Pulp and Paper Economic Indicators: A Comparative Analysis, 2013

This study benchmarks output, employment, investment, productivity and prices in the pulp and paper industry against manufacturing overall, durable and nondurable, and selected other industries. The study identifies how the pulp and paper industry currently fares with other industries and how these measures have changed over time. Among the findings, growth in pulp and paper output has outpaced employment as the economy emerged from the great recession, total factor productivity is low relative to benchmark industries, and recent capital investments increased 13.2%, reversing a trend of disinvestment during the first decade of the millennium.