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Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in April of 7.5 million tons was 5.2% lower than April of 2000, according to statistics from the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA).
U.S. paper production was 3.5 million tons in April, while board production totaled 3.9 million tons. The figures represent a decrease of 6.2% for paper production and a 4.3% decrease in board production from 2000 figures.
U.S. market pulp production declined 7.0% on a year-over-year basis in April to 654,000 tons.
Imports of newsprint from Canada totaled 574,000 mtons in April, a 10.6% decrease from the year-ago month.
U.S. uncoated free-sheet production was 1.07 million tons in April, down 5.9% from year-ago figures. Coated paper production declined 7.7% in April to 696,000 tons.
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Latest month from (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
Annualized year-to-date (000 short tons) |
% change from year ago |
| PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION1 |
| Newsprint ** |
April |
561 |
–10.4 |
2,310 |
–6.8 |
| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
April |
129 |
–17.3 |
503 |
–18.6 |
| Coated paper (s) |
April |
696 |
–7.7 |
2,977 |
–5.0 |
| Uncoated free–sheet7 |
April |
1,077 |
–5.9 |
4,429 |
–6.5 |
| Other printing/writing7 |
April |
111 |
–14.6 |
470 |
–12.8 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
April |
344 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Tissue |
April |
577 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Total paper |
April |
3,495 |
–6.2 |
14,465 |
–5.6 |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
April |
1,806 |
–10.7 |
6,846 |
–10.3 |
| Semichemical medium |
April |
464 |
–3.7 |
1,813 |
–10.3 |
| Bleached paperboard |
April |
480 |
5.7 |
1,782 |
–4.0 |
| Recycled paperboard |
April |
1,249 |
–7.0 |
5,087 |
–7.1 |
| Total paperboard |
April |
3,998 |
–4.3 |
15,528 |
–8.6 |
| Total paper and paperboard5 |
April |
7,494 |
–5.2 |
29,993 |
–7.2 |
| PULP, WASTEPAPER, AND FIBER2 |
| Total woodpulp production |
April |
4,817 |
–9.1 |
19,349 |
–9.7 |
| Market pulp production |
April |
654 |
–7.0 |
2,568 |
–9.8 |
| Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills |
April |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| CONVERTED PRODUCTS STATISTICS3 |
| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 |
April |
33,104 |
–2.0 |
127,404 |
–5.4 |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants(actual) |
April |
2,977 |
–6.2 |
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| INTERNATIONAL TRADE2 |
| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
March |
1,556 |
–5.5 |
6,013 |
–7.1 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
March |
574 |
–10.6 |
1,814 |
–8.6 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
March |
1,040 |
–15.0 |
3,846 |
–7.2 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
March |
234 |
–30.4 |
917 |
–9.7 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
March |
469 |
–1.1 |
1,787 |
–3.8 |
| CANADIAN STATISTICS4 (reported in metric tons) |
| Total newsprint shipments6 (mtons) |
April |
791 |
–5.8 |
2,986 |
–3.1 |
| Operating rates, % |
April |
94 |
–2.1 |
0 |
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| Inventories held by |
April |
1,420 |
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| U.S. consumers6 |
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| Woodpulp shipments6 |
April |
786 |
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n.a. |
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| Operating rates, % |
April |
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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