NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Newsprint Shipments from Mills for U.S. and Canada Series ID: M0124A44M601NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Thousands of Short Tons Date Range: 1919-01-01 to 1948-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-15 3:50 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1948 (2)--Original Data, 1937-1955 Data Were Checked Against Survey Of Current Business Wherever Possible. According To Information From The Newsprint Service Bureau Shipments Increased More Than In Other Years All Through 1937 Because A Price Increase Was Anticipated, And Fell Off Sharply In 1938 When A Higher Price Went Into Effect. Source: U.S., Data For 1919-1920: U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Statistica Statistical Summary Of The Paper And Pulp Industry. Data For 1921-1924, 1926: Direct From American Paper And Pulp Association. Data For 1925, 1927-1941: Direct Form Newsprint Service Bureau, New York City. Canada, Direct Form Newsprint Service Bureau, New York City. This NBER data series m01224a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html. NBER Indicator: m01224a DATE VALUE 1919-01-01 183 1919-02-01 162 1919-03-01 172 1919-04-01 181 1919-05-01 181 1919-06-01 177 1919-07-01 179 1919-08-01 182 1919-09-01 191 1919-10-01 200 1919-11-01 192 1919-12-01 194 1920-01-01 199 1920-02-01 167 1920-03-01 204 1920-04-01 209 1920-05-01 201 1920-06-01 203 1920-07-01 212 1920-08-01 201 1920-09-01 194 1920-10-01 196 1920-11-01 198 1920-12-01 189 1921-01-01 183 1921-02-01 157 1921-03-01 169 1921-04-01 188 1921-05-01 133 1921-06-01 148 1921-07-01 162 1921-08-01 175 1921-09-01 164 1921-10-01 188 1921-11-01 177 1921-12-01 186 1922-01-01 187 1922-02-01 178 1922-03-01 206 1922-04-01 199 1922-05-01 226 1922-06-01 223 1922-07-01 209 1922-08-01 232 1922-09-01 219 1922-10-01 228 1922-11-01 225 1922-12-01 220 1923-01-01 224 1923-02-01 208 1923-03-01 241 1923-04-01 223 1923-05-01 251 1923-06-01 245 1923-07-01 229 1923-08-01 243 1923-09-01 214 1923-10-01 240 1923-11-01 231 1923-12-01 223 1924-01-01 237 1924-02-01 231 1924-03-01 234 1924-04-01 246 1924-05-01 254 1924-06-01 241 1924-07-01 233 1924-08-01 234 1924-09-01 228 1924-10-01 247 1924-11-01 238 1924-12-01 238 1925-01-01 250 1925-02-01 231 1925-03-01 251 1925-04-01 256 1925-05-01 256 1925-06-01 254 1925-07-01 242 1925-08-01 241 1925-09-01 253 1925-10-01 282 1925-11-01 266 1925-12-01 278 1926-01-01 279 1926-02-01 268 1926-03-01 300 1926-04-01 302 1926-05-01 298 1926-06-01 306 1926-07-01 308 1926-08-01 300 1926-09-01 303 1926-10-01 318 1926-11-01 312 1926-12-01 302 1927-01-01 290 1927-02-01 264 1927-03-01 298 1927-04-01 297 1927-05-01 298 1927-06-01 291 1927-07-01 279 1927-08-01 304 1927-09-01 291 1927-10-01 306 1927-11-01 304 1927-12-01 305 1928-01-01 302 1928-02-01 297 1928-03-01 305 1928-04-01 311 1928-05-01 327 1928-06-01 307 1928-07-01 295 1928-08-01 312 1928-09-01 305 1928-10-01 344 1928-11-01 357 1928-12-01 330 1929-01-01 328 1929-02-01 295 1929-03-01 339 1929-04-01 342 1929-05-01 373 1929-06-01 338 1929-07-01 337 1929-08-01 343 1929-09-01 334 1929-10-01 375 1929-11-01 370 1929-12-01 351 1930-01-01 327 1930-02-01 288 1930-03-01 319 1930-04-01 331 1930-05-01 354 1930-06-01 319 1930-07-01 314 1930-08-01 298 1930-09-01 