Pulp and Paper Mill Products Market Profile
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills Industry Summary
Currently, there are nearly 3,000 jobs in Maine's Pulp, Paper, and
Paperboard Mills industry (NAICS 3221). Approximately two thirds of
these jobs are in NAICS 322121: Paper (except Newsprint) Mills,
followed by a quarter of jobs in NAICS 322110: Pulp Mills and the
remained of industry jobs in NAICS 322122: Newsprint Mills. Pulp,
Paper, and Paperboard Mills jobs account for 0.43% of all of Maine's
jobs. At the national level, jobs in this industry account for only 0.06%
of all jobs. Maine's industry jobs represent 3% of total domestic jobs in
the Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills industry.
NAICS 3221: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills Jobs, 2021
NAICS 3221: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills Job Change, Maine
NAICS
322110
Description
Pulp Mills
Historic,
2015-2019
#
COVID-
Related,
2019-2020
#
322121
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
322122
Newsprint Mills
322130
Total
%
%
%
140 24% (11) (2%) 108 15%
(625) (21%) (390) (16%) (547) (27%)
(284) (55%) 24 10% (79) (34%)
0 0% 0 0%
0 0%
(769) (19%) (377) (11%) (518) (17%)
Projected,
2021-2026
#
Source: Emsi
Paperboard Mills
The Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills industry is an export industry
for Maine. 95% of the industry's $2.2 billion in annual sales are made
to consumers out of state (both domestic and foreign). Nationally, 16%
of industry sales are made to foreign consumers.
NAICS 3221: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills Sales, 2021
Maine
United States
% of
NAICS
Description
#
Total
#
322110
Pulp Mills
739
25%
5,549
% of
Total
6%
Maine %
of US
13%
322121
Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
2,011
67%
50,679
55%
4%
322122
Newsprint Mills
232
8%
3,464
4%
7%
322130
Paperboard Mills
0
Total NAICS 3221
2,982
NAICS 3221 as % of Jobs in All Industries
Source: Emsi
0.43%
0% 31,882
100% 91,574
0.06%
35%
0%
Maine
100%
3%
United States
Source: Emsi
Total Sales
$2,213,700,131
$76,124,101,732
In-Region Sales
$112,422,814
$64,233,659,942
Exported Sales
$2,101,277,317
$11,890,441,790
% of Sales
In-Region
5%
% of Sales
Exported
95%
84%
16%
On a percentage basis, job losses in this industry are more significant in
Maine than nationally. In the years leading up to COVID-19 (2015-
2019), Maine lost 19% of its jobs in this industry, compared to 5% at
the national level. This trend has continued throughout the COVID-19
period (2019-2020) and is projected to continue through 2026.
NAICS 3221: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills Job Change
COVID-Related,
2019-2020
Since 2018 total sales by Maine's Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills
have fluctuated between $2.0 billion and $2.4 billion.
NAICS 3221: Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard
Mills Total Sales Trend, Maine
Year
2018
Historic,
2015-2019
Maine
United States
Source: Emsi
#
(769)
(5,000)
%
(19%)
(5%)
#
(377)
(4,587)
Projected,
2021-2026
%
#
(11%) (518)
(5%) (3,829)
2019
2020
%
(17%)
(4%)
2021
Total Sales
$2,160,995,000
$2,380,794,000
$2,062,665,000
$2,213,700,131
In Maine, NAICS 322121: Paper (except Newsprint) Mills have had
the highest number of jobs lost - 625 between 2015-2019, and another
390 in 2019-2020. On a percentage basis, NAICS 322122: Newsprint
Mills has lost the most jobs, declining by 55% in the years leading up to
COVID-19.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2018-2020), Emsi (2021)
Over a longer time period the industry has experienced a decline in
gross regional product (GRP) in Maine. Since 2010, the Pulp, Paper,
and Paperboard Mills industry's GRP has declined by nearly $390.0
million, or 33%. The industry has declined from 2.5% of Maine's total
GRP to 1.2%, indicating that the industry is becoming less of an
economic contributor to the state, relative to other industries.
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