( $ 125 million ) and higher maintenance outage costs ( $ 18 million ) .additionally , operating profits in 2012 include 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 busi- ness of $ 17 million and a $ 3 million gain for other items , while operating costs in 2011 included costs associated with signing an agreement to acquire temple-inland of $ 20 million and a gain of $ 7 million for other items .industrial packaging .
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north american industr ia l packaging net sales were $ 11.6 billion in 2012 compared with $ 8.6 billion in 2011 and $ 8.4 billion in 2010 .operating profits in 2012 were $ 1.0 billion ( $ 1.3 billion exclud- ing costs associated with the acquisition and integration of temple-inland and mill divestiture costs ) compared with $ 1.1 billion ( both including and excluding costs associated with signing an agree- ment to acquire temple-inland ) in 2011 and $ 763 million ( $ 776 million excluding facility closure costs ) in 2010 .sales volumes for the legacy business were about flat in 2012 compared with 2011 .average sales price was lower mainly due to export containerboard sales prices which bottomed out in the first quarter but climbed steadily the rest of the year .input costs were lower for recycled fiber , wood and natural gas , but higher for starch .freight costs also increased .plan- ned maintenance downtime costs were higher than in 2011 .operating costs were higher largely due to routine inventory valuation adjustments operating profits in 2012 benefited from $ 235 million of temple-inland synergies .market-related downtime in 2012 was about 570000 tons compared with about 380000 tons in 2011 .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 .operating profits in 2011 included charges of $ 20 million for costs associated with the signing of the agreement to acquire temple- inland .looking ahead to 2013 , sales volumes in the first quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 2012 are expected to increase slightly for boxes due to a higher number of shipping days .average sales price realizations are expected to reflect the pass-through to box customers of a containerboard price increase implemented in 2012 .input costs are expected to be higher for recycled fiber , wood and starch .planned maintenance downtime costs are expected to be about $ 26 million higher with outages scheduled at eight mills compared with six mills in the 2012 fourth quarter .manufacturing operating costs are expected to be lower .european industr ia l packaging net sales were $ 1.0 billion in 2012 compared with $ 1.1 billion in 2011 and $ 990 million in 2010 .operating profits in 2012 were $ 53 million ( $ 72 million excluding restructuring costs ) compared with $ 66 million ( $ 61 million excluding a gain for a bargain purchase price adjustment on an acquisition by our joint venture in turkey and costs associated with the closure of our etienne mill in france in 2009 ) in 2011 and $ 70 mil- lion ( $ 73 million before closure costs for our etienne mill ) in 2010 .sales volumes in 2012 were lower than in 2011 reflecting decreased demand for packaging in the industrial market due to a weaker overall economic environment in southern europe .demand for pack- aging in the agricultural markets was about flat year- over-year .average sales margins increased due to sales price increases implemented during 2011 and 2012 and lower board costs .other input costs were higher , primarily for energy and distribution .operat- ing profits in 2012 included a net gain of $ 10 million for an insurance settlement , partially offset by addi- tional operating costs , related to the earthquakes in northern italy in may which affected our san felice box plant .entering the first quarter of 2013 , sales volumes are expected to be stable reflecting a seasonal decrease in market demand in agricultural markets offset by an increase in industrial markets .average sales margins are expected to improve due to lower input costs for containerboard .other input costs should be about flat .operating costs are expected to be higher reflecting the absence of the earthquake insurance settlement that was received in the 2012 fourth quar- asian industr ia l packaging net sales and operating profits include the results of sca pack- aging since the acquisition on june 30 , 2010 , includ- ing the impact of incremental integration costs .net sales for the packaging operations were $ 400 million in 2012 compared with $ 410 million in 2011 and $ 255 million in 2010 .operating profits for the packaging operations were $ 2 million in 2012 compared with $ 2 million in 2011 and a loss of $ 7 million ( a loss of $ 4 million excluding facility closure costs ) in 2010 .operating profits were favorably impacted by higher average sales margins in 2012 compared with 2011 , but this benefit was offset by lower sales volumes and higher raw material costs and operating costs .looking ahead to the first quarter of 2013 , sales volumes and average sales margins are expected to decrease due to seasonality .net sales for the distribution operations were $ 260 million in 2012 compared with $ 285 million in 2011 and $ 240 million in 2010 .operating profits were $ 3 million in 2012 compared with $ 3 million in 2011 and about breakeven in 2010. .

Question: what was the percentage change in the north american industrial packaging net sales in 2012
Answer: 34.9%