American Forest & Paper Association

U.S. printing-writing paper shipments decreased 15% in October 2023 compared to October 2022. U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 30% in September compared to the same month last year.

U.S. packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in October 2023 increased 3% compared to October 2022. They were down 2% when compared to the same 10 months of 2022.

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. The boxboard operating rate was 82.3%, down 12.0 points from Q3 2022.

U.S. printing-writing paper shipments decreased 21% in September 2023 compared to September 2022, while U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 33% in September compared to the same month last year.

U.S. printing-writing paper shipments decreased 20% in August 2023 compared to August 2022. U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 33% in July compared to the same month last year. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels decreased 5% when compared to July 2023.

U.S. packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in August 2023 decreased 4% compared to August 2022. They were down 3% when compared to the same 8 months of 2022.

U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 32% in July compared to the same month last year. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels remained essentially flat (-0.2%) when compared to June 2023.

Total U.S. packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in July 2023 remained essentially flat (+0.4%) compared to July 2022. They were down 3% when compared to the same 7 months of 2022.

U.S. boxboard production in Q2 2023 decreased 11% compared to Q2 2022. The boxboard operating rate was 86.6%, down 7.6 points from Q2.