U.S. containerboard production in July 2020 remained essentially flat (-0.2%) compared to July 2019. It was up 4% when compared to the same seven months of 2019, as the American Forest & Paper Association reported.
July 2020 production of containerboard for export decreased 7% compared to the same month last year; it was up 28% year-to-date.
The containerboard operating rate was 89.4%, down 1.6 points from July 2019 and up 3.1 points year-to-date.
Mill inventories of containerboard at the end of July decreased 7,000 short tons from the previous month and were up 67,000 short tons compared to July 2019.
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