Description of Industries and Summary of Findings

INDUSTRY 2631, PAPERBOARD MILLS

This industry is made up of establishments primarily engaged in
manufacturing paperboard, including paperboard coated on the paperboard
machine, from wood pulp and other fiber pulp; and which may also
manufacture converted paperboard products. Establishments primarily engaged
in integrated operations of producing pulp and manufacturing paperboard are
included in this industry if primarily shipping paperboard or paperboard
products. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing converted
paperboard products from purchased paperboard are classified in industry
group 265 or 267. Establishments primary engaged in manufacturing
insulation board and other reconstituted wood fiberboard are classified in
industry 2493.

The 1992 definition of this industry is the same as that used in the 1987
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The SIC number and title
also are the same.

In the 1992 Census of Manufactures, Industry 2631, Paperboard Mills, had
employment of 51.5 thousand. The employment figure was 2 percent above the
52.3 thousand reported in 1987. Compared with 1991, employment increased 2
percent. The 1991 data are based on the Census Bureau's annual survey of
manufactures (ASM), which is a sample survey conducted each year between
censuses.

The leading States in employment in 1992 were Georgia, Virginia, Alabama,
and Texas. These same States were the leaders in 1987.

The total value of shipments for establishments classified in this industry
was $16.1 billion.

Establishments in virtually all industries ship secondary products as well
as products primary to the industry in which they are classified and have
some miscellaneous receipts, such as resales and contract receipts.
Industry 2631 shipped $14.6 billion of paperboard mill products considered
primary to the industry, $1.3 billion of secondary products, and had $201.4
million of miscellaneous receipts, resales, and contract work. Thus, the
ratio of primary products to the total of both secondary and primary
products shipped by establishments in this industry was 92 percent
(specialization ratio). In 1987, the specialization ratio was 91 percent.

Establishments in this industry also accounted for 89 percent of products
considered primary to the industry no matter where they were actually
produced (coverage ratio). In 1987, the coverage ratio was 90 percent.

The products primary to industry 2631, no matter in what industry they were
produced, appear in file MC92F6A and aggregate to $16.4 billion. For
further explanation of specialization and coverage ratios, see file MC92F5B
and the appendixes.

The total cost of materials, services, and fuels and energy used by
establishments classified in the paperboard mill industry amounted to $8.0
billion. Data on specific materials consumed appear in file MC92F7.

No establishments in this industry were excluded from the mail portion of
the census. However, for a small number of establishments, reports were not
received at the time the data were tabulated. For these establishments data
were obtained from administrative records of other agencies or developed
from industry averages. These establishments accounted for 2 percent of the
total value of shipments.