Board Converting News, May 23, 2022

Sonoco To Raise Prices On Paperboard Tubes, Cores

Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month March 2022

Hartsfield, South Carolina base Sonoco confirmed it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by a minimum of six percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada on or after June 10, 2022. “Ongoing market tightness and additional inflationary cost pressures from rising paperboard prices, our primary raw material, along with higher labor rates, make this in- crease necessary,” said Doug Schwartz, Division Vice Presi- dent and General Manager, North America Tubes and Cores. IP Declares Dividend Memphis, Tennessee based International Paper (IP) re- cently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4625 per share for the period from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022, inclu- sive, on the common stock, par value $1.00. This dividend is payable on June 15, 2022, to holders of record at the close of business on May 27, 2022. The company also de- clared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.00 per share for the period from April 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022, inclusive, on the cumulative $4.00 preferred stock of the company. This dividend is also payable on June 15, 2022, to holders of record at the close of business on May 27, 2022.

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

37.675 37.992

-0.8

8.190 8.259

-0.8

Industry Total

Year-to Date

March 2022

Year

Actual

Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change

2022 2021

102.648 102.938

-0.3

8.019 8.170

-1.8

Industry Total

Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)

Year

Month

Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change

2022 2021

3.1027 3.0967

0.2

8.4866 8.4625

0.3

Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)

Corrugator Plants Only

Date

Percent Change Weeks of Supply

Percent Change

Mar. Feb.

2.2693 2.3081

-1.7

3.4 3.5

-2.9

Shipping Days

Year

Month

Year-to-Date

2022 2021

23 23

64 63

SOURCE: Fibre Box Association

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