Trends 



3601 



I - 



CO 



1 1— 



PRODUCTION IN U.S 



I I r 



TOTAL-- 

 MEDIUM -DENSITY FIBERBOARD- 







1950 1955 



I960 



1965 



1970 



1975 



1960 



.2 - 



.1 - 



1 1 \ 



PARTICLEBOARD AND 



MEDIUM- DENSITY FIBERBOARD , U.S 



IMPORTS- 



1950 



1955 



I960 



1965 



1970 



1975 



1980 



Figure 29-13. — Annual data on particleboard and medium-density fiberboard in the 

 United States, 1950-1980. (Top) Cumulative production; capacities for particleboard 

 only in 1956, 1966, 1971, and 1976 were 0.2, 1.2, 3.1, and 4.5 billion square feet, V*- 

 inch basis. (Bottom) Imports and exports. (Drawings after McKeever and Hatfield.^) 



