Paper Report Issued

Published: November 01, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC | A report by the American Forest & Paper Assn. (AF&PA) offers final data for the US paper and paperboard industry for 2009 and shows total production declined 10.6% from the prior year to 79.1 million tons.

“These results reflected the effects of the economic downturn on the paper and paperboard industry in the [US],” says AF&PA chief economist Dr. Stanley Lancey. “However, paper and paperboard production rebounded 8.6% versus a year ago during the first six months of 2010.”

The report, “2009 Statistical Summary of Paper, Paperboard and Wood Pulp,” shows US exports of paper and paperboard retreated 10.9% to 13.8 million tons in 2009. However, imports of these products fell further, down 20.5% from 2008 to 13.4 million tons, resulting in a positive balance of trade for this product segment. Lancey expects the trade balance to remain positive through the year.

For more information visit www.afandpa.org.

Metro Packaging & Imaging Inc., Wayne, NJ, joins the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), Springfield, MA, as a principal member. Kiwiplan Inc., Cincinnati, OH, joins PPC as an associate member. Ontario, Canada-based Baldwin Paper also joins as an associate member. PPC also reports president Ben Markens presented at the European Carton Makers Assn. (ECMA) Congress 2010 in Vienna, Austria, on the soon-to-be released US Trends 2010 Industry Outlook and Market Data Report.
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Business Development Advisory, Marietta, GA, offers an in depth study of the packaging paper market. “North American Packaging Paper Study and Opportunity Assessment” is a 96-page report that contains 74 tables and charts plus analysis of a market that includes ten major application categories and more than 100 sub-segments. For more information visit www.bd-advisory.com.