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AF&PA/FBA Report 4th Qtr. 2024 Containerboard, Boxboard, and Box Shipments Data

Monday, February 3, 2025   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Alyce Ryan
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) and Fibre Box Association (FBA) reported containerboard & box data for the 4th Quarter of 2024, along with the AF&PA's Boxboard data on 1/31/25. Overall, Q4 box shipments were down 0.2% on both an actual and per workday. This on the heels of a 0.6% actual increase in 3Q24 against a comparative of +0.4% in 4Q23. Production grew 1.2% and exports fell by 11.2%. As for boxboard, production was up 5% total including 13.6% growth in solid bleached sulfate (SBS) and 3.1% growth in uncoated recycled board (URB).