for uncoated freesheet paper and market pulp announced at the end of 2009 become effective .input costs are expected to be higher due to wood supply constraints at the kwidzyn mill and annual tariff increases on energy in russia .planned main- tenance outage costs are expected to be about flat , while operating costs should be favorable .asian printing papers net sales were approx- imately $ 50 million in 2009 compared with approx- imately $ 20 million in both 2008 and 2007 .operating earnings increased slightly in 2009 compared with 2008 , but were less than $ 1 million in all periods .u.s .market pulp net sales in 2009 totaled $ 575 million compared with $ 750 million in 2008 and $ 655 million in 2007 .operating earnings in 2009 were $ 140 million ( a loss of $ 71 million excluding alter- native fuel mixture credits and plant closure costs ) compared with a loss of $ 156 million ( a loss of $ 33 million excluding costs associated with the perma- nent shutdown of the bastrop mill ) in 2008 and earn- ings of $ 78 million in 2007 .sales volumes in 2009 decreased from 2008 levels due to weaker global demand .average sales price realizations were significantly lower as the decline in demand resulted in significant price declines for market pulp and smaller declines in fluff pulp .input costs for wood , energy and chemicals decreased , and freight costs were significantly lower .mill operating costs were favorable across all mills , and planned maintenance downtime costs were lower .lack-of-order downtime in 2009 increased to approx- imately 540000 tons , including 480000 tons related to the permanent shutdown of our bastrop mill in the fourth quarter of 2008 , compared with 135000 tons in 2008 .in the first quarter of 2010 , sales volumes are expected to increase slightly , reflecting improving customer demand for fluff pulp , offset by slightly seasonally weaker demand for softwood and hard- wood pulp in china .average sales price realizations are expected to improve , reflecting the realization of previously announced sales price increases for fluff pulp , hardwood pulp and softwood pulp .input costs are expected to increase for wood , energy and chemicals , and freight costs may also increase .planned maintenance downtime costs will be higher , but operating costs should be about flat .consumer packaging demand and pricing for consumer packaging prod- ucts correlate closely with consumer spending and general economic activity .in addition to prices and volumes , major factors affecting the profitability of consumer packaging are raw material and energy costs , freight costs , manufacturing efficiency and product mix .consumer packaging net sales in 2009 decreased 4% ( 4 % ) compared with 2008 and increased 1% ( 1 % ) compared with 2007 .operating profits increased significantly compared with both 2008 and 2007 .excluding alternative fuel mixture credits and facility closure costs , 2009 operating profits were sig- nificantly higher than 2008 and 57% ( 57 % ) higher than 2007 .benefits from higher average sales price realizations ( $ 114 million ) , lower raw material and energy costs ( $ 114 million ) , lower freight costs ( $ 21 million ) , lower costs associated with the reorganiza- tion of the shorewood business ( $ 23 million ) , favor- able foreign exchange effects ( $ 14 million ) and other items ( $ 12 million ) were partially offset by lower sales volumes and increased lack-of-order downtime ( $ 145 million ) and costs associated with the perma- nent shutdown of the franklin mill ( $ 67 million ) .additionally , operating profits in 2009 included $ 330 million of alternative fuel mixture credits .consumer packaging in millions 2009 2008 2007 .
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north american consumer packaging net sales were $ 2.2 billion compared with $ 2.5 billion in 2008 and $ 2.4 billion in 2007 .operating earnings in 2009 were $ 343 million ( $ 87 million excluding alter- native fuel mixture credits and facility closure costs ) compared with $ 8 million ( $ 38 million excluding facility closure costs ) in 2008 and $ 70 million in 2007 .coated paperboard sales volumes were lower in 2009 compared with 2008 reflecting weaker market conditions .average sales price realizations were significantly higher , reflecting the full-year realization of price increases implemented in the second half of 2008 .raw material costs for wood , energy and chemicals were significantly lower in 2009 , while freight costs were also favorable .operating costs , however , were unfavorable and planned main- tenance downtime costs were higher .lack-of-order downtime increased to 300000 tons in 2009 from 15000 tons in 2008 due to weak demand .operating results in 2009 include income of $ 330 million for alternative fuel mixture credits and $ 67 million of expenses for shutdown costs for the franklin mill .foodservice sales volumes were lower in 2009 than in 2008 due to generally weak world-wide economic conditions .average sales price realizations were .

Question: considering the years 2008 and 2009 , what is the variation observed in the operating profit , in millions?
Answer: 416
Explanation: it is the difference between those values .