World Wide 2021 - 2022 Paper Shortage

We would like to explain the reason for any magazine production delays.

A few key events are contributing to the ongoing shortage. 

Issues from 2021,such as raw pulp pricing increases, mill closings, and rising transportation costs continue to carry over into the 2022. 

Prior to the COVID pandemic, several large domestic paper mills planned to convert to packaging material production, During the pandemic, some mills navigated the shortage by switching from paper to packaging, producing cardboard, kraft papers, and other materials to cater to increased online shopping demands. 

UPM pulp and paper mill strikes in Finland also had an impact on the market, limiting the availability of lightweight and medium weight coated papers primarily used for magazine and catalog production.

The Russia-Ukraine war is causing supply chain blockages and heightening the cost of gas and freight as a result, since Russia is a major fuel supplier to countries around the world. Russia is also major exporter of uncoated paper to the European market, and the newly implemented bans on Russian goods will contribute to an additional deficit of supply.

Paper industry price increases are an end product of:

• Producer Price Index increases
• Increasing raw pulp prices
• Mills closing or scaling back production in 2020
• Mills raising prices to cover their own costs
• Rising transportation costs in 2020
• Supply and demand issues due to COVID-19

What have we done to combat the changes:

• We no longer sell / ship individual magazine. The price to ship one magazine is not economical.  
• We only sell magazines by the 10 to keep our shipping costs down to save you the customer money. 
• We have changed to a thinner paper to help save on shipping to you.
• We have changed packaging materials to save you money also.

Currently the magazine release dates are on schedule to be printed and shipped you on the release dates provided.

Please understand that the production timelines are subject to change based on the current paper situation when sent to print.

If any changes happen they will be posted on the current production timeline link to the magazine that you are in.

We will not be able to call everyone inside of the magazines directly as some people do not answer numbers that they do not know. 

We will reply to all emails about the magazines along with keeping the production timeline links up to date.

For any help with current orders you can CLICK HERE and ask questions about your orders if needed.