{"id":17945,"date":"2020-05-26T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/?post_type=article&#038;p=17945"},"modified":"2020-05-26T19:06:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T19:06:41","slug":"april-2020-printing-writing-paper-monthly-report-shows-total-shipments-down-30","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/article\/april-2020-printing-writing-paper-monthly-report-shows-total-shipments-down-30\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2020 Printing-Writing Paper Monthly Report Shows Total Shipments Down 30%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/AFPA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17387\" src=\"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/01\/AFPA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afandpa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Forest &amp; Paper Association<\/a> (AF&amp;PA) released its April 2020 Printing-Writing Monthly report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 5px\">According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased by 30 percent in April compared to April 2019. U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 29 percent in April compared to the same month last year. Total printing-writing paper inventory levels increased by 3 percent when compared to March 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. purchases of uncoated free sheet (UFS) papers in February decreased 7 percent compared to last February while the inventory level remained essentially flat (+0.3 percent) compared to January 2020. UFS imports decreased by 36 percent, while exports increased by 31 percent in January 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Coated free sheet (CFS) paper shipments decreased 27 percent compared to April 2019, while the inventory level decreased 1 percent compared to March 2020. CFS imports decreased by 10 percent, while exports increased by 3 percent in March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. purchases of coated mechanical (CM) papers in April decreased 18 percent compared to last April, while the inventory level remained essentially flat (+0.2 percent) compared to March 2020. CM imports decreased by 33 percent, while exports increased by 13 percent in March 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments decreased 31 percent compared to April 2019 while the inventory level decreased 6 percent compared to March 2020. UM imports and exports both decreased compared to March 2019, down 19 percent and 12 percent, respectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afandpa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.afandpa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The preceding press release was provided by a company unaffiliated with Print+Promo. The views expressed within do not directly reflect the thoughts or opinions of Print+Promo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Forest &amp; Paper Association (AF&amp;PA) released its April 2020 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased by 30 percent in April compared to April 2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","coauthors":[29487],"class_list":["post-17945","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","category-paper","editorial_type-press-release","collection-the-back-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/17945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/print-and-promo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}