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Nominal Annual Capacity and Production

By Product Line and Mill

(In thousands of metric tons)

Annual Capacity

2005 Production

Newsprint

Calhoun, Tennessee (1,2)

372

444

Coosa Pines, Alabama

325

324

Grenada, Mississippi

247

245

Liverpool, Nova Scotia

253

244

Thunder Bay, Ontario (2)

532

331

Gatineau, Quebec (2)

454

456

Dalhousie, New Brunswick (2)

219

231

Usk, Washington (3)

254

254

Mokpo, South Korea

258

247

Capacity Used for Nuway Production

(120

)

(72

)

2,794

2,704

Coated and Specialty Papers

Benton Harbor, Michigan

76

38

Catawba, South Carolina

649

654

Covington, Tennessee

76

42

Calhoun, Tennessee (2)

372

263

Dalhousie, New Brunswick (2)

18

3

Dolbeau, Quebec

232

226

Donnaconna, Quebec

155

155

Gatineau, Quebec (2)

22

23

Thunder Bay, Ontario (2)

18

18

1,618

1,422

Market Pulp

Catawba, South Carolina

245

195

Calhoun, Tennessee

145

131

Coosa Pines, Alabama

260

225

Thunder Bay, Ontario (4)

402

503

1,052

1,054

Total Tons of Pulp and Paper

5,464

5,180

Lumber (5)

1,122

1,095

  1. Includes Calhoun Newsprint Company capacity of 216,000 and production of 204,609. Capacity reflects the mid-year completion of a project to convert Calhoun PM#4 to specialty papers.
  2. Represents a facility that has swing newsprint and uncoated groundwood machines.
  3. Represents 100% production and capacity of Ponderay Newsprint Company, a 40% owned partnership.
  4. In January 2006, Bowater announced the closure of Thunder Bay’s “A” kraft mill effective the second quarter of 2006. Capacity figures have been adjusted to reflect this closure.
  5. Figures are in MMBF (millions of board feet). Canadian lumber capacity is based on allocated and available cutting allotment.