April Printing Shipments Rise +$49 Million; January to April Shipments Down -0.6%:
Printing shipments for April were up by $49 million (+0.7%) compared to 2011, but down by -$22 million after adjusting for inflation. Shipments were $6.773 billion in current dollars. March printing shipments, already revised in the benchmark five-year revision just released about two weeks ago, were revised down by -$67 million. This made March shipments $6.771 million, just $2 million less than April shipments (-0.3%).
