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Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in March of 7.5 million tons was 9.7% lower than March of 2000, according to statistics from the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA).
U.S. paper production was 3.6 million tons in March, while board production totaled 3.9 million tons. The figures represent a decrease of 8.3% for paper production and an 11.0% decrease in board production from 2000 figures.
U.S. market pulp production declined 8.4% on a year-over-year basis in March to 623,000 tons.
Imports of newsprint from Canada totaled 558,000 mtons in February, a 0.2% decrease from the year-ago month.
U.S. uncoated free-sheet production was 1.097 million tons in March, down 11.9% from year-ago figures. Coated paper production declined 9.5% in March to 743,000 tons.
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Latest month (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
Annualized year-to-date (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
| Newsprint ** |
March |
574 |
–6.4% |
1,749 |
–5.6% |
| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
March |
126 |
–21.7 |
370 |
–23.9 |
| Coated paper (s) |
March |
743 |
–9.5 |
2,265 |
–3.0 |
| Uncoated free–sheet7 |
March |
1,097 |
–11.9 |
3,296 |
–7.1 |
| Other printing/writing7 |
March |
119 |
–18.5 |
352 |
–13.9 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
March |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tissue |
March |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Total paper |
March |
3,624 |
–8.3 |
10,885 |
–5.6 |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
March |
1,671 |
–10.7 |
5,038 |
–12.1 |
| Semichemical medium |
March |
441 |
–16.3 |
1,349 |
–12.4 |
| Bleached paperboard |
March |
454 |
–3.4 |
1,309 |
–6.7 |
| Recycled paperboard |
March |
1,328 |
–5.3 |
3,838 |
–7.1 |
| Total paperboard |
March |
3,893 |
–11.0 |
11,534 |
–10.0 |
| Total paper and paperboard5 |
March |
7,517 |
–9.7 |
22,419 |
–7.9 |
| Total woodpulp production |
March |
4,843 |
–10.6 |
14,532 |
–9.9 |
| Market pulp production |
March |
623 |
–8.4 |
1,914 |
–10.7 |
| Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills |
March |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 |
March |
33,104 |
–10.1 |
94,801 |
–6.5 |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants(actual) |
March |
2,977 |
–4.2 |
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| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
Feb. |
1,426 |
–5.4 |
4,457 |
–7.1 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
Feb. |
558 |
–0.2 |
1,172 |
–10.0 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
Feb. |
911 |
–17.6 |
2,806 |
–7.9 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
Feb. |
222 |
–29.7 |
683 |
–9.9 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
Feb. |
453 |
–6.6 |
1,318 |
–4.8 |
| Total newsprint shipments6 (mtons) |
March |
791 |
–12.3 |
2,213 |
–5.9 |
| Operating rates, % |
March |
95 |
–2.1 |
0 |
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| Inventories held by U.S. consumers6 |
March |
1447 |
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| Woodpulp shipments6 |
March |
786 |
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n.a. |
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| Operating rates, % |
March |
n.a. |
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0 |
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** 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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