West Is Only Bright Spot

The article discusses an increase in the shipments of corrugated boxes in the West region in September 2003. All other regions that the Fiber Box Association (FBA) tracks saw drops, with the Southeast experiencing the worst fall, down 7.8%. The North Central, down 5.8%, and the East Central, down 5.7% followed it. The shipments as a whole for September 2003 fell 4% when compared to September 2002 shipments.