About the Paper Wholesaling in Illinois Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Paper Wholesaling in Illinois Market Research Report
Definition of the Paper Wholesaling in Illinois?
Paper wholesalers purchase bulk writing paper from manufacturers, generally in rolls for further processing, and distribute them to other manufacturing industries, publishers and commercial printers. Wholesalers provide a service for paper manufacturers and users of paper products and charge a mark-up on all goods distributed.
What’s included in the Paper Wholesaling in Illinois?
The Paper Wholesaling in Illinois includes wholesale of bulk writing paper, wholesale of bulk newsprint, wholesale of bulk printing paper and wholesale of bulk groundwood paper. Related terms covered in the Paper Wholesaling in Illinois industry report includes a heavyweight paper made by layering or laminating papers together to the desired level of thickness, a paper made with chemical pulps and occasional additions of up to 10.0% mechanical fiber (wood fibers), a paper that has been coated by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency, a low-cost, nonarchival paper most commonly used to print newspapers, other publications and advertising material, paper that has a higher value than newsprint, but that is less costly than freesheet grades. it contains more than 10.0% of mechanical pulp and varying proportions of chemical pulp and fillers and the producer price index (ppi) the measures the average change in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Industry Performance of the Paper Wholesaling industry in Illinois
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Paper Wholesaling in Illinois
#1 in Highest Revenue 12.2% of state's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Paper Wholesaling in the US
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Paper Wholesaling industry in Illinois
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Illinois Economic Indicators
Median Houshold Income
Gross State Product
New Business Formation
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US Key External Drivers
Demand from printing
Percentage of business conducted online
Print advertising expenditure
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County Data of the Paper Wholesaling industry in Illinois
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Key Statistics of the Paper Wholesaling industry in Illinois
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