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The
American Forest & Paper Association has released its December 2012
Printing-Writing Paper Report.
According to
the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 9 percent in
December compared to December 2011. For the year of 2012, printing-writing and
related paper shipments were 4.6 percent below the 2011 level. All four of the
major printing-writing grades posted decreases compared to last December, with
inventory levels increasing in November, led by double-digit increases in
mechanical grade papers.
Additional key
findings:
December
shipments of coated mechanical (CM) papers decreased 10 percent compared to
December 2011 and 5 percent for the year.
December
shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers decreased 7 percent when compared
to December 2011 and were down 3 percent for the year in 2012. Year-to-date
imports of CFS through November were down 12 percent compared to the 11-month
period in 2011.
Uncoated free
sheet (UFS) papers shipments decreased 7 percent compared to December. Annual
purchases of UFS papers for the year were down 4 percent compared to 2011.
Year-to-date UFS imports are up 4 percent in 2012 compared to same 11 months in
2011.
December
uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 27 percent when compared to
December 2011, with annual shipments 17 percent below 2011 levels.
