It appears worldwide demand for Printing and Writing grades is experiencing slower growth. While the world demand increased 11 million tons from 2000 to 2006 (7 million from Asia alone) – North America declined 500,000 tons.
RISI, a large paper consulting company, predicted world demand will increase only 2.6% this year, and 2.3% for 2007, and 4.3% for 2008.
The slow growth is mainly attributed to the increase of the Internet and electronics – yielding less paper consumption. Also, we wonder what affect the USPS postal rate increase might have – most likely it will be a negative impact on paper.
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