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Table 25-5 . — Stumpage costs and FOB mill costs for hardwood and softwood pulpwood 

 related to wood cost per bone-dry ton of pulp (Hart 1980)' 



Pulpwood Pulpwood 



Species and statistic stumpage FOB mill 



Dollars 



Hardwood 



$/cord 3.00 30.00 



$/bone-dry ton of pulp 4.20 42.00 



Softwood in lower-cost area 



$/cord 12.00 38.00 



$/bone-dry ton of pulp 21 .60 68.40 



Softwood in higher-cost area 



$/cord 18.00 44.00 



$/bone-dry ton of pulp 32.40 79.20 



'Assumed wood usage per bone-dry ton of pulp: hardwood 1.4 cords; softwood 1.8 cords. 



DEFIBRATED/ EXPLODED B SCREENINGS 7.3% 

 SEMICHEMICAL 8.3% 



SULFITE 4.6 % 

 DISSOLVING a SPECIAL ALPHA 3.7% 



GROUNDWOOD 8.9% 



DEFIBRATED / EXPLODED 3 

 SCREENINGS 8.0% 



SULFITE 10.1 % 



DISSOLVING a 

 SPECIAL ALPHA 

 4.6 % 



DEFIBRATED/ EXPLODED 

 a SCREENING 2.3 % 



SEMICHEMICAL 1.8% 



I960 



M 144 576 

 Figure 25-5. — Percentage of annual capacity of woodpulp mills in the United States, by 

 type, 1974, 1960, 1940. (Drawing after McKeever 1977.) 



