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TABLE 8. Foreign contributions to United States paper requirements, specified 



years, beginning 1899 



Year 



United States paper require- 

 ments in pulp wood equivalent 



Domestic 

 consump- 

 tion 



Paper 

 exports 



Total 



Imports from Canada 



Pulp- 

 wood 2 



Wood pulp and its 

 pulpwood equiv- 

 alent 



Paper and its pulp- 

 wood equivalent 



1899. 

 1904- 

 1909- 

 1914. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 

 1920. 

 1921. 

 1922- 

 1923- 

 1925. 

 1926. 

 1927. 

 1928. 

 1929. 

 1930. 



Cords 

 1, 950, 000 



3, 259, 000 



4, 420, 000 



5, 886, 000 



6, 783, 000 

 6, 366, 000 

 6, 806, 000 

 8, 300, 000 

 6, 649, 000 

 9, 148, 000 

 9, 924, 000 



10, 733, 000 

 12, 129, 000 

 12,197,000 



12, 939, 000 



13, 780, 000 

 13, 034, 000 



Cords 



125,000 



138,000 



152, 000 



185,000 



478,000 



500,000 



620,000 



433,000 



239,000 



235,000 



189,000 



232,000 



212,000 



239,000 



273,000 



417,000 



370,000 



Cords 

 2, 075, 000 



3, 397, 000 



4, 572, 000 

 6, 071, 000 



7, 261, 000 

 6, 866, 000 

 7, 426, 000 



8, 733, 000 

 6,888,000 

 9, 383, 000 



10,113,000 

 10, 965, 000 

 12, 341, 000 



12, 436, 000 



13, 212, 000 

 14, 197, 000 

 13, 404, 000 



Cords 



369,000 



574,000 



794, 000 



830,000 



774,000 



745,000 



1, 032, 000 



1, 099, 000 



817,000 



,050,000 



, 236, 000 



, 088, 000 



, 277, 000 



, 224, 000 



, 409, 000 



, 242, 000 



858,000 



Tons 

 31,511 

 113,585 

 164, 404 

 316, 735 

 438, 986 

 571, 675 

 519,212 

 655, 144 

 402, 846 

 645, 416 

 720, 726 

 880, 453 

 864, 876 

 776, 999 

 784, 981 

 802, 665 

 735, 864 



Cords 



51,000 



183,000 



204,000 



422,000 



629,000 



973,000 



853,000 



1, 129, 000 



681,000 



1, 120, 000 



1, 178, 000 



1, 438, 000 



1, 416, 000 



1, 288, 000 



1, 304, 000 



1,313,000 



1, 179, 000 



Tons 



88 



11, 879 



16,941 



282,279 



497, 276 



606,132 



674, 963 



720, 439 



675, 136 



926, 977 



1, 151, 489 



1, 354, 913 



1, 788, 099 



1, 897, 307 



2, 069, 833 



2,359,117 



2, 170, 185 



Cords 



6,000 



27,000 



378,000 



660,000 



805,000 



856,000 



921,000 



880,000 



1,204,000 



1, 445, 000 

 1,709,000 



2, 270, 000 

 2, 414, 000 

 2, 639, 000 

 2, 957, 000 

 2, 721, 000 



Year 



Imports from Norway, Sweden, Finland, 

 and Germany 



Wood pulp and its 

 pulpwood equivalent 



Paper and its pulp- 

 wood equivalent 



Imports from all other countries 



Pulp- 

 wood 



Wood pulp and 



its pulpwood 



equivalent 



Paper and its 

 pulpwood 

 equivalent 



1904. 

 1909. 

 1914. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 

 1920. 

 1921. 

 1922. 

 1923. 

 1925. 

 1926- 

 1927. 

 1928. 

 1929- 



Tons 



5,494 

 43, 398 

 129, 365 

 348, 940 

 237, 390 



6,534 

 113,414 

 242, 253 

 284, 980 

 601, 765 

 639, 120 

 745, 747 

 829, 132 

 855, 404 



1,050,824 

 1, 065, 778 



Cords 



11,000 



70,000 



258,000 



705,000 



461,000 



13,000 



230,000 



462,000 



527,000 



1, 202, 000 



1, 195, 000 



1, 417, 000 



1, 593, 000 



1, 648, 000 



1, 770, 000 

 1, 998, 000 



2, 005, 000 



Tons 



8,564 



929 



25,411 



31, 189 



3,698 



396 



922 



57, 671 



148, 482 



169, 358 



260, 212 



164, 285 

 142, 280 

 171, 658 



165, 046 

 153, 250 

 179, 207 



Cords 



15,000 



1,000 



36,000 



54,000 



6,000 



1,000 



1,000 



72,000 



200,000 



247,000 



341,000 



209,000 



181,000 



212,000 



203,000 



177,000 



211,000 



Cords 



Tons 



312 



5,189 



13,354 



1,465 



6,000 

 238,000 



3,390 

 8,900 

 9,274 

 11,054 

 23,310 

 37, 414 

 41,725 

 41, 365 

 46, 314 

 34,016 

 28,575 



Cords 



1,000 



8,000 



27,000 



20,000 



1,000 



6,000 

 15,000 

 18,000 

 21,000 

 40,000 

 70,000 

 81,000 

 80,000 

 90,000 

 66,000 

 56,000 



Tons 

 6,919 

 59, 021 

 12,054 

 12, 741 

 16,184 

 12, 449 

 7,800 

 15,580 

 18,420 

 28,800 

 32, 846 

 24, 124 

 32, 079 



41, 782 

 44,990 



42, 342 

 42, 577 



Cords 

 11,000 

 79,000 

 16,000 

 20,000 

 22,000 

 18,000 

 2,000 

 20,000 

 25,000 

 41,000 

 41,000 

 28,000 

 34,000 

 43,000 

 46,000 

 40,000 

 37,000 



PULPWOOD EQUIVALENT OF TOTAL IMPORTS 



1 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador. 



2 Imported as such for consumption by mills in the United States. 



A computed table based on data credited in the tables of compiled record. Combines table 27 and table 

 28, U.S.D.A. Bulletin 1241, 1899-1922. Tons of 2,000 pounds. Cords of 128 cubic feet. 



