OTTAWA—Printing shipments in 2009 continue on a downward slope. Shipments for March were down 4.89% over last year, according to the latest Statistics Canada numbers, but the March performance was higher than January and February of this year.

Note that these numbers are not seasonally adjusted.

Shipments	2009	2008	Change
March	$797.4 million	$838.4 million	-4.89%
Year-to-date	$2.2 billion	$2.3 billion	-4.3%