Friday, March 19, 2010

Update on Containerboard Market

Containerboard and box shipments for February were up 6.0% ! Also, inventories fell at mill and at box plants by 96.800 Tons - roughly 4.5%. More good news included the industry ran at 95% of capacity in February and USA containerboard exports totaled
319,000 tons, up 49.1% from 2009. This is all good news for the producers .... converters, look for price increases.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have always been told if packaging grades increase in demand, always a good sign for economic growth. Means people and businesses are buying again - putting things into boxes.