May 2013 US commercial printing shipments were
$7.01 billion, down -$317 million (-4.3%) compared to 2012, and down by -$417
million after adjusting for inflation (-5.6%). April printing shipments were
revised up by +$34 million, to $6.724 billion. May was the first month since
October 2012 to register more than $7 billion in shipments. For the first five months
of 2013, shipments are down -1.3%, -2.8% after inflation.
