U.S. P&W Paper Shipments Decline in February

Total printing and writing (P&W) paper shipments in the U.S. were down 12% from February 2012, according to the February 2013 Printing-Writing Paper Report published this week by the AF&PA, Washington, D.C., USA. Additional key findings of the report are:

• February shipments of coated free sheet (CFS) papers decreased 5% compared with February 2012, with year-to-date CFS shipments up less than 1% relative to 2012
• Uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers shipments of 701,700 tons in February were 10% below the same period last year, with imports increasing 14% year-over-year in January
• February uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 22% compared with February 2012
• February shipments of coated mechanical (CM) decreased 20%, compared with February 2012, to 218,900 tons, the lowest total since before 1995.

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