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Paper Recycling May 05, 2015 09:30:05 AM

AF&PA publishes US paper reports for Feb ‘15

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 February this year

AF&PA publishes US paper reports for Feb ‘15

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

According to the statistics, the containerboard production was 2% lower in Feb ’15 when compared with the production during the previous month. Also, the total containerboard production has remained more or less flat when compared with February last year. The operating rate for containerboard declined marginally from 96.3% in Jan ’15 to 94.7% in Feb ‘15.

The total kraft paper shipments during February have declined by 6% over the previous month to 116.90 thousand tonnes. Out of this, bleached kraft paper shipments constituted 8.30 thousand tonnes whereas the balance 108.6 thousand tons accounted for unbleached kraft paper shipments.

AF&PA notes that bleached paper kraft shipments dropped considerably by nearly 11.70% over the previous month while unbleached paper craft shipments declined by 5.56% in February ‘15. The total shipments during the initial two months of the year were 6.6% lower than the corresponding period in 2014. The month-end inventories increased to 85.0 thousand tons in Feb ‘15.

The total shipment of printing-writing paper declined 5% in February this year. The Feb ‘15 coated free sheet (CFS) paper shipments dropped 1% when compared with the previous year. Uncoated free sheets (UFS) shipment dropped 7% during the month. Coated mechanical (CM) shipments during Feb ‘15 plunged lower by almost 8% when matched with the same month in 2014. Uncoated mechanical (CM) shipments during Feb ‘15 have increased by 1% when matched with Feb ’14.

Meantime, the total boxboard production decreased 1.8% from those during Feb ’14. Also, the production decreased 9.0% over January this year. The production of Recycled Boxboard decreased when compared to Feb ‘14 and Jan ‘15.

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