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U.S. paper and paperboard production for the seven months through July was essentially flat with the same period in 1998 and totaled 55.49 million tons. Paperboard production was 29.55 million tons and paper was 25.93 million. July shipments of both paper and board slipped slightly from June.
U.S. woodpulp production gained in July from the previous month and was 5.40 million tons, compared to 5.29 million. Production of market woodpulp was also up by more than 3% to 722,000 tons from June.
Containerboard production in the U.S. lagged its year-ago volume by 1.3% through July, reflecting a 1.4% increase in production for domestic box use and a 17.6% decline in exports. Box shipments were up 1.5% through July. Canadian containerboard shipments were up 12% year-to-date and mill inventories in July dropped to 84,000 mtons, down from 106,000 mtons in 1998.
Production of Canadian woodpulp was up 13% in July compared with the same month last year and stood at 2.19 million mtons. Canadian newsprint production grew 21% in the July-to-July period and was 807,000 mtons.
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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 |
July |
592 |
–3.9% |
4,117 |
–2.6% |
| UnCoated groundwood(s) |
July
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175 |
–3.8 |
1,115 |
–3.5 |
| Coated paper (s) |
July |
834 |
7.2 |
5,416 |
–0.3 |
| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
July |
1,199 |
2.8 |
8,046 |
2.7 |
| Other printing/writing 7 |
July |
131 |
0.8 |
888 |
–0.8 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
July |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tissue |
July |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Total paper |
July |
3,702 |
–2.5% |
25,932 |
0.1% |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
July |
1,934 |
–8.2 |
13,483 |
–3.8 |
| Semichemical medium |
July |
503 |
–1.0 |
3,361 |
–3.4 |
| Bleached paperboard |
July |
482 |
4.0 |
3,312 |
1.3 |
| Recycled paperboard |
July |
1,386 |
10.1 |
9,403 |
6.6 |
| Total paperboard |
July |
4,305 |
–1.2% |
29,559 |
0% |
| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
July |
8,007 |
–1.8% |
55,491 |
0% |
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| Total woodpulp production |
July |
5,405 |
–5.2% |
36,484 |
n.a.% |
| Market pulp production |
July |
722 |
–6.1 |
4,326 |
1.8 |
| Wastepaper consumptionat paper/board mills |
July |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2) 2 |
July |
33,882 |
–1.3% |
233,634 |
1.5% |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants (actual) |
July |
2,613 |
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| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
June |
1,479 |
2.8% |
8,900 |
6.4% |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
June |
562 |
–3.4 |
3,395 |
–0.6 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
June |
1,005 |
–0.8 |
5,955 |
–8.5 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
June |
253 |
–8.9 |
1,472 |
–29.5 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
June |
483 –10.2 |
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2,482 |
–10.4 |
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| Total newsprint shipments 6 (mtons) |
July |
770 15.9% |
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5,284 |
3.0% |
| Operating rates, % |
July |
93 |
14.8 |
94 |
4.4 |
| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
July |
1,026 |
–5.1 |
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| Woodpulp shipments 6 (mtons) |
July |
983 35.3 |
6,073 |
8.7 |
6.0 |
| Operating rates, % |
July |
98 |
12.6 |
93 |
8.1 |
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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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