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TIMBER TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 51. — Pulpwood consumption, production, net imports in the United States, and the equivalent wood volumes of the 



net imports of paper, board, and wood pulp, 1920-62 ' 



[Thousand cords] 



Year 



Total con- 

 sumption 



Consump- 

 tion of pulp- 

 wood in 

 U.S. mills 



Domestic production of pulpwood 



Total 



Roundwood 



Total 



Softwood Hardwood 



Chipped 

 residues 



Net 

 pulpwood 

 imports 



Net imports 

 of paper, 

 board, and 

 wood pulp 

 in terms of 

 pulpwood 

 equivalents 



1920. 

 1921, 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 



1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



1930 

 1931. 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 



1935 

 1936 

 1937 

 1938. 

 1939. 



1940 

 1941. 

 1942 

 1943 

 1944 



1945 

 1946 

 1947. 

 1948 

 1949 



1950 

 1951 

 1952. 

 1953. 

 1954 



1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 



1960. 

 1961 

 1962 



8,240 

 6,621 

 9,022 

 9,957 

 10, 194 



10, 778 

 12, 106 

 12, 206 

 12. 928 

 13, 898 



13,188 

 12, 075 

 10, 487 

 12, 241 

 12,549 



13, 810 

 15, 966 

 18,286 

 14, 902 

 17, 387 



18, 026 

 21, 451 

 22. 259 

 20, 455 



21, 150 



22, 795 

 25. 127 

 28,318 

 30,297 

 2S, 464 



33, 659 

 36, 158 

 35. 404 



37, 774 



38, 056 



41, 989 

 45. 448 

 44. 241 

 43, 592 

 47, 895 



48, 730 

 50, 271 

 52, 855 



6,114 

 4.557 

 5,549 

 5,873 

 5,768 



6,094 

 6.766 

 6,751 

 7,160 

 7,645 



7,196 

 6,723 

 5.633 

 6,582 

 6,797 



7,628 

 8,716 



10, 394 

 9,194 



10, 816 



13. 743 



16. 580 



17, 275 



15, 645 



16, 758 



16,912 

 17,818 

 19, 714 

 21, 189 

 19, 945 



23,627 

 26, 522 

 26, 461 

 28, 141 

 29,436 



33. 356 

 35. 749 

 35, 746 

 35. 248 

 38, 691 



40, 485 

 42, 191 

 44,070 



4,873 

 3,476 

 4,537 

 4,539 

 4,517 



4,624 

 5,403 

 5.213 

 5,641 

 6,347 



5,744 

 5,782 

 5,013 

 5.869 



6,620 

 7,527 

 8,895 

 7,953 

 9,736 



12, 369 

 14,176 



14. 907 



13. 580 



15, 349 



15, 254 



16, 966 

 18. 543 

 20, 026 

 17,619 



20. 716 

 25, 128 



25. 045 



26, 322 

 26, 972 



30, 948 



35, 196 

 34, 42? 

 33,239 



36, 716 



40. 012 

 40.272 

 42. 772 



4,703 

 3,409 

 4,449 

 4,435 

 4,398 



4,468 

 5,222 

 4,927 

 5,185 

 5,786 



5,148 

 5,224 

 4,572 

 5,389 

 5.602 



6,327 

 7,197 

 8.330 

 7,722 

 9,417 



12, 094 

 13.951 



14. 707 

 13.391 



15. 062 



14. 804 



16. 366 



17. 793 

 19. 101 

 16,544 



19. 466 

 23. 728 

 23.477 



24. 597 



25. 072 



28. 273 

 31. 696 

 30. 145 

 27.818 

 30, 076 



32. 6?2 

 32.117 

 33. 811 



4.157 

 3.068 

 3,955 

 3.947 

 3,875 



3.963 



4,679 

 4,351 

 4,620 

 5,080 



4.479 

 4,702 

 4,129 

 4,726 

 4,947 



5.561 

 6.189 

 7,330 

 6,927 

 8,504 



10, 776 

 12.392 

 12.993 

 11,761 

 13,067 



12,668 

 13.923 

 15. 253 

 ■16.618 

 14,236 



16. 545 

 19. 909 



19. 846 



20. 438 

 20, 541 



23,038 

 25. 762 

 24. 070 

 22.244 

 22, 869 



24, 527 

 23,996 

 24, 866 



546 

 341 



494 

 488 

 523 



505 

 543 

 576 

 565 

 706 



669 

 522 

 443 

 663 

 655 



766 



1,008 



1,000 



795 



913 



1,318 

 1,559 

 1,714 

 1,630 

 1,995 



2,136 

 2.443 

 2.540 

 2,483 

 2,308 



2,921 

 3,819 

 3,631 

 4,159 

 4,531 



5,235 

 5,934 

 6,075 

 5,574 

 7,207 



8,095 

 8,121 

 8,945 



170 

 67 

 88 

 104 

 119 



156 

 181 

 286 

 456 

 561 



596 

 558 

 441 

 480 

 236 



293 

 330 

 565 

 231 

 319 



275 

 225 

 200 

 189 

 287 



450 

 600 

 750 

 925 

 1,075 



1,250 

 1,400 

 1. .568 

 1.725 

 1,900 



2,675 

 3,500 

 4,277 

 5.421 

 6,640 



7,390 

 8,155 

 8,962 



1,241 

 1,082 

 1,012 

 1,334 



1.251 



1,470 

 1,363 

 1.538 

 1,519 

 1,298 



1,452 

 941 

 620 

 712 

 959 



1,008 

 1,189 

 1,499 

 1,241 

 1,081 



1,374 

 1,560 

 1,660 

 1,355 

 1,351 



1,523 

 1,675 

 1.750 

 1.982 

 1,411 



1,385 

 2,497 

 2,108 

 1,541 

 1,562 



1,704 

 1,762 

 1.666 

 1,269 

 1,055 



1,158 

 1,162 

 1,292 



2,126 

 2.064 

 3,473 



4,084 

 4,426 



4,684 

 5,340 

 5,455 

 5,768 

 6,253 



5,992 

 5,352 

 4,854 

 5.659 

 5,752 



6.182 

 7,250 

 7.892 

 5,708 

 6,571 



4,283 

 4,871 

 4,984 

 4,810 

 4.392 



5,883 

 7,309 

 8,604 

 9,108 

 8,519 



10, 032 

 9,636 

 8.943 

 9,633 

 8,620 



8.633 

 9,699 

 8,495 

 8,344 

 9,204 



8,245 

 8,080 

 8,785 



1 Data may not add to totals because of changes in inventories, rounding, 

 and statistical discrepancies in imports. 



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

 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.; American Paper and Pulp 

 Association; and American Pulpwood Association. 



