Montreal, January 7, 2005 - The Pulp and Paper Products Council announced today that newsprint consumption in the US fell 2% in November, with daily newspapers consuming 3.1% less newsprint. It is worth noting, however, that there was an additional Sunday in November 2003. So far this year, dailies' consumption has declined by 1.4%.
In November, North American shipments managed to post a small increase of 0.4% thanks to a 12% rise in offshore deliveries. Shipments to Canada remained unchanged from a year ago, whereas sales to the U.S. decreased 2.8% due largely to consumers reducing their inventories (-25.000 tons). At the end of November, North American mill inventories also declined, shrinking by 34.000 tons from the preceding month to close at 312.000 tons.
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Last updated 16.12.2004