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AF&PA Releases Q1 2025 Boxboard Quarterly Report

WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the Q1 2025 Boxboard report.  

Total Boxboard production in Q1 decreased 1% compared to Q1 2024. The boxboard operating rate was 87.8%, up 1.6 points from the same quarter last year. 

  • Solid Bleached Boxboard production in Q1 increased 1% compared to Q1 2024. 

  • Solid Bl. Folding - Export production increased 14% compared to Q1 2024. 

  • Uncoated Recycled Boxboard production decreased 3% compared to Q1 2024. 

The complete report with detailed tables, charts and historical data can be purchased by contacting Kory Bockman at Statistics_Publications@afandpa.org or 202-463-4716. 

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness for a vital sector that makes the essential paper and packaging products Americans use every day. The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural America, and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 44 states. Our industry accounts for approximately 4.7% of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufacturing more than $435 billion in products annually. AF&PA member companies are significant producers and users of renewable biomass energy and are committed to making sustainable products for a sustainable future through the industry’s decades-long initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2030