OTTAWA—Official shipment numbers show a decline, but figures are skewed down as Statistics Canada did not report on shipments in Alberta or British Columbia.

Quebec posted a notable 10.5% slide, with $171.3 million in recorded shipments for August 2013 compared to $191.3 million in August 2012.

Below are the monthly printing shipments (in millions) for the months of May to August.

Shipments	2013	2012	% change
May	627.5	672.2	-6.7
June	543.8	634.9	-14.3
July	539.9	569.8	-5.2
Aug	577.1	660.0	-12.6

Year-to-date numbers are likewise downtrending, with $4,589,140 posted so far for 2013 compared to $4,963,511 at the same period in 2012, for a change of -7.5%.

Click here to see numbers from January to April.