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  Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in April of 8.0 million tons was 0.1% higher than April of 1999, according to statistics from the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA). Year-to-date production is up 2.0% to 32.3 million tons.

U.S. paper production was 3.8 million tons in April, while board production totaled 4.2 million tons. The figures represent an increase of 1.8% for paper production, and a 1.4% decrease in board production from 1999 figures.

U.S. market pulp production increased 7.0% in April to 703,000 tons. Year-to-date production is up 7.1% at 2.8 million tons.

Imports of newsprint from Canada totaled 642,000 mtons in March, a 7.0% increase from the year-ago month.

Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills was 2.9 million tons in April, down 7.2% from April 1999.

  Latest month (000 short tons) % change from year ago Annualized year-to-date (000 short tons) % change from year ago
Newsprint** April 629 11.1% 2,497 6.0%
Uncoated groundwood (s) April 165 12.2 651 8.5
Coated paper (s) April 739 –4.3 3,068 0.4
Uncoated free-sheet 7 April 1,169 1.2 4,732 1.5
Other printing/writing7 April 133 3.9 541 7.8
Total packaging and other paper April n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Tissue April n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Total paper April 3,785 1.8% 7,617 –1.1%
Unbleached kraft paperboard April 1,192 94.1 7,617 –1.1
Semichemical medium April 498 –6.9 2,022 5.7
Bleached paperboard April 477 0.4 1,957 5.4
Recycled paperboard April 1,331 0.9 5,436 3.3
Total paperboard April 4,2178 –1.4% 17,031 1.8%
Total paper and paperboard 5 April 8,003 0.1% 32,364 2.0%
Total woodpulp production April 5,336 6.9% 21,513 5.1%
Market pulp production April 703 7.0 2,825 7.1
Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills Aprilh 2,894 –7.2 12,101 –2.3
Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 April 33.436 –2.9% 134.672 0.2%
Containerboard inventories at mills/plants(actual) April 3,013 18.5    
U.S. paper imports March 1,647 7.2% 4,739 8.7%
Imports of Canadian newsprint March 642 7.0 1,721 5.4
U.S. paper exports March 1,224 14.4 3,306 11.7
Exports of unbleached kraft liner March 336 10.2 904 2.4
Exports of woodpulp March 471 16.0 1,859 14.4
Total newsprint shipments 6 (mtons) April 748 –5.0% 3,101 3.3%
Operating rates, % April 95 0.0 9.5 0.0
Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 April 1,226 –4.9    
Woodpulp
shipments 6
April 921 4.2 3,881 10.0
Operating rates, % April 93 3.3 97 4.3
* including products. ** Year 2000 newsprint data compiled by Pulp and Paper Products Council and therefore are not fully comparable to 1999 data, which were compiled by the AF&PA. (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.

 

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