38 TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 27. — Plywood and veneer consumed in manufactured products, by product group, 194^8-2000 



[Million square feet, 3/8-inch basis] 



Product group 



1948 



1960 



1962 



Projections 





1970 



1980 



1990 



2000 



Furniture : 



Household 



Commercial and institutional 



Consumer goods: 



Income-sensitive - 



478 

 51 



60 



8 



237 



59 

 130 



690 



87 



205 



43 



220 



75 

 282 



790 

 95 



260 

 55 



240 

 85 



350 



990 

 110 



400 

 60 

 260 

 100 

 400 



1,270 

 150 



570 

 70 

 290 

 130 

 490 



1,590 

 220 



760 

 80 

 330 

 160 

 570 



2,040 

 300 



970 



Income-insensitive 



90 



Commerical equipment 



340 



Industrial machinery and equipment. 

 Miscellaneous products 



200 

 690 



All products 



1,023 



1,602 



1,875 



2,320 



2,970 



3,710 



4,630 







Miscellaneous products. — More than 600 million 

 board feet of lumber was used in 1962 for spools 

 and dowels, novelties, souvenirs, picture and 

 mirror frames, ladders and scaffolding equipment, 

 precut fencing, and other miscellaneous items. 

 Projected demand for such miscellaneous products 

 increases to about 750 million board feet in 2000. 



PLYWOOD AND VENEER CONSUMED IN MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 



: s 



FURNITURE CONSU^SER GOODS 



Household 



Commercial 

 ond Public 



Income- sensitive 



Consumption of Plywood and Other 

 Panel Products Increasing Rapidly 



COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT 



INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 



Consumption of plywood and veneer in the 

 manufactured products covered in this section 

 increased about 83 percent between 1948 and 

 1962, rising from slightly over a billion square 

 feet (?8-inch basis) to nearly 1.9 billion square 

 feet (table 27 and fig. 17). 



11)40 I960 



2000 19<0 



IfSD 2000 



Fisure 17 



Table 28. — Plywood and veneer use per dollar ^ of sales of manufactured products, by product group, 191^8-2000 



[Square feet, %-inch basis] 



Product group 



1948 



1960 



1962 



Projections 





1970 



1980 



1990 



2000 



Furniture: 

 Household 



0.238 

 .141 



.060 

 .005 

 .171 

 .002 



0.215 

 .134 



.097 

 .028 

 .096 

 .001 



0.215 

 .135 



.110 

 .035 

 .095 

 .001 



0.210 

 .125 



.115 

 .035 

 .070 

 .001 



0.200 

 .125 



.115 

 .040 

 .060 

 .001 



0.195 

 .125 



.115 

 .040 

 .050 

 .001 



0.190 



Commercial and institutional 



Consumer goods: 

 Income-sensitive . 



.125 

 .110 



Income-insensitive . 



.040 



Commercial equipment 



.040 



Industrial machinery and equipment. 



.001 



1961 dollars. 



