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North American Newsprint Supply & Demand

Thousands of Metric Tons            
  2005 2006 2007 F 2008 P 2008 NET CHANGE
             
US CONSUMPTION 9375 8767 7842 6859 -983 -12.5%
             
INVENTORY CHANGE -89 -93 -127 68    
             
US DEMAND 9286 8687 7715 6957 -758 -9.8%
CHANGE % -6.4% -6.4% -11.2%      
             
US SHIPMENTS TO US 4346 4241 3912 3674 -238 -6.1%
US IMPORTS 192 142 78 81 3 3.7%
US SHIPMENTS OFFSHORE 515 461 527 559 32 6.1%
US CAPACITY 5109 4971 4721 4519 -200 -4.2%
             
US OPERATING RATE 96% 95% 95% 95%    
             
CAN. SHIPMENTS TO US 4752 4302 3726 3202 -524 -14.1%
CANADIAN DEMAND 1099 1074 1030 950 -80 -7.7%
CANADIAN TO OFFSHORE 1973 1781 1876 1889 13 0.7%
             
TOTAL CAN. SHIPMENTS 7789 7126 6601 6007 -594 -9.0%
             
CANADIAN CAPACITY 8130 7669 7278 6185 -1093 -15.0%
             
RATIO SHIP/CAP 96% 93% 91% 97%    
             
CDN SURPLUS 377 547 581 497    
CDN OPERATING RATE 96% 93% 91% 97%    
          1999-2008

TOTAL

  
US CONSUMPTION CHANGE -523 -608 -925 -983 -5014  
% CHANGE -5.3% -6.5% -10.6% -12.5% -42.2%  
             
NA CAPACITY 13239 12640 11999 10706    
NA CAPACITY CHANGE -522 -599 -641 -1293 -5811  
% CHANGE -3.8% -4.5% -5.1% -10.8% -35.3%  

 

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