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Month in STATISTICS  
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Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in February of 7.1 million tons was 7.3% lower than February of 2000, according to statistics from the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA).

U.S. paper production was 3.4 million tons in February, while board production totaled 3.7 million tons. The figures represent a decrease of 5.0% for paper production, and a 9.4% decrease in board production from 2000 figures.

U.S. market pulp production declined 11.8% on a year-over-year basis in February to 614,000 tons.

Imports of newsprint from Canada totaled 640,000 mtons in January, a 4.4% increase from the year-ago month.

U.S. uncoated free-sheet production was 1.0 million tons in February, down 4.7% from year-ago figures. Coated paper production declined 2.1% in February to 709,000 tons.
  Latest month (000 short tons) % change from year ago Annualized year-to-date (000 short tons) % change from year ago
PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION1
Newsprint ** Feb. 552 –3.5 1,175 –5.2
Uncoated groundwood (s) Feb. 117 –29.1 244 –24.9
Coated paper (s) Feb. 709 –3.7 1,483 12.8
Uncoated free–sheet7 Feb. 1,055 –11.3 2,193 –4.7
Other printing/writing7 Feb. 106 –20.3 231 –12.2
Total packaging and other paper Feb. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Tissue Feb. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
Total paper Feb. 3,444 –8.0 7,187 –5.0
Unbleached kraft paperboard Feb. 1,607 –10.7 3,368 –10.4
Semichemical medium Feb. 424 –11.9 909 –10.3
Bleached paperboard Feb. 420 –7.5 856 –8.3
Recycled paperboard Feb. 1,231 –3.8 2,514 –7.9
Total paperboard Feb. 3,682 –8.1 7,646 –9.4
Total paper and paperboard5 Feb. 7,126 –8.1 14,833 –7.3
 
PULP, WASTEPAPER, AND FIBER2
Total woodpulp production Feb. 4,611 –11.1 9,687 –9.5
Market pulp production Feb. 614 –11.8 1,286 –12.1
Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills Feb. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
 
CONVERTED PRODUCTS STATISTICS3
Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 Feb. 33.104 –12.0 62.404 –3.4
Containerboard inventories at mills/plants (actual) Feb. 2,977 –4.6
 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE2
U.S. paper imports (including products) Jan. 1,605 1.3 1,605 –7.9
Imports of Canadian newsprint Jan. 640 4.4 613 –9.4
U.S. paper exports (including products) Jan. 984 0.7 984 –7.3
Exports of unbleached kraft liner Jan. 239 –5.5 239 –9.5
Exports of woodpulp Jan. 470 3.8 956 –4.7
 
CANADIAN STATISTICS4 (reported in metric tons)
Total newsprint shipments6 (mtons) Feb. 791 –5.8 1,481 –1.3
Operating rates, % Feb. 98 2.1 0  
Inventories held by U.S. consumers6 Feb. 1,428      
Woodpulp shipments6 Feb. 786   n.a.  
Operating rates, % Feb. n.a.   0
** 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, 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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