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production in the United States is, therefore, not expected to exceed 500 milHon 

 units by the end of the 20th Century (see figs. 22-21 and 29-1 SAB). 



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Figure 22-21 A. — National annual pallet production in numbers, dollar value, and as a 

 percentage of national lumber production. (Drawing after E. G. Stern 1978, updated 

 from data of the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association.) 



