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Article: Paperboard capacity shrinks. (No Grade Immune).
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- Official Board Markets
- Article date:
- February 22, 2003
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U.S. paper and paperboard capacity fell in 2001 and 2002, the first time that total industry capacity declined in consecutive years, according to the recently-released 43rd Annual Capacity Survey of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA). It covers 96 percent of the U.S. paper and paperboard industry.
The Survey showed declines of paper and paperboard capacity of 1.9 percent in 2001 and 1.3 percent last year. This contraction reflects the industry's efforts to adjust to stiff foreign competition and a period of cyclically weak paper and paperboard demand.
Total 2002 paper and paperboard capacity of 100.5 million tons has been revised downward by ...