U.S. Containerboard Production a Mixed Bag

U.S. Containerboard production rose 6.8% over February 2013 but fell 2.6% over the same month last year, according to the AF&PA (Washington, D.C., USA) March 2013 U.S. Containerboard Statistics Report released this past week. The month-over-month average daily production decreased 3.5%.

The containerboard operating rate for March 2013 lost 3.4 points from February 2013, from 96.2% to 92.8%.

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