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alignment with year-ago stocks and also in line with the five-year monthly trailing average level. Storat also noted that production of consumer non-du- rable goods increased by 3.6 percent from May to June, while the food production subsector grew by 4.2 percent, as manufacturing plants and stores reopened after shut- downs due to COVID-19. AF&PA Releases June 2020 Containerboard Report The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has re- leased its June 2020 Containerboard Monthly report. To- tal Containerboard production in June increased one per- cent compared to June 2019. It was up five percent when compared to the same six months of 2019. Also: • June 2020 production of containerboard for export in- creased five percent compared to the same month last year; it was up 34 percent year-to-date. • The containerboard operating rate was 90.1 percent, up 1.8 points from June 2019 and up 3.9 points year- to-date. • Mill inventories of containerboard at the end of June decreased 4,000 short tons from the previous month and were up 48,000 short tons compared to June 2019.
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