H1 Commercial Print Shipments Down
The US Commerce Department released commercial printing shipments data for
June 2013. In current dollars, shipments were $6.33 billion, down -$100 million
(-1.6%) compared to 2012. After adjusting for inflation, shipments were down
-$213 million after inflation adjustment (-3.3%).
For the first half of the year, shipments were
$39.3 billion in current dollars, down -$579 million (-1.5%), or -$1.19 billion
(-2.9%) after inflation.