The American Forest & Paper
Association has released its February 2013 Printing-Writing Paper Report.
According to the report, total
printing-writing paper shipments were down 12 percent from February 2012.
Additional key findings:
February
shipments of coated mechanical (CM) decreased 20 percent compared to
February 2012 to 218,900 tons, the lowest total since before 1995.February shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers decreased 5 percent compared to February 2012, with year-to-date CFS shipments up less than 1 percent relative to 2012.
Uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments of 701,700 tons in February were 10 percent below the same period last year, with imports increasing 14 percent year-over-year in January.
February uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 22 percent when compared to February 2012.
