OTTAWA—Printing shipments in 2009 continue on a downward slope. Monthly shipments for February were down 6.28% over last year, according to the latest Statistics Canada numbers.

Shipments were down 11.4% in January 2009.  Note that these numbers are not seasonally adjusted.

Shipments	2009	2008	Change
February	$697.3 million	$744.0 million	-6.28%