U.S. Containerboard Output Decreases

U. S. containerboard production decreased 2.2% compared with August 2011; however, the month-over-month average daily production, was up 1.0%, according to the AF&PA's (Washington, D.C., USA) September 2011 U. S. Containerboard Statistics Report released this week. The containerboard operating rate for September 2011 was down slightly from September 2010 to 98.4% but up 1.0 points from the August operating rate.

Additional key findings from the report include:

Linerboard production was flat compared with last year
Medium production was consistent with September.

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