AF&PA Releases 52nd PP&P Capacity Survey

摘要

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the 52nd Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity, reporting that U.S. paper and paperboard capacity decline slowed to 1.4 percent in 2011 to a level of 89.7 million short tons.Last year's decrease was smaller than the 31 percent reduction recorded in 2010.Total paper and paperboard capacity is expected to decline 1.0 percent in 2012 and then register increases of 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent in 2013 and 2014, respectively.