EXHIBIT 12

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED

STOCK DIVIDENDS

(Dollar amounts in millions)

(Unaudited)

	For the Years Ended December 31,
TITLE	2003			2004			2005			2006			2007
A)    Earnings (loss) before income taxes, minority interest, extraordinary items and accounting changes	$	89.0		$	376.0		$	286.0		$	3,188.0		$	1,654.0
B)     Minority interest expense, net of taxes		(79.0	)		(24.0	)		(9.0	)		(17.0	)		(24.0	)
C)     Fixed charges excluding capitalized interest		943.8			859.7			752.0			724.5			552.8
D)    Amortization of previously capitalized interest		40.8			40.3			39.2			34.8			27.2
E)     Equity in undistributed earnings of affiliates		3.1			(13.4	)		9.7			(5.8	)		(10.7	)
F)     Earnings before income taxes, extraordinary items, accounting changes and fixed charges	$	997.7		$	1,238.6		$	1,077.9		$	3,924.5		$	2,199.3
Fixed Charges
G)    Interest and amortization of debt expense	$	801.8		$	780.3		$	680.8		$	651.4		$	487.0
H)    Interest factor attributable to rentals		74.9			63.9			61.2			60.2			55.4
I)       Preferred dividends of subsidiaries		67.1			15.5			10.0			12.9			10.4
J)     Capitalized interest		8.0			9.7			13.7			20.7			29.9
K)    Total fixed charges	$	951.8		$	869.4		$	765.7		$	745.2		$	582.7
L)     Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		1.05			1.42			1.41			5.27			3.77

Note: Dividends on International Paper’s preferred stock are insignificant. As a result, for all periods presented, the ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends are the same as the ratios of earnings to fixed charges.