The American Forest & Paper Association has released its November 2023 Packaging Papers monthly report.
Total packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in November increased 1% compared to November 2022. They were down 1% when compared to the same 11 months of 2022.
- Shipments of the biggest subgrade in unbleached packaging papers – bag & sack – were 95,200 short tons for the month of November, up 4.8% year-to-date.
- The bleached packaging papers operating rate was 80.4%, down 0.3 points from November 2022 and down 0.5 points year-to-date.
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