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Chapter 22 



Figure 22-17.— Estimated markets for framestock for upholstered furniture, 1972 basis. 

 Values below state names indicate volumes in million board feet of lumber used. 

 Shading indicates major market areas. The circle encompasses about 50 percent of 

 the market. (Drawing after Hoover et al. 1978.) 



Domestic production of all toys (U.S. Standard Industrial Classification num- 

 bers 3942 and 3944) in the United States for the years 197 1- 1976 with projection 

 to 1985 is as follows (based on value of 1971 dollars): 

 Year Value at shipment Index 



1971 

 1972 

 1973 

 1974 

 1975 

 1976 

 1985 



Millions of dollars 

 1,594 

 1,779 

 1,956 

 2,090 

 2,390 

 2,570 

 4,670 



100 

 112 

 123 

 131 

 150 

 161 

 293 



Expert sources indicate that the United States is the world's leading producer 

 of wooden toys, with production estimated at 2 percent of total toy production, 

 i.e., about $50 million (shipment value) in 1975. Hardwood lumber consumed 

 annually in the United States for the manufacture of toys and games was about 

 30 million board feet and is increasing (fig. 29-33). 



Toy sales at the retail level are not evenly distributed geographically across 

 the United States; more than half of total toy sales are made east of the Mississip- 

 pi River, as follows: 



