Printing and Writing Shipments Decreased in August

Total shipments of printing and writing papers fell 0.4% to 2.396 million tonnes in August, according to Canada’s Pulp and Paper Products Council. Of the four major sectors, coated mechanical was the only one to show a slight increase of 0.7%. Coated freesheet shipments fell 8.2%, uncoated freesheet dropped 2.8% and uncoated mechanical plunged 7.2% year-over-year.