U.S. Containerboard Output Up for Tenth Straight Month

For the tenth straight month, U.S. containerboard production rose over the same month a year ago and posted the highest production amount since August 2008. According to AF&PA's (Washington, D.C., USA) U.S. Containerboard Statistics Report for August 2010 released this week, total production saw an increase of 195,400 tons or 7.0% compared with August 2009 and rose slightly (0.9%) over July 2010.

The month-over-month average daily production reflected a similar change. Year-to-date 2010 production has increased 9.4% over 2009. The containerboard operating rate for August 2010 rose 10.8 points over August 2009 to 98.9%. Additional key findings from the report include: ·

• Linerboard production was highest since August 2008
• Medium production shows growth over same month last year.

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