Uncoated Free Sheet Prices Surge Despite Weak Domestic Demand

摘要

NORTH AMERICAN UNCOATED free sheet paper markets found new life in 2004.Despite continuing erosion in underlying demand,the effect of static domestic capacity and shifts in trade worked in conjunction to counter this weakness.As a result,prices began rising in late 2003 and continued throughout 2004,and currently are at levels not seen in nearly five years.