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Manufacturing:
Paper manufacturing

   
    Jan 1961    
 
 
    Aug 2019
Name Period Value Preceding
Period 		Year Ago
from Period 		Units
Paper manufacturing 		Aug 2019 144.8 145.1 144.8 Index Dec 2003=100
Pulp, paper & paperboard mills 		Aug 2019 140.9 141.1 145.3 Index Dec 2003=100
Pulp mills 		Aug 2019 171.7 190.4 242.7 Index Dec 1982=100
Pulp mills 		Aug 2019 171.7 190.4 242.7 Index Dec 1982=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 188.8 211.0 267.1 Index Dec 1982=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Paper mills 		Aug 2019 196.6 194.9 192.0 Index Jun 1981=100
Paper, except newsprint, mills 		Aug 2019 134.9 133.7 131.2 Index Dec 2003=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 137.1 135.9 133.1 Index Dec 2003=100
Paper, construction 		. . . . Index Dec 2011=100
Paper, sanitary tissue paper products, made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Jun 1983=100
Paper, facial tissues and handkerchiefs, incl sputum wipes, made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Jun 1990=100
Paper, table napkins, industrial & retail pkgs, bulk and dispenser types, made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Jun 1983=100
Toilet tissue, retail packages, rolls and ovals 		. . . . Index Jun 1983=100
Paper towels, industrial packages (rolled, folded, and interfolded), made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Dec 2006=100
Paper towels, retail packages (rolled, folded, and interfolded), made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Jun 2007=100
Other sanitary tissue paper products, made in paper mills 		. . . . Index Dec 2002=100
Bleached bristol, clay-coated, uncoated, and industrial converted paper 		Aug 2019 106.1 106.5 102.0 Index Dec 2011=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Miscellaneous receipts 		. . . . Index Jul 2009=100
Secondary products 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Newsprint mills 		Aug 2019 109.9 108.8 114.2 Index Dec 2003=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 111.1 110.1 115.9 Index Dec 2003=100
Newsprint 		Aug 2019 142.6 142.2 153.4 Index Jun 1981=100
Uncoated groundwood paper, from pulp (containing more than 10 percent mechanical fiber) 		. . . . Index Jun 1981=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Paperboard mills 		Aug 2019 285.4 286.9 306.2 Index Dec 1982=100
Paperboard mills 		Aug 2019 285.8 287.2 306.5 Index Dec 1982=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 273.4 274.7 292.6 Index Dec 1982=100
Unbleached kraft packaging & industrial converting paperboard (80 percent or more virgin wood) 		. . . . Index Dec 1982=100
Recycled paperboard 		Aug 2019 315.1 316.8 334.5 Index Dec 1982=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Secondary products 		Aug 2019 338.4 342.0 377.9 Index Dec 1982=100
Converted paper product mfg 		Aug 2019 148.3 148.6 146.4 Index Dec 2003=100
Paper container mfg 		Aug 2019 252.5 253.3 251.1 Index Dec 1984=100
Corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing 		Aug 2019 344.4 345.8 347.7 Index Mar 1980=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 348.3 350.1 352.2 Index Mar 1980=100
Corrugated and solid fiber boxes, including pallets 		Aug 2019 348.3 350.1 352.2 Index Mar 1980=100
Corrugated shipping containers for food, beverages, carryout 		Aug 2019 305.5 306.7 308.9 Index Mar 1980=100
Corrugated shipping containers for paper and allied products 		Aug 2019 358.2 360.8 362.5 Index Mar 1980=100
Corrugated shipping containers, metal machinery, etc 		Aug 2019 200.3 200.6 200.4 Index Jun 2002=100
Other corrugated shipping containers for all other end uses 		Aug 2019 334.9 335.4 345.4 Index Mar 1980=100
Corrugated paperboard in sheets and rolls, lined and unlined 		Aug 2019 310.7 313.7 315.8 Index Mar 1980=100
Other corrugated & solid fiber products, incl containers, etc 		. . . . Index Jun 2002=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Miscellaneous receipts 		Aug 2019 202.7 201.1 200.0 Index Jun 2002=100
Secondary products 		Aug 2019 152.5 152.5 152.0 Index Dec 1990=100
Folding paperboard box manufacturing 		Aug 2019 169.2 169.2 161.4 Index Dec 1983=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 167.8 167.7 160.3 Index Dec 1983=100
Folding paperboard boxes, packaging, and pkg components 		Aug 2019 167.8 167.7 160.3 Index Dec 1983=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Secondary products 		. . . . Index Dec 1983=100
Other paperboard container manufacturing 		Aug 2019 112.5 112.9 110.5 Index Dec 2011=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 112.8 113.4 111.3 Index Dec 2011=100
