The American Forest & Paper Assn.just published the preliminary report for printing and writing paper shipments in July. The report outlined 1.464 million tons, down 15% vs. July of 2008, but up 5% vs. June 2009.
Results as follows-
Coated mechanical: 258,939 tons, down 19.1% vs. 7/08 and down 3.7% vs. last month.
Coated freesheet: 281.964 tons, down 16.2% vs. 7/08 and up 13.6% vs. last month.
Uncoated mechanical: 142.418 tons, down 25.1% vs. 7/08 and up 15.5% vs. last month.
Uncoated freesheet: 780.238 tons, down 11.2% vs. 7/08 and up 3.2% vs. last month.
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Let's wait until August and September numbers are in. The markets are still weak and demand awful. Until advertising dollars rebound and workers return to the office, paper will stay depressed.
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