Recycled Board Production Drops

The domestic production of recycled paperboard declined for November 2001 from figures the same time the previous year. According to the AFPA, recycled board production stands at 1.240 million tons, a decline from the previous November figure of 1.299 million tons. For the first 11 months of the year recycled production also declined, with 2001’s 11-month total standing at 14.362 million tons, compared to 2000’s 11-month figure of 14.636 million tons.

Broken out by individual groups, recycled linerboard slipped by 2.7 percent between the two years. November’s production total stands at 325,000 tons, pushing the annual rate, year to date, to 3.810 million tons.

While recycled linerboard posted a 2.7 percent drop, total linerboard production dropped an even steeper 4.5 percent between the two years.

Recycled boxboard production posted the sharpest percentage decline between 2001 and 2000. For last year production is down by 5.2 percent compared to figures the same time in 2000. For November, production of recycled boxboard stands at 215,000 tons.

During the same time total boxboard production declined by a much smaller 3.2 percent between 2000 and last year.