( $ 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 .
what was the industrial packaging profit margin in 2012
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. .