The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has released the June 2023 Packaging Papers Monthly report.
Total packaging papers and specialty packaging shipments in June decreased 1% compared to June 2022. They were down 4% when compared to the same 6 months of 2022.
- Shipments of the biggest subgrade in bleached packaging papers – food wrapping – were 24,400 short tons for the month of June, down 15.7% year-to-date.
- The unbleached packaging papers operating rate was 83.2%, down 7.7 points from June 2022 and down 9.8 points year-to-date.
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