AF&PA Releases November 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly Report
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the November 2024 Packaging Papers Monthly report. Total packaging papers & specialty packaging shipments in November increased 9% compared to November 2023. They were up 11% when compared to the same eleven months of 2023. The operating rate for bleached packaging papers was 75.9%, up 4.8 points from November 2023 and up 6.7 points year-to-date. Shipments of the biggest subgrade in unbleached packaging papers – bag & sack – were 97.2 thousand short tons for the month of November, up 2.6% from the same month last year and up 16.6% year-to-date.