Total printing-writing paper inventory levels increased 2% when compared to April 2025.
American Forest & Paper Association
The operating rate for bleached packaging papers was 73.1%, up 1.6 points from May 2024 and essentially flat (-0.4 pts.) year-to-date.
The operating rate for unbleached packaging papers was 86.5%, up 1.9 points from April 2024 and up 1.6 points year-to-date.
Total printing-writing paper inventory levels in April decreased 3% from March 2025.
Solid bleached boxboard production in Q1 2025 increased 1% compared to Q1 2024.
Inventories at mills at the end of Q1 declined 4.2% from their December 2024 levels. They were nevertheless 6.8% higher than the average mill inventories for the last 15 months.
The operating rate for bleached packaging papers was 74.8%, essentially flat (+0.5 pts.) from March 2024 and essentially flat (-0.2 pts.) year-to-date.
U.S. printing-writing paper inventory levels in March decreased 2% when compared to February 2025.
The operating rate for unbleached packaging papers was 84.8%, down 3.2 points from February 2024 and up 0.6 points year-to-date.
Total printing-writing paper inventory levels decreased 3% when compared to January 2025.