FBA Seeks Submissions For 2023 Productivity And Waste Survey The Fibre Box Association (FBA) announced that data sub- missions for the 2023 Productivity and Waste Survey is due by July 31. The Productivity and Waste Survey is a biennial report that provides useful benchmarking data, otherwise un- available from another source. Surveying top performers, it includes information on machinery and labor operations, as well as waste from box plants around the world. This survey allows the corrugated containers industry to eval- uate productivity, waste, and starch consumption data for participating plants. All data is de-identified. This report includes: • Summary reports for converting equipment • Detail reports for converting equipment • Basis weight, starch consumption & plant productivity • Ranking of your plant among participants • Listing equipment by plant If you are interested in participating in the survey, con- tact Peggy Lacy, Director of Data Services at placy@fibre- box.org or (847) 364-9600. Data submission forms for this survey were sent out in May. New data should have been collected for the month of May and must be submitted to FBA by July 31. You do not have to be a member of either organization to participate.
Box Shipments ( U.S. Corrugated Product Shipments) Industry Shipments In Billions of Square Feet Month December 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
30.124 34.180
-11.9
7.927 8.545
-7.2
Industry Total
Year-to Date
December 2022
Year
Actual
Percent Change Avg Week Percent Change
2022 2021
400.520 416.189
-3.8
7.979 8.291
-3.8
Industry Total
Containerboard Consumption (Thousands of Tons)
Year
Month
Percent Change Year-to-Date Percent Change
2022 2021
2.4260 2.7360
-11.3
32.5461 33.8321
-3.8
Container Board Inventory - Corrugator Plants (Thousands of Tons)
Corrugator Plants Only
Date
Percent Change Weeks of Supply
Percent Change
Dec. Nov.
2.2603 2.2586
0.1
3.5 3.6
-2.8
Shipping Days
Year
Month
Year-to-Date
2022 2021
19 20
251 251
SOURCE: Fibre Box Association
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