Forest Resources of the Pacific Northwest 



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If time were available for a sufficiently elaborate 

 study, it might be possible to make necessary corrections 

 of this type and thus secure figures which rellect more 

 accurately the basic importance of the different indus- 

 tries. For purposes of this report, however, such re- 

 finement does not seem to be necessary. 



In summary, it may be said that in building up export 

 surpluses the Pacific Northwest has its eggs almost 

 entirely in two baskets: Forest products and agricultural 

 and animal products. These two baskets are almost 

 equally important for the Region as a whole, but not 

 for indivi(kial States. The percentages of total net 

 exports represented by these two classifications may be 

 shown by States, as follows: 



The total dependence upon these two activities is great- 

 est in Oregon (87.5 percent), and least for Montana 



(77.5 percent). Forest products are 2.7 times as im- 

 portant as agriculture for Oregon by this tost, and 1 .9 

 as imiJortant for Washington. 



In Idaho, agricultural and animal products very 

 greatly outrank forest products, while in Montana the 

 latter group is almost totally eclipsed by the former. 



Goods Purchasedby Pacific Northwest Exports 



The types of commodities purchased by the Pacilic 

 Northwest States, with the balances built up so largely 

 by exports of forest and agricultural products, are 

 shown in figures 5 and G (AppendLx 2, tables E and ¥)} 

 The most unportant broad category of commodities 

 shipped into the Region is manufactured goods, which 

 come from more highly mdustrialized areas. The value 

 of net imports of manufactures totals 77 percent of the 

 value of all net imports for the Region. The uiward 

 movement of manufactui-es is relatively most important 

 in Idaho (87.2 percent), and least important in Montana 

 (64.5 percent). The smallness of the Montana figure 

 is largely explained by the movement of mine products 

 into the state for processing. 



5 For tonnage and estimated value of net imports by commodities see .\ppendix 2, 

 table O. 



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