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1/20/2012

U.S. Recovered Paper Consumption Drops 5% in 2011

According to the December 2011 Recovered Paper Monthly Report published today by the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), total U.S. industry consumption of recovered paper was 2.3 million tons, 7.5% lower than December of last year, and 3% lower than November 2011. Decreases compared to last month were observed across most grades of recovered paper except Pulp Substitutes and High Grade Deinking, which recorded small gains. These gains, however, did little to offset the more precipitous drops in Mixed, Newspapers and Corrugated. Overall, consumption of recovered paper in 2011 was 5% lower than in 2010. Inventories increased to their highest level for 2011, bringing days of supply up one day to 12, though they still fell short of the 922 thousand tons of ending stocks for December 2010.

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1/20/2012	Total Printing-Writing Paper Shipments in December Down 7% from 2010
WASHINGTON ā€“- According to the American Forest & Paper Association's December 2011 Printing-Writing Paper Report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 7% in December compared to December 2010. All four major printing-writing grades posted... Click here for the full press release

1/17/2012

U.S.Containerboard Production Remains Constant

The American Forest & Paper Association released its December 2011 U. S. Containerboard Statistics Report today. Containerboard production was flat, gaining only 0.8% over same month last year. The production was also flat when compared to November 2011, increasing 0.2%, however, the month over month average daily production decreased 3.0%. The containerboard operating rate for December 2011 was up slightly from December 2010 to 93.6% from 93.1%.

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