| U.S. PAPER AND BOARD PRODUCTION |
Total U.S. paper and paperboard production in October of 7.8 million tons was 2.4% higher than October of 2001, according to statistics from the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA).
U.S. paper production was 3.7 million tons in October, while board production totaled 4.1 million tons. The figures represent an increase of 2.6% for paper production and a 2.1% increase in board production from 2001 figures.
U.S. market pulp production decreased 8.0% on a year-over-year basis in October to 682,000 tons.
Imports of newsprint from Canada totaled 560,000 tonnes in September, up 10.9% from 2001, according to the AF&PA.
U.S. uncoated free-sheet production was 1.0 million tons in October, up 2.5% from year-ago figures. Coated paper production increased 5.8% in October to 845,000 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 |
| PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PRODUCTION1 |
| Newsprint |
September |
467 |
-4.5% |
4,287 |
-11.7% |
| Uncoated groundwood (s) |
September |
134 |
-3.6 |
1,071 |
-5.9 |
| Coated paper (s) |
September |
808 |
5.6 |
6,567 |
-3.2 |
| Uncoated free-sheet 7 |
September |
1,063 |
9.7 |
9,443 |
-2.0 |
| Other printing/writing 7 |
September |
115 |
-3.4 |
1,016 |
-3.8 |
| Total packaging and other paper |
September |
341 |
-1.4 |
3,072 |
-5.5 |
| Tissue |
September |
595 |
2.4 |
5,309 |
-0.3 |
| Total paper |
September |
3,522 |
3.3 |
30,764 |
-4.0 |
| Unbleached kraft paperboard |
September |
1,794 |
9.8 |
15,829 |
3.2 |
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September |
1,314 |
13.0 |
11,279 |
1.6 |
| Semichemical medium |
September |
502 |
4.4 |
4,352 |
4.1 |
| Bleached paperboard |
September |
432 |
3.1 |
3,982 |
-0.5 |
| Recycled paperboard |
September |
1,323 |
-0.3 |
11,862 |
0.6 |
| Total paperboard |
September |
4,052 |
5.0 |
36,025 |
2.0 |
| Total paper and paperboard 5 |
September |
7,574 |
4.2 |
66,789 |
-0.8 |
| PULP, WASTEPAPER, AND FIBER2 |
| Total woodpulp production |
September |
4,942 |
7.8 |
43,374 |
0.0 |
| Market pulp production |
September |
714 |
10.5 |
6,410 |
7.7 |
| Wastepaper consumption at paper/board mills |
September |
2,911 |
0.0 |
26,428 |
-1.0 |
| CONVERTED PRODUCTS STATISTICS3 |
| Corrugated box shipments (billion ft2)6 |
September |
31.593 |
2.9 |
284.662 |
-0.6 |
| Containerboard inventories at mills/plants(actual) |
September |
2,735 |
-0.9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| INTERNATIONAL TRADE2 |
| U.S. paper imports (including products) |
August |
1,682 |
5.2 |
11,835 |
-12.5 |
| Imports of Canadian newsprint |
August |
582 |
4.9 |
4,419 |
-11.8 |
| U.S. paper exports (including products) |
August |
1,008 |
6.7 |
7,115 |
-16.1 |
| Exports of unbleached kraft liner |
August |
259 |
17.7 |
1,797 |
-9.1 |
| Exports of woodpulp |
September |
502 |
3.5 |
4,626 |
10.3 |
| CANADIAN STATISTICS4 (reported in metric tons) |
| Total newsprint shipments 6 (metric tons) |
September |
727 |
10.5 |
6,311 |
-0.1 |
| Operating rates, % |
September |
94 |
11.9 |
91 |
-0.0 |
| Inventories held by U.S. consumers 6 |
September |
932 |
-2.5 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Woodpulp shipments 6 |
September |
846 |
-2.5 |
7,881 |
3.0 |
| Operating rates, % |
September |
87 |
10.1 |
90 |
4.7 |
| (s) = Shipments. n.a. = not available. *According to the AF&PA, the harmonized code definitions for import/export data have been revised by the Census Bureau for 2002. Therefore, 2002 data are not directly comparable to previous years' data. **not reported in 000s of tons - actual figure. 1. American Forest & Paper Assn. 2. AF&PA. 3. Fibre Box Assn., AF&PA. 4. Pulp and Paper Products Council. 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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