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AF&PA Releases Q2 2025 Boxboard Quarterly Report

WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) released the Q2 2025 Boxboard Quarterly report on July 25. 

Total Boxboard production in Q2 remained essentially flat compared to Q2 2024.  The boxboard operating rate was 87.6%, down 1.8 points from the same quarter last year.

  • Solid Bleached Boxboard - Domestic production in Q2 increased 6% compared to Q2 2024.
  • Plate, Dish & Tray- Domestic production increased 10% compared to Q2 2024.
  • Uncoated Recycled Boxboard unmade orders were up 4% compared to the end of the previous quarter.

A subscription to 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