The following table and discussion present details related to the 2002 third-quarter charge: write-offs and $1 million of other cash charges associated with its international joint ventures. (a) The Specialty Businesses charge of $3 million relates to the severance costs for 43 employees in Arizona Chemical’s U.S. operations to reduce costs. (c) The Forest Products business charge of $12 million resulted from management’s decision to exit the development of the wood plastic composite business and shut down the Whelen Springs, Arkansas lumber mill. Charges associated with the wood plastic composite business consisted of $10 million of asset write-downs to salvage value and $1 million of other exit costs. The Whelen Springs lumber mill was closed due to the impact of the strong dollar on export sales. The Whelen Springs shut-down charge consisted of $1 million of exit costs. (d) The Distribution business (xpedx) implemented a plan to consolidate duplicative facilities and reduce ongoing operating logistics and selling and administrative expenses. Charges associated with this plan included $1 million of asset write-downs to salvage value, $2 million of severance costs covering the termination of 68 employees, and other cash costs of $3 million. Asset Severance In millions Write-downs and Other Total Specialty Businesses  and Other (a) $- $ 3 $ 3 Carter Holt Harvey (b) 5 7 12 Other (c) 4 - 4 $9$10 $19 (b) The CHH severance and other charge of $7 million relates primarily to severance for job reductions at the Kinleith, New Zealand mill (102 employees) and at packaging operations in Australia (45 employees). The Kinleith reductions are part of a continuing program to improve the cost structure at the mill. In addition, CHH recorded a $5 million loss related to a write- down of non-refundable tax credits to their estimated realizable value. (c) This $4 million charge relates to the write-down to zero of International Paper’s investment in Forest Express, a joint venture engaged in electronic commerce transaction processing for the Forest Products Industry. (e) The Specialty Businesses approved a plan to shut down the Valkeakoski, Finland chemicals plant, as well as a management plan to implement headcount reduction programs within the Chemicals group. Charges associated with the Valkeakoski shutdown included $8 million of other cash costs not including severance. The Valkeakoski plant had revenues of $20 million, $19 million and $19 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. This plant had operating earnings of $1 million in both 2002 and 2001, and $2 million in 2000. Charges associated with the headcount reduction programs consisted of $3 million of severance covering 11 employees to be terminated and $1 million of other related costs. The Specialty Businesses also implemented a plan to restructure manufacturing operations at the Polyrey facility in France. The plan includes consolidation of decorative high-pressure laminate production in order to optimize efficiencies and provide higher levels of quality and service. Charges associated with the restructuring included $2 million of severance costs covering the termination of 46 employees and $1 million of other exit costs. Other charges included a $1 million reserve for facility environmental costs at the Natchez, Mississippi facility.  (f) CHH recorded a charge of $11 million for severance costs associated with a reduction-in-force at its Kinleith, New Zealand facility as part of a continuing program to improve the cost structure at the mill. Redundancies associated with the charge included 260 employees. Asset Severance In millions Write-downs and Other Total Printing Papers (a) $39$18 $57 Industrial and  Consumer Packaging (b) 3 - 3 Distribution (c) - 7 7 Administrative Support  Groups (d) - 12 12 $42 $37 $79 The following table and discussion present details related to the 2002 second-quarter charge: (a) The Printing Papers business approved a plan to permanently shut down the Hudson River, New York mill by December 31, 2002, as many of the specialty products produced at the mill were not competitive in current markets. The assets of the mill are currently being marketed for sale. Impairment charges associated with the shutdown included $39 million to write the assets down to their estimated realizable value of approximately $5 million, $9 million of severance costs covering the termination of 294 employees, and other cash costs of $7 million. The Hudson River mill had revenues of $61 million, $80 million and $139 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and operating losses of $15 million in 2002 and $22 million in 2001, and operating earnings of $9 million in 2000. The Printing Papers business also recorded an additional 53