Printing & Writing Paper Shipments Down 20% in U.S.
The American Forest & Paper Association reported total printing writing paper shipments decreased 19.6% in June 2009 compared to June 2008. For the year to date, shipments were down 22.7%. According to AF&PA's June 2009 Printing-Writing Paper Report, U.S. purchases (shipments + imports - exports) of printing writing papers dropped 21.8% in June versus year-ago June and declined 24.1% for...