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TIMBER TRENDS EN THE UNITED STATES 



Tenitories contain about 14 percent of the 

 merchantable timber; as a result of the relative 

 remoteness of this region from North American 

 markets, its forest resources are still largely 

 undeveloped. 



Timber Cut in Canada About 

 3,4 Billion Cubic Feet 



Production of timber products has been steadily 

 rising in Canada to an estimated 3.4 billion cubic 

 feet of roundwood in 1962 (table 73). This was 

 equivalent to about 30 percent of the roundwood 

 produced in the United States. 



Exports to the United States in 1962 included 

 nearly half the lumber produced in Canada, 60 

 percent of the paper and board, and 2 percent of 

 the plywood. In terms of roundwood used in 

 making timber products, more than half the total 

 production in Canada in recent years has gone into 

 products exported to the United States. 



Allowable Annual Cut in 

 Canada Could Be Tripled 



Potential future production by Canadian forest 

 industries is substantially greater than recent 

 levels of output, according to findings of the 

 Forestry Study Group of the Royal Commission 



Table 73. — Production of forest products in Canada and exports ^ to the United States, specified years, 



1930-62 





All products 2 



Lumber 



Pulpwood 



Wood pulp 



Year 





















Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 





tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 





Billion 



Billion 



Billion 



Billion 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 





cu. ft. 



cu. ft. 



bd. ft. 



bd. ft. 



cords 



cords 



tons 



tons 



1930 



2.5 



0.7 



4.0 



1.1 



6.0 



1.4 



3.6 



0.7 



1940 



2.7 



.7 



4.6 



.7 



8.7 



1.4 



5.3 



.8 



1950 



3.0 



1.5 



6.6 



3.1 



13.4 



1.4 



8.5 



1.7 



1952 



3.2 



1.4 



6.8 



2.3 



14.8 



2.1 



9.0 



1.6 



1954 



3.1 



1.5 



7.2 



2.8 



14.7 



1.6 



9.7 



1.7 



1956 



3.5 



1,6 



7.7 



3.2 



17.5 



1.9 



10.7 



2.0 



1958 



2.9 



1.5 



7.2 



3.2 



12.8 



1.3 



10.1 



1.8 



1960 



3.5 



1.7 



8.0 



3.7 



16.6 



1.2 



11.5 



2.0 



1962 « _ 



3.4 



1.9 



8.8 



4.6 



15.0 



1.2 



12.1 



2.4 









Paper ar 



d board 



Vene 



er3 



Pirw 



,food ^ 



Misc. products = 



Year 





















Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 



Produc- 



Exports 





tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 



tion 



to U.S. 





Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 



Million 





tons 



tons 



sq. ft. 



sq. ft. 



sq. ft. 



sq. ft. 



cu. ft. 



cu. ft. 



1930 



2.9 

 4.3 

 6 8 



2.0 

 2.6 

 4 9 











857 

 747 

 465 





1940.. .. 





5 



348 





67 

 50 





1950 



401 



486 



31 



1952 



7.2 



5.0 



446 



402 



596 



57 



454 



25 



1954 



7.6 



5.0 



510 



524 



890 



71 



375 



25 



1956 



8.5 



5.3 



1 568 



621 



1,305 



81 



354 



21 



1958 



8.1 



5.0 



1,131 



456 



1,532 



42 



332 



17 



1960 



8 9 



5 3 



1 09'' 



508 



1 639 



43 



312 



20 



1962 6 



8.9 



5.3 



1,053 



682 



2,052 



57 





23 









' Differences in product classification and reporting 

 procedures may cause Canadian export figures to differ 

 from Canadian imports as reported in the U.S. 



2 In terms of roundwood used in making lumber, pulp, 

 paper, etc. 



' Includes only veneer made for sale as veneer. 



< 1/4-inch basis in 1960 and 1962; reported exports 

 prior to 1960 are total of all thicknesses. 



5 Including logs, poles, piling, fuelwood, etc., and 

 equivalent volume of shingles and shakes. 

 f' Preliminary. 



Source: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Industry and 

 Merchandising Division. 