292 1930-10-01 325 1930-11-01 308 1930-12-01 288 1931-01-01 284 1931-02-01 254 1931-03-01 290 1931-04-01 309 1931-05-01 306 1931-06-01 297 1931-07-01 274 1931-08-01 256 1931-09-01 270 1931-10-01 293 1931-11-01 268 1931-12-01 260 1932-01-01 264 1932-02-01 235 1932-03-01 258 1932-04-01 279 1932-05-01 259 1932-06-01 248 1932-07-01 222 1932-08-01 232 1932-09-01 226 1932-10-01 236 1932-11-01 252 1932-12-01 220 1933-01-01 205 1933-02-01 188 1933-03-01 218 1933-04-01 237 1933-05-01 242 1933-06-01 261 1933-07-01 267 1933-08-01 280 1933-09-01 260 1933-10-01 274 1933-11-01 289 1933-12-01 254 1934-01-01 267 1934-02-01 239 1934-03-01 293 1934-04-01 303 1934-05-01 328 1934-06-01 305 1934-07-01 270 1934-08-01 301 1934-09-01 267 1934-10-01 310 1934-11-01 341 1934-12-01 341 1935-01-01 256 1935-02-01 230 1935-03-01 273 1935-04-01 314 1935-05-01 336 1935-06-01 305 1935-07-01 298 1935-08-01 300 1935-09-01 298 1935-10-01 349 1935-11-01 366 1935-12-01 345 1936-01-01 265 1936-02-01 287 1936-03-01 321 1936-04-01 333 1936-05-01 355 1936-06-01 323 1936-07-01 337 1936-08-01 354 1936-09-01 344 1936-10-01 398 1936-11-01 391 1936-12-01 456 1937-01-01 329 1937-02-01 308 1937-03-01 369 1937-04-01 394 1937-05-01 382 1937-06-01 380 1937-07-01 373 1937-08-01 402 1937-09-01 375 1937-10-01 410 1937-11-01 441 1937-12-01 433 1938-01-01 232 1938-02-01 225 1938-03-01 249 1938-04-01 272 1938-05-01 259 1938-06-01 275 1938-07-01 275 1938-08-01 271 1938-09-01 305 1938-10-01 327 1938-11-01 341 1938-12-01 303 1939-01-01 275 1939-02-01 250 1939-03-01 287 1939-04-01 292 1939-05-01 359 1939-06-01 317 1939-07-01 297 1939-08-01 303 1939-09-01 346 1939-10-01 369 1939-11-01 369 1939-12-01 343 1940-01-01 325 1940-02-01 291 1940-03-01 322 1940-04-01 353 1940-05-01 423 1940-06-01 424 1940-07-01 424 1940-08-01 414 1940-09-01 362 1940-10-01 377 1940-11-01 374 1940-12-01 360 1941-01-01 328 1941-02-01 321 1941-03-01 351 1941-04-01 377 1941-05-01 383 1941-06-01 367 1941-07-01 385 1941-08-01 378 1941-09-01 385 1941-10-01 392 1941-11-01 405 1941-12-01 403 1942-01-01 373 1942-02-01 340 1942-03-01 390 1942-04-01 320 1942-05-01 343 1942-06-01 332 1942-07-01 320 1942-08-01 335 1942-09-01 376 1942-10-01 381 1942-11-01 331 1942-12-01 319 1943-01-01 285 1943-02-01 283 1943-03-01 320 1943-04-01 314 1943-05-01 325 1943-06-01 341 1943-07-01 352 1943-08-01 326 1943-09-01 308 1943-10-01 325 1943-11-01 328 1943-12-01 306 1944-01-01 271 1944-02-01 281 1944-03-01 293 1944-04-01 313 1944-05-01 338 1944-06-01 329 1944-07-01 310 1944-08-01 336 1944-09-01 314 1944-10-01 326 1944-11-01 321 1944-12-01 292 1945-01-01 292 1945-02-01 276 1945-03-01 333 1945-04-01 323 1945-05-01 328 1945-06-01 315 1945-07-01 340 1945-08-01 362 1945-09-01 337 1945-10-01 368 1945-11-01 360 1945-12-01 325 1946-01-01 382 1946-02-01 344 1946-03-01 388 1946-04-01 416 1946-05-01 433 1946-06-01 384 1946-07-01 425 1946-08-01 424 1946-09-01 391 1946-10-01 454 1946-11-01 453 1946-12-01 402 1947-01-01 414 1947-02-01 385 1947-03-01 443 1947-04-01 450 1947-05-01 472 1947-06-01 442 1947-07-01 448 1947-08-01 457 1947-09-01 450 1947-10-01 463 1947-11-01 460 1947-12-01 439 1948-01-01 415 1948-02-01 391 1948-03-01 447 1948-04-01 450 1948-05-01 469 1948-06-01 456 1948-07-01 448 1948-08-01 468 1948-09-01 457 1948-10-01 466 1948-11-01 478 1948-12-01 480