The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has published the March 2025 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments fell 5% in March compared to March 2024.
U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 8% in February compared to the same month last year.
Total printing-writing paper inventory levels in March decreased 2% when compared to February 2025.
Total U.S. shipments across all three major Printing-Writing categories — Uncoated Free Sheet (UFS), Coated Free Sheet (CFS), and Mechanical (MECH) papers — declined on both a month-over-month (MoM) and year-to-date (YTD) basis. Overall, shipments fell by 5.3% MoM and 7.2% YTD.
In contrast, Mechanical papers “bucked the trend” with a 12.5% increase MoM and a 3.0% gain YTD.
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