The coated Groundwood paper grade - the paper used in magazines and catalogues, is still very depressed and deep discounts are often offered to buyers. North American production capacity for 2005 was 6.55million tpy and capacity is forecasted to decline to 6.25million this year. The USPS forecasted price increase for January will further hurt this market.
Top 5 producers in North American-
International Paper 1,160M tpy 18.9% mkt shr
NewPage 880M tpy 15.3% mkt shr
UPM 880M tpy 15.3% mkt shr
Bowater 865M tpy 14.0% mkt shr
Stora Enso 860M tpy 12.5% mkt shr
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