Paper Industry Recap

American Forest &Paper Association, the leading paper association, reported printing & writing data for July which confirmed the poor market conditions for coated paper shipments - Coated Free Sheet demand fell 8% and Groundwood coated - publication papers fell a over 19% . Uncoated paper demand was more in-line with trends, with Uncoated Freesheet shipments down only 4.3% and Uncoated Groundwood shipments up over 18%.