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Growth Rate of U.S. Newsprint Consumption and Real GDP
Year
Newsprint
Consumption1
(millions of metric tons)
Real Gross
Domestic Product4

(billions)
1985
11.571
5,717
1986
11.943
5,912
1987
12.375
6,113
1988
12.338
6,368
1989
12.343
6,592
1990
12.198
6,708
1991
11.382
6,676
1992
11.622
6,880
1993
11.641
7,062
1994
11.935
7,348
1995
11.430
7,544
19962
11.069
7,813
19972
11.533
8,145
19982
11.665
8,496
19993
12.038
8,848

1 48.8 gram standard newsprint.
2 Revised data
3 Preliminary data
4 Real GDP numbers are chained to 1996 dollars
Sources: Canadian Pulp and Paper Products Council, U.S. Department of Commerce
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