Setup (rigid) paperboard boxes 		Aug 2019 249.2 244.9 230.1 Index Dec 1983=100
Fiber cans, tubes, and drums 		. . . . Index Dec 1985=100
Paperboard fiber drums with ends of any material 		. . . . Index Dec 1985=100
Fiber cans, tubes, and similar fiber products 		. . . . Index Dec 1985=100
Fiber cans, all fiber and composite 		. . . . Index Dec 1985=100
Fiber cores and tubes 		. . . . Index Dec 1985=100
Paperboard cones/reels/etc/ all vulcanized fiber products 		. . . . Index Dec 2002=100
Nonfolding sanitary food containers 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Paper bag and coated and treated paper mfg 		Aug 2019 139.5 139.3 137.1 Index Dec 2003=100
Paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing 		Aug 2019 106.1 105.9 104.2 Index Dec 2011=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 105.9 105.7 104.1 Index Dec 2011=100
Coated and laminated packaging paper 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Single-web paper, rolls and sheets, including waxed, for flexible packaging uses 		. . . . Index Dec 1987=100
Multiweb laminated rolls and sheets, except foil, for flexible packaging uses 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Coated and laminated paper 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Printing paper, coated at establishments other than where paper was produced 		. . . . Index Dec 1982=100
Pressure-sensitive products 		. . . . Index Dec 1982=100
Wallcoverings 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Converted foil for nonpackaging applications 		. . . . Index Jun 2013=100
Other coated and processed papers, except for packaging uses 		. . . . Index Dec 2011=100
Plastics, foil, and coated paper bags 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Specialty bags, pouches, and liners, coated and single-web paper 		. . . . Index Dec 2014=100
Specialty bags, pouches, and liners, multiweb laminations and foil, except film-film 		. . . . Index Dec 1983=100
Uncoated paper and multiwall bags 		. . . . Index Dec 1990=100
Uncoated single-web paper grocers' bags and sacks and variety and shopping bags 		. . . . Index Dec 1983=100
Shipping sacks and multiwall bags, all materials, except textiles 		. . . . Index Dec 1983=100
Flexible packaging foil 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Pasted, lined, laminated, or surface-coated paperboard 		. . . . Index Dec 1984=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Miscellaneous receipts 		Aug 2019 102.8 102.6 110.3 Index Dec 2011=100
Secondary products 		Aug 2019 107.0 106.8 101.2 Index Dec 2011=100
Stationery product mfg 		Aug 2019 149.0 150.3 144.0 Index Dec 2003=100
Stationery product manufacturing 		Aug 2019 116.5 117.5 112.6 Index Dec 2011=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 117.5 118.5 113.4 Index Dec 2011=100
Die-cut paper, paperboard office supplies, and paper supplies for business machines 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Die-cut paper and paperboard office supplies 		. . . . Index Dec 1989=100
Paper supplies for business machines and other misc unprinted office supplies 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Envelopes 		. . . . Index Dec 1984=100
Stationery, tablets, and related products 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Stationery 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Tablets, pads and related products 		. . . . Index Jun 1985=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Miscellaneous receipts 		Aug 2019 98.6 101.5 99.2 Index Dec 2011=100
Secondary products 		. . . . Index Dec 2011=100
Other converted paper product mfg 		Aug 2019 120.0 119.7 117.2 Index Dec 2003=100
Sanitary paper product manufacturing 		Aug 2019 112.9 113.0 110.7 Index Dec 2003=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 166.4 166.1 163.5 Index Jun 1983=100
Disposable sanitary products, made from purchased sanitary paper stock or wadding 		Aug 2019 93.5 93.5 93.5 Index Dec 2003=100
Sanitary tissue paper products, made from purchased sanitary paper stock or wadding 		Aug 2019 134.5 133.9 128.8 Index Dec 2003=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts
Secondary receipts 		. . . . Index Jun 1983=100
All other converted paper product mfg 		Aug 2019 137.1 136.2 133.1 Index Dec 2003=100
Primary products 		Aug 2019 135.7 135.1 132.5 Index Dec 2003=100
Miscellaneous converted paper and paperboard products 		Aug 2019 134.7 133.9 131.6 Index Dec 2003=100
Secondary products and miscellaneous receipts 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
Secondary products 		. . . . Index Dec 2003=100
   

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