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Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in December totaled more than 8 million tons, a 5.4% increase over the year-ago month, according to the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA). For 1999, U.S. paper and paperboard production stood at 96.5 million tons, a 2.2% increase over the year-ago period, AF&PA said.
U.S. paper production was up 1.7% for the month and the year, AF&PA said, with 1999 production totaling 45.5 million tons. U.S. production of paperboard increased 8.9% for the month and 2.6% for the year, totaling just over 51 million tons during 1999, AF&PA said.
U.S. paper imports totaled 16.5 million tons through November, a 9.1% increase over the year-ago period, according to AF&PA. Imports of newsprint from Canada were up 7.1% through November at 6.4 million tons. U.S. paper exports were down 4.4% for the year at 10.8 million tons.
Corrugated box shipments totaled 405 billion ft2 in 1999, a 2.4% increase over 1998, according to the Fibre Box Assn.
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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 |
December |
636 |
4.3% |
7,185 |
–0.9 |
| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
December |
165 |
–4.6 |
1,983 |
–3.8 |
| Coated paper (s) |
December |
780 |
2.8 |
9,536 |
2.5 |
| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
December |
1,126 |
–2.3 |
13,835 |
1.7 |
| Other printing/writing 7 |
December |
142 |
16.4 |
1,576 |
2.9 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
December |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tissue |
December |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Total paper |
December |
3,824 |
1.7% |
45,509 |
1.7% |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
December |
1,876 |
118.8 |
23,015 |
–0.8 |
| Semichemical medium |
December |
506 |
4.1 |
5,857 |
–0.6 |
| Bleached paperboard |
December |
462 |
13.2 |
5,715 |
4.2 |
| Recycled paperboard |
December |
1,398 |
12.7 |
16,474 |
8.6 |
| Total paperboard |
December |
4,241 |
8.9% |
51,060 |
2.6% |
| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
December |
8,066 |
5.4% |
96,569 |
2.2% |
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| Total woodpulp production |
December |
5,307 |
4.9% |
62,885 |
–1.8% |
| Market pulp production |
December |
719 |
5.9 |
8,192 |
1.5 |
| Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills |
December |
3,057 |
8.1 |
37,520 |
4.0 |
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| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 |
December |
33.436 |
3.8% |
405.086 |
2.4% |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants(actual) |
December |
2,797 |
7.4 |
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| U.S. paper imports * |
November |
1,626 |
17.1% |
16,573 |
9.1% |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
November |
640 |
21.4 |
6,468 |
7.1 |
| U.S. paper exports * |
November |
997 |
8.1 |
10,800 |
–4.4 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
November |
243 |
–3.6 |
2,917 |
–13.5 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
November |
472 |
9.3 |
5,328 |
–2.0 |
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| Total newsprint shipments 6 (mtons) |
December |
824 |
15.6% |
9,169 |
7.8% |
| Operating rates, % |
December |
92 |
–3.2 |
93 |
6.9 |
| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
December |
1,300 |
2.0 |
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| Woodpulp shipments 6 |
December |
1,037 |
10.7 |
10,799 |
9.1 |
| Operating rates, % |
December |
107 |
10.3 |
95 |
10.5 |
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| = 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, *including products |
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