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Paper Recycling July 01, 2014 12:30:17 PM

AF & PA releases production statistics for May '14

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
The Washington D.C.-headquartered American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) has released the production statistics for the month of May this year

AF & PA releases production statistics for May '14

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The Washington D.C.-headquartered American Forest and Paper Association (AF&PA) has released the production statistics for the month of May this year.

According to the statistics, the containerboard production increased 7.7% in May this year when compared with the production during the previous month. Year-on-year, the boxboard production remained essentially flat during the month of May ’14.

The average daily containerboard production has increased by 4.2% in May this year when compared with the previous month. The shipments during the month totaled 2,957.60 thousand tons. The operating rate of containerboard facilities during May climbed higher to 96.9% as compared with 94.7% of the capacity in April.

On the other hand, the total kraft paper shipments during May fell 3.4% over the previous month to 128.9 thousand tonnes. Out of this, bleached kraft paper shipments constituted 9.4 thousand tons whereas the balance 119.5 thousand tons accounted for unbleached kraft paper shipments. AF &PA notes that bleached paper kraft shipments dropped 20% over the previous month while unbleached paper craft shipments dropped marginally by 2% in May.

The cumulative kraft paper shipment during the initial five-month period of the year has dropped by 1.4% when compared with the corresponding five-month period in 2013. Total month-end inventories have increased by 6.4% over the previous month.

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