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The
American Forest & Paper Association has released its March 2013
Printing-Writing Paper Report.
According
to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments were down 6% compared to
March 2012.
Additional
key findings:
Coated mechanical (CM) shipments in March decreased 9
percent compared to March 2012 to 247,800 tons. Imports of coated
mechanical increased year-over-year through February, up 12 percent.
March shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers
decreased less than 1 percent compared to March 2012, with year-to-date
CFS shipments essentially flat through the first quarter.
Uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments of 753,000
tons in March were 6 percent below the same period last year, with imports
increasing 12 percent year-over-year in February and exports declining 12
percent.
March uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments
decreased 13 percent when compared to March 2012, with year-over-year
exports through February up 28 percent.
