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Table 42. — Pulpwood consumption, production, and net imports, 1920-2000 



[Million cords] 









Consumption of pulpwood in U.S. mills 









Total 



apparent 



consumption 











Net imports 



Year 



Total 



Domestic production 



Net 



pulpwood 



imports 



of pulp, 



paper, and 



board 





Total 



Softwood 

 roundwood 



Hardwood 

 roundwood 



Plant 

 byproducts 



(pulpwood 

 equivalent) 



1920 



8.2 



6.1 



4.9 



4.2 



0.5 



0.2 



1.2 



2.1 



1930 



13.2 



7.2 



5.7 



4.5 



.7 



.6 



1.5 



6.0 



1940 



18.0 



13.7 



12.4 



10.8 



1.3 



.3 



1.4 



4.3 



1950 



33.7 



23.6 



20.7 



16.5 



2.9 



1.3 



1.4 



10.0 



1952 



35.4 



26.5 



25.0 



19.8 



3.6 



1.6 



2.1 



8.9 



1960 



48.7 



40.5 



40.0 



24.5 



8.1 



7.4 



1.2 



8.2 



1961 



50.3 



42.2 



40.3 



24.0 



8.1 



8.2 



1.2 



8.1 



1962 



52.9 



44.1 



42.8 



24.9 



8.9 



9.0 



1.3 



8.8 



PROJECTIONS 



1970 



67.5 



58.0 



56.5 



28.5 



13.5 



14.5 



1.5 



9.5 



1980 



88.5 



78.5 



77.0 



39.0 



21.0 



17.0 



1.5 



10.0 



1990 



111.0 



99.5 



98.0 



49.0 



30.0 



19.0 



1.5 



11.5 



2000 



141.5 



127.0 



125.5 



63.5 



42.0 



20.0 



1.5 



14.5 



Note: Figures in columns may not add to totals because 

 of changes in inventories and rounding. 



Sources: Domestic pulpwood consumption 1920-62, 

 total production 1950-62, plant byproducts production 

 1920-40, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the 

 Census, Pulp, Paper and Board, Annual. Total production 

 1920-40 and breakdown by softwoods and hardwoods 

 1920-62, estimates of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 



Forest Service, derived from data published by the U.S. 

 Department of Commerce. Plant byproducts 1950-62, 

 estimates of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

 Service, derived from data published by the American 

 Pulpwood Association, Forest Service, and the U.S. 

 Department of Commerce. Imports, Bureau of the Cen- 

 sus, United States Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, 

 Annual. 



DEMAND FOR MISCELLANEOUS TIMBER 

 PRODUCTS 



A variety of miscellaneous industrial timber 

 products made up about 4 percent of the total 

 volume of roundwood produced in the United 

 States in 1962. Fuelwood accounted for an addi- 

 tional 11 percent of the total. 



Use of Most Miscellaneous industrial 

 Timber Products Declining 



Over the years, the volume of miscellaneous 

 timber products consumed in the United States 

 has declined substantially. Not much change is 

 ,j expected in the future although as indicated below 

 individual products are likely to show divergent 

 trends. 



Cooperage Logs and Bolts. — In earlier years of 

 the century the volume of wood used in the 

 manufacture of barrels, kegs, pails, and tubs 

 made of wood staves amounted to approximately 

 1.8 billion board feet annually. New technology, 

 changes in consumer purchasing habits, and new 

 packaging techniques steadily reduced demands 

 for cooperage. By 1962 wood use had dropped 

 to about 283 million board feet, equivalent to 42 

 million cubic feet of roundwood. 



In 1962 log consumption in the manufacture of 

 tight cooperage was estimated at 208 million board 

 feet, a level somewhat below the average of 

 recent years. The manufacture of bourbon bar- 

 rels was the mainstay of the industry, accounting 

 for approximately half the volume of wood used 

 for tight cooperage. Food barrels represented 

 nearly a third of the total volume, and chemical 

 and other miscellaneous barrels each accounted 

 for another 10 percent. 



The manufacture of slack cooperage has con- 

 tinued to decline in recent years with wood use 

 dropping from 272 million board feet in 1953 to 

 about 75 million board feet in 1962. Over 80 

 percent of the volume of wood consumed for 



