Printing and writing paper shipments slow
Prices also have slipped in 2009
Tom Stundza -- Purchasing, 11/24/2009 2:49:59 PM
North American printing and writing paper shipments have dropped by almost 19% through October, the Pulp and Paper Products Council has reported, while year-to-date market prices tracked by Purchasing.com have dropped by about 6%.
The RISI forest products information service reports that the demand slide may be over in early 2010 since overall October shipments of 2,069,000 metric tons were only 9% below the industry's shipments level in September. However, coated free-sheet shipments have dropped 25% so far this year from 2008 levels while coated mechanical paper shipments are down 24%.
The RISI review of industry data shows that overall mill inventories slipped 1,592,000 metric tons at the end of October, which is 95,000 metric tons lower than at the end of September and 198,000 metric tons lower than a year ago.
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