Printing-Writing Paper Shipments Drop 5.1 Percent

Some points of interest from the report include:

• May exports of uncoated free sheet (UFS) increased year-over-year for the third straight month.
• Inventory of coated free sheet (CFS) decreased for the second time in the last eight months.
• Coated mechanical (CM) inventory month-over-month decreased for the second time this year in June.
• Uncoated mechanical (UM) shipments decreased year-over-year for the third consecutive time in 18 months.