The domestic paper industry, for the most
part, has been suffering from a slowing demand this year. Newsprint and tissue
production are both showing positive signs for this year, although printing and
writing paper, by far the largest segment of the paper industry, is seeing a
decline between last year and this year.
According to the American Forest and Paper
Association, production of printing and writing paper for October stands at
2.312 million tons, bringing the ten-month total to 22.435 million tons, a 1
percent drop between the two years.
Under the P&W sector, uncoated free
sheet production dropped 2 percent; uncoated groundwood dropped 0.4 percent;
and coated free sheet production declined 3.6 percent.
As previously noted, U.S. newsprint
production continues to post strong numbers this year. For the first ten months
production of the commodity stands at 6.179 million tons, a 3.9 percent
improvement from last year.
Tissue paper production also posted some
improvements this year. According to the AFPA total production of the commodity
stands at 605,000 tons in October, pushing the ten-month production total to
4.219 million tons, a 6.5 percent improvement from last year’s figures.
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