Pulpwood production is important in most sections of the country. 



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About 25 percent of the domestic roundwood 

 cut in 1962, plus substantial amounts of plant 

 byproducts, was used in the production of wood 

 pulp. In estimating future demands for pulpwood, 

 projections were first developed for the major 

 grades of paper and board. These estimates 

 were then converted into required amounts of 

 wood pulp, to which were added estimates for 

 wood pulp used in the manufacture of nonpaper 

 products. The final step was to convert these 

 total wood pulp requirements into volumes of 

 pulpwood. 



Consumption of Paper and 

 Board Increasing Rapidly 



Total consumption of all gi'ades of paper and 

 board in 1962 amounted to 42.4 million tons 

 (table 35). This was 2}i times the level of 1940, 

 and more than five times the tonnage used in 1920. 



Container board was the most important indi- 

 vidual grade, accounting for 22 percent of the total 

 1962 consumption. This was followed by news- 

 print (18 percent), bending board (12 percent). 



coarse and industrial paper (12 percent), and other 

 grades (36 percent). 



Projections of demand derived from a statistical 

 analysis of recent trends in consumption of the 

 major grades of paper and board rise from 42.4 

 million tons in 1962 to 52.7 million tons in 1970 

 (table 35 and fig. 23). This is somewhat below 

 projections recently made by the Department of 

 Commerce, -^ which show a total projected demand 

 ranging between 55.6 and 61.8 million tons by 

 1970, and a "medium" projection of 54.9 million 

 tons published in a recent study by Resources for 

 the Future, Inc. ^* 



Projected demand in 2000 is estimated at 115.5 

 million tons — about 2.7 times consumption in 

 1962. Per capita demand is projected to rise 

 from 456 pounds in 1962 to 711 pounds in 2000 

 (table 36 and fig. 23). 



23 Report of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign 

 Commerce, Pulp, Paper and Board Supply-Demand, 1963, 

 (88th Cong., 1st sess., House Report No. 693). 



2^ Resources For The Future, Inc. Resources in Americas 

 Future, Patterns of Requirements and Availabilities, 1960- 

 2000. The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. 1017 pp. 



