled paperboard |
June |
1,375 |
8.4 |
8,017 |
6.0 |
| Total paperboard |
June |
4,261 |
0.5 |
25,228 |
0.1 |
| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
June |
8,037 |
0.3 |
47,423 |
0.2 |
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| Total woodpulp production |
June |
5,295 |
1.0 |
31,046 |
–3.2 |
| Market pulp production |
June |
698 |
–4.0 |
4,040 |
–0.3 |
| Wastepaper consumptionat paper/board mills |
June |
3,061 |
2.1 |
18,376 |
0.1 |
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| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2) 2 |
June |
33,944 |
–0.4 |
199,751 |
2.3 |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants (actual) |
June |
2,528 |
–13.7 |
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| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
May |
1,465 |
1.7 |
7,257 |
5.2 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
May |
551 |
–5.0 |
2,834 |
0.0 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
May |
947 |
–9.3 |
4,945 |
–9.6 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
May |
274 |
–9.0 |
1,462 |
–19.2 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
May |
492 |
–3.3 |
2,482 |
–10.0 |
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| Total newsprint shipments 6 (mtons) |
June |
767 |
–1.9 |
4,513 |
1.2 |
| Operating rates, % |
June |
89 |
0.0 |
94 |
3.3 |
| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
June |
1,295 |
–7.4 |
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| Woodpulp shipments 6 (mtons) |
June |
849 |
8.7 |
5,161 |
6.0 |
| Operating rates, % |
June |
92 |
4.5 |
93 |
9.4 |
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| (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. |
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