Recycled boxboard production increased year-on-year in June '14: AF&PA

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

According to the statistics, the boxboard production increased 1.2% in June this year when compared with the production during same month the previous year. However, the total boxboard production declined by 0.6% over the previous month.

The production of recycled boxboard increased year-on-year, but declined when compared with the production during May ’14.

On the other hand, the total kraft paper shipments during June remained flat at 128,900 tonnes. Out of this, bleached kraft paper shipments constituted 8,400 tons whereas the balance 120,600 tons accounted for unbleached kraft paper shipments. AF &PA notes that bleached paper kraft shipments dropped 10.64% over the previous month while unbleached paper craft shipments improved marginally by 0.92% in June ‘14. The cumulative kraft paper shipments during the initial six-month period in 2014 were 1.4% lower than the corresponding period last year.

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.