million excluding a gain on a bargain purchase price adjustment on the acquisition of a majority share of our operations in turkey and restructuring costs ) compared with $ 53 million ( $ 72 million excluding restructuring costs ) in 2012 and $ 66 million ( $ 61 million excluding a gain for a bargain purchase price adjustment on an acquisition by our then joint venture in turkey and costs associated with the closure of our etienne mill in france in 2009 ) in 2011 .sales volumes in 2013 were higher than in 2012 reflecting strong demand for packaging in the agricultural markets in morocco and turkey .in europe , sales volumes decreased slightly due to continuing weak demand for packaging in the industrial markets , and lower demand for packaging in the agricultural markets resulting from poor weather conditions .average sales margins were significantly lower due to input costs for containerboard rising ahead of box sales price increases .other input costs were also higher , primarily for energy .operating profits in 2013 and 2012 included net gains of $ 13 million and $ 10 million , respectively , for insurance settlements and italian government grants , partially offset by additional operating costs , related to the earthquakes in northern italy in may 2012 which affected our san felice box plant .entering the first quarter of 2014 , sales volumes are expected to increase slightly reflecting higher demand for packaging in the industrial markets .average sales margins are expected to gradually improve as a result of slight reductions in material costs and planned box price increases .other input costs should be about flat .brazilian industrial packaging includes the results of orsa international paper embalagens s.a. , a corrugated packaging producer in which international paper acquired a 75% ( 75 % ) share in january 2013 .net sales were $ 335 million in 2013 .operating profits in 2013 were a loss of $ 2 million ( a gain of $ 2 million excluding acquisition and integration costs ) .looking ahead to the first quarter of 2014 , sales volumes are expected to be seasonally lower than in the fourth quarter of 2013 .average sales margins should improve reflecting the partial implementation of an announced sales price increase and a more favorable product mix .operating costs and input costs are expected to be lower .asian industrial packaging net sales were $ 400 million in 2013 compared with $ 400 million in 2012 and $ 410 million in 2011 .operating profits for the packaging operations were a loss of $ 5 million in 2013 ( a loss of $ 1 million excluding restructuring costs ) compared with gains of $ 2 million in 2012 and $ 2 million in 2011 .operating profits were favorably impacted in 2013 by higher average sales margins and slightly higher sales volumes compared with 2012 , but these benefits were offset by higher operating costs .looking ahead to the first quarter of 2014 , sales volumes and average sales margins are expected to be seasonally soft .net sales for the distribution operations were $ 285 million in 2013 compared with $ 260 million in 2012 and $ 285 million in 2011 .operating profits were $ 3 million in 2013 , 2012 and 2011 .printing papers demand for printing papers products is closely correlated with changes in commercial printing and advertising activity , direct mail volumes and , for uncoated cut-size products , with changes in white- collar employment levels that affect the usage of copy and laser printer paper .pulp is further affected by changes in currency rates that can enhance or disadvantage producers in different geographic regions .principal cost drivers include manufacturing efficiency , raw material and energy costs and freight costs .printing papers net sales for 2013 were about flat with both 2012 and 2011 .operating profits in 2013 were 55% ( 55 % ) lower than in 2012 and 69% ( 69 % ) lower than in 2011 .excluding facility closure costs and impairment costs , operating profits in 2013 were 15% ( 15 % ) lower than in 2012 and 40% ( 40 % ) lower than in 2011 .benefits from lower operating costs ( $ 81 million ) and lower maintenance outage costs ( $ 17 million ) were more than offset by lower average sales price realizations ( $ 38 million ) , lower sales volumes ( $ 14 million ) , higher input costs ( $ 99 million ) and higher other costs ( $ 34 million ) .in addition , operating profits in 2013 included costs of $ 118 million associated with the announced closure of our courtland , alabama mill .during 2013 , the company accelerated depreciation for certain courtland assets , and diligently evaluated certain other assets for possible alternative uses by one of our other businesses .the net book value of these assets at december 31 , 2013 was approximately $ 470 million .during 2014 , we have continued our evaluation and expect to conclude as to any uses for these assets during the first quarter of 2014 .operating profits also included a $ 123 million impairment charge associated with goodwill and a trade name intangible asset in our india papers business .operating profits in 2011 included a $ 24 million gain related to the announced repurposing of our franklin , virginia mill to produce fluff pulp and an $ 11 million impairment charge related to our inverurie , scotland mill that was closed in 2009 .printing papers .
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north american printing papers net sales were $ 2.6 billion in 2013 , $ 2.7 billion in 2012 and $ 2.8 billion in 2011. .

Question: what was the profit margin in 2011
Answer: 14%