Definition: Uncoated mechanical papers

Category: Forestry

Paper suitable for printing or other graphic purposes where less than 90% of the fibre furnish consists of chemical pulp fibres. This grade is also known as groundwood or wood-containing paper and magazine paper, such as heavily filled supercalendered paper for consumer magazines printed by the rotogravure and offset methods. It excludes wallpaper bases http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-31-11-137&mode=view UNECE/FAO/Eurostat/ITTO, Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (2010), Definitions
Source:
European Commission (Eurostat), "Forestry in the EU and the world - A statistical portrait", Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg , 2011
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