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TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



LUMBER CONSUMPTION 



60 



50 



1920 



1930 



1940 



1950 



1960 



'Net Imports 



1980 1990 



2000 



Figure 19 



Table 32. — Lumber consumption, net imports, and domestic production, by softwoods and hardwoods, 



1920-2000 



[Billion board feet] 





All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Year 



Consump- 

 tion 



Net I 

 imports 



Domestic 

 production 



Consump- 

 tion 



Net 1 

 imports 



Domestic 

 production 



Consump- 

 tion 



Net > 

 imports 



Domestic 

 production 



1920 



1930 



1940 



1950 



1952 



1960 



1962 



34.7 

 28.1 

 31.0 

 40.9 

 41.5 

 36.0 

 37.3 



(0.3) 

 (1.2) 

 (.2) 

 2.9 

 1.8 

 3.1 

 4.1 



35.0 

 29.3 

 31.2 

 38.0 

 39.7 

 32.9 

 33.2 



27.4 

 22.4 

 25.5 

 33.3 

 33.2 

 29.6 

 30.8 



(0.2) 

 (.8) 

 (.1) 

 2.7 

 1.7 

 2.9 

 4.0 



27.6 

 23.2 

 25.6 

 30.6 

 31.5 

 26.7 

 26.8 



7.3 

 5.7 

 5.5 

 7.6 

 8.1 

 6.4 

 6.5 



(0.1) 

 (•4) 

 (.1) 

 .2 

 .1 

 .1 

 .2 



7.4 

 6.1 

 5.6 

 7.4 

 8.0 

 6.2 

 6.4 











PROJECTIONS 











1970 



39.7 



5.1 



34.6 



32.2 



4.9 



27.3 



7.5 



0.2 



7.3 



1980 



43.4 



5.8 



37.6 



35.2 



5.5 



29.7 



8.2 



.3 



7.9 



1990 



48.0 



6.5 



41.5 



38.9 



6.1 



32.8 



9.1 



.4 



8.7 



2000 



53.5 



7.0 



46.5 



43.3 



6.5 



36.8 



10.2 



.5 



9.7 



' Figures in parentheses are net exports. 



Note: Individual columns may not add to totals because 

 of rounding. 



Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 

 Census, except 1952 figure for domestic production which 



is a Forest Service estimate based on special surveys of 

 log and lumber production that indicated an output 

 approximately 2.2 billion board feet higher than reported 

 by the Census in that year. Projections: U.S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



