Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted Paper Manufacturing Establishments gaining jobs Establishments losing jobs Year 3 months ended Net change(1) Total Expanding Opening Total Contracting Closing establishments establishments establishments establishments 1992 September -17 2,489 2,382 107 2,579 2,455 124 December 14 2,597 2,481 116 2,402 2,300 102 1993 March -8 2,510 2,356 154 2,676 2,514 162 June 15 2,857 2,748 109 2,198 2,104 94 September -13 2,538 2,436 102 2,561 2,446 115 December 26 2,667 2,524 143 2,418 2,301 117 1994 March 4 2,533 2,387 146 2,622 2,480 142 June 15 2,991 2,865 126 2,121 2,010 111 September -7 2,707 2,602 105 2,506 2,394 112 December 34 2,935 2,799 136 2,221 2,119 102 1995 March 6 2,574 2,442 132 2,631 2,505 126 June 35 2,838 2,692 146 2,410 2,299 111 September -1 2,521 2,399 122 2,714 2,591 123 December 35 2,664 2,524 140 2,547 2,442 105 1996 March -2 2,427 2,283 144 2,846 2,700 146 June 17 2,742 2,609 133 2,515 2,399 116 September -14 2,622 2,504 118 2,638 2,506 132 December 27 2,895 2,771 124 2,369 2,272 97 1997 March 20 2,605 2,448 157 2,751 2,614 137 June 1 2,886 2,770 116 2,374 2,259 115 September -2 2,604 2,489 115 2,711 2,594 117 December 11 2,804 2,694 110 2,421 2,322 99 1998 March -3 2,617 2,433 184 2,820 2,633 187 June 49 2,695 2,536 159 2,638 2,528 110 September -7 2,465 2,324 141 2,809 2,661 148 December 0 2,637 2,525 112 2,635 2,523 112 1999 March -27 2,354 2,219 135 2,942 2,780 162 June 12 2,806 2,669 137 2,483 2,358 125 September -16 2,653 2,533 120 2,653 2,517 136 December -44 2,690 2,574 116 2,541 2,381 160 2000 March -3 2,507 2,342 165 2,836 2,668 168 June -4 2,713 2,595 118 2,561 2,439 122 September -23 2,390 2,291 99 2,831 2,709 122 December -13 2,688 2,579 109 2,453 2,331 122 2001 March -71 2,130 2,002 128 3,146 2,947 199 June -4 2,220 2,088 132 2,930 2,794 136 September -59 2,004 1,905 99 3,124 2,966 158 December -38 2,254 2,155 99 2,713 2,576 137 2002 March -67 2,010 1,883 127 2,991 2,797 194 June -26 2,395 2,276 119 2,497 2,352 145 September -60 2,228 2,117 111 2,661 2,490 171 December 18 2,315 2,176 139 2,492 2,371 121 2003 March -122 1,929 1,811 118 2,979 2,739 240 June -37 2,103 1,983 120 2,669 2,512 157 September -57 1,996 1,924 72 2,687 2,558 129 December -60 2,203 2,131 72 2,400 2,268 132 2004 March -36 2,015 1,890 125 2,703 2,542 161 June -28 2,392 2,300 92 2,271 2,151 120 September -42 2,274 2,194 80 2,353 2,231 122 December -31 2,244 2,131 113 2,288 2,144 144 2005 March -68 2,102 1,985 117 2,531 2,346 185 June -27 2,201 2,110 91 2,303 2,185 118 September -44 1,960 1,883 77 2,556 2,435 121 December 18 2,254 2,144 110 2,176 2,084 92 2006 March -71 1,945 1,859 86 2,503 2,346 157 June -39 2,190 2,095 95 2,258 2,124 134 September -40 1,931 1,852 79 2,456 2,337 119 December -1 2,237 2,144 93 2,109 2,015 94 2007 March -84 1,893 1,800 93 2,552 2,375 177 June -34 2,077 1,994 83 2,229 2,112 117 September 2 1,830 1,713 117 2,516 2,401 115 December -16 2,125 2,041 84 2,111 2,011 100 2008 March -48 1,825 1,732 93 2,479 2,338 141 June -42 1,905 1,821 84 2,295 2,169 126 September -57 1,733 1,650 83 2,550 2,410 140 December 12 1,622 1,498 124 2,573 2,461 112 2009 March -93 1,174 1,056 118 3,203 2,992 211 June -75 1,535 1,438 97 2,559 2,387 172 September -83 1,751 1,685 66 2,177 2,028 149 December -12 1,841 1,734 107 1,973 1,854 119 2010 March -51 1,701 1,601 100 2,165 2,014 151 June -22 2,097 2,012 85 1,672 1,565 107 September -18 1,776 1,695 81 1,950 1,851 99 December 10 1,854 1,757 97 1,831 1,744 87 2011 March -78 1,728 1,657 71 2,006 1,857 149 June -21 1,956 1,878 78 1,748 1,649 99 September -19 1,636 1,556 80 2,078 1,979 99 (1) Net change is the difference between the number of opening establishments and the number of closing establishments.