AF&PA Releases 47th Annual Survey

Despite the 1.6 percent decline, 2006 paper and paperboard capacity still came in 0.4 percent above the 97.3 million tons projected by last year’s survey. Looking ahead to the 2007-2009 projection period, aggregate U.S. capacity to produce paper and paperboard is projected to remain essentially flat, with capacity declining 0.7 percent in 2007, but then increasing 0.7 percent in 2008, and another 0.2 percent in 2009.