FUTURE DEMAND FOR TIMBER 



423 



50 



40 



en 

 O 



O 



30 



20 



10 







NET PAPER AND BOARD IMPORTS 

 WW NET WOOD PULP IMPORTS 



NET IMPORTS OF PULPWOOD 

 DOMESTIC PULPWOOD PRODUCTION 



1904 1915 1925 1935 



Source: 1939 and 1941-1955— U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of tfie Census 



1904-1938 and 1940— U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and American Paper and 

 Pulp Association, STATISTICS OF PAPER , reporting statistics of the U.S. Department 

 of Commerce, Bureau of the Census 



1945 



1955 



Figure 120 



The procedure is fii*st to obtain estimates of 

 total medium and upper demand for paper and 

 paperboard under the various population and gioss 

 national product assumptions and the assumption 

 that there wiU be no change in the prices of these 

 products relative to the prices of competitive 

 materials. The next step is to determine the 

 quantity of woodpulp requh-ed to meet these 

 demands and to estimate the quantity of wood- 



pulp requu'ed for nonpaper products. Finally, 

 the medium and upper projections of demand for 

 pulpwood are derived directly from the estimates 

 of demand for woodpulp