areas exceeding 14.1 million acres ( 5.7 million hectares ) .products and brand designations appearing in italics are trademarks of international paper or a related company .industry segment results industrial packaging demand for industrial packaging products is closely correlated with non-durable industrial goods production , as well as with demand for processed foods , poultry , meat and agricultural products .in addition to prices and volumes , major factors affecting the profitability of industrial packaging are raw material and energy costs , freight costs , manufacturing efficiency and product mix .industrial packaging net sales and operating profits include the results of the temple-inland packaging operations from the date of acquisition in february 2012 and the results of the brazil packaging business from the date of acquisition in january 2013 .in addition , due to the acquisition of a majority share of olmuksa international paper sabanci ambalaj sanayi ve ticaret a.s. , ( now called olmuksan international paper or olmuksan ) net sales for our corrugated packaging business in turkey are included in the business segment totals beginning in the first quarter of 2013 and the operating profits reflect a higher ownership percentage than in previous years .net sales for 2013 increased 12% ( 12 % ) to $ 14.8 billion compared with $ 13.3 billion in 2012 , and 42% ( 42 % ) compared with $ 10.4 billion in 2011 .operating profits were 69% ( 69 % ) higher in 2013 than in 2012 and 57% ( 57 % ) higher than in 2011 .excluding costs associated with the acquisition and integration of temple-inland , the divestiture of three containerboard mills and other special items , operating profits in 2013 were 36% ( 36 % ) higher than in 2012 and 59% ( 59 % ) higher than in 2011 .benefits from the net impact of higher average sales price realizations and an unfavorable mix ( $ 749 million ) were offset by lower sales volumes ( $ 73 million ) , higher operating costs ( $ 64 million ) , higher maintenance outage costs ( $ 16 million ) and higher input costs ( $ 102 million ) .additionally , operating profits in 2013 include costs of $ 62 million associated with the integration of temple-inland , a gain of $ 13 million related to a bargain purchase adjustment on the acquisition of a majority share of our operations in turkey , and a net gain of $ 1 million for other items , while operating profits in 2012 included costs of $ 184 million associated with the acquisition and integration of temple-inland , mill divestiture costs of $ 91 million , costs associated with the restructuring of our european packaging business of $ 17 million and a $ 3 million gain for other items .industrial packaging .
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north american industrial packaging net sales were $ 12.5 billion in 2013 compared with $ 11.6 billion in 2012 and $ 8.6 billion in 2011 .operating profits in 2013 were $ 1.8 billion ( both including and excluding costs associated with the integration of temple-inland and other special items ) compared with $ 1.0 billion ( $ 1.3 billion excluding costs associated with the acquisition and integration of temple-inland and mill divestiture costs ) in 2012 and $ 1.1 billion ( both including and excluding costs associated with signing an agreement to acquire temple-inland ) in 2011 .sales volumes decreased in 2013 compared with 2012 reflecting flat demand for boxes and the impact of commercial decisions .average sales price realizations were significantly higher mainly due to the realization of price increases for domestic containerboard and boxes .input costs were higher for wood , energy and recycled fiber .freight costs also increased .planned maintenance downtime costs were higher than in 2012 .manufacturing operating costs decreased , but were offset by inflation and higher overhead and distribution costs .the business took about 850000 tons of total downtime in 2013 of which about 450000 were market- related and 400000 were maintenance downtime .in 2012 , the business took about 945000 tons of total downtime of which about 580000 were market-related and about 365000 were maintenance downtime .operating profits in 2013 included $ 62 million of costs associated with the integration of temple-inland .operating profits in 2012 included $ 184 million of costs associated with the acquisition and integration of temple-inland and $ 91 million of costs associated with the divestiture of three containerboard mills .looking ahead to 2014 , compared with the fourth quarter of 2013 , sales volumes in the first quarter are expected to increase for boxes due to a higher number of shipping days offset by the impact from the severe winter weather events impacting much of the u.s .input costs are expected to be higher for energy , recycled fiber , wood and starch .planned maintenance downtime spending is expected to be about $ 51 million higher with outages scheduled at six mills compared with four mills in the 2013 fourth quarter .manufacturing operating costs are expected to be lower .however , operating profits will be negatively impacted by the adverse winter weather in the first quarter of 2014 .emea industrial packaging net sales in 2013 include the sales of our packaging operations in turkey which are now fully consolidated .net sales were $ 1.3 billion in 2013 compared with $ 1.0 billion in 2012 and $ 1.1 billion in 2011 .operating profits in 2013 were $ 43 million ( $ 32 .

Question: what was the increase in net sales in billions in 2013
Answer: 1.776