Pulp and Paper 



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1990 



Figure 25-7.— Paper production in the United States, 1950-1980, by category, and total 

 consumption 1 960-1 980. (Drawing after Whitney 1 980; data from the American Paper 

 Institute.) 



Paperboard production (fig. 25-8) is dominated by unbleached kraft board, 

 which mostly goes into the linerboard of corrugated boxes. Production of com- 

 bination furnish (now called recycled board), a paperboard made largely from 

 recycled fiber, remained more or less stable in the 1960's and 1970's. 

 Semichemical board goes principally into corrugating medium, and bleached 

 grades are used mostly in food packaging. The dashed line at the top of figure 

 25-8 indicates that the United States is a net exporter of paperboard, the principal 

 grade being linerboard. Whitney (1980) concluded that the corrugated container 

 is the principal product of the paperboard industry. 



Hagemeyer (1980), in assessing world markets for paper, concluded that the 

 growth rate for total consumption of paper is moderating and that the annual 

 compound growth during the 1980's may be about 3.6 percent for paper and 4.5 



