Packaging lifted August purchasing by 21.5%
Do not cut paper across the board. Decide which grades and inks to secure.
Domestic printing production in August 2026 rose 5.3% year on year, but packaging expanded while publishing and commercial printing contracted. Domestic shipments of graphic paper fell 3.5%, while packaging paper rose 0.9%. This was a month to split procurement by order category and process, rather than raise or cut purchasing across the board.
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Coverage: Aug 2026 · Written: Nov 4, 2026. Market reports are written after official statistics for the period are released. US BLS indexes include preliminary values, which may be revised for up to four months.
Translated from Japanese by AI. The Japanese original is authoritative.
Packaging printing rose 21.5% year on year in August. Total printing production value reached ¥27.986 billion (roughly $180 million; approximate conversions at the editorial reference rate of about ¥158 to the dollar; not a market quote), up 5.3% year on year. But publishing printing fell 4.6%, while commercial printing fell 1.6%.…
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