UTILIZATION AND MARKETING OF FOREST PRODUCTS 



General 



Total U. S« consumption of wood was almost the same in 

 190U as it was in 196L. There were 12.5 billion cubic feet 

 used in the earlier year compared with 12. h in the latter, 

 and that portion of the total consumption used as structural 

 lumber remained unchanged at slightly more than half the total 

 volume. Shifts, however, in some other categories were great. 

 The proportion used as fuel wood dropped from 3U percent to 

 8 percent; pulpwood rose from 2 percent to 29 percent; and 

 veneer logs rose from a fraction of 1 percent to 9 percent. 



The U, S. Forest Service project was for the year 2000, 

 based on the assumption that total wood consumption in the 

 United States will nearly double, show pulpwood as the leading 

 timber product with about hh percent of the total; sawlogs 

 with just under iiO percent and veneer logs with 12.5 percent; 

 fuel wood, less than 2,5 percent and other products will 

 remain about the same. 



Such an expansion of the market for wood products plus 

 an increase in the area devoted to growing forests can assist 

 Montana's timber industry. The mix of species, sizes, physical 

 characteristics, and the economic locations of the timber 



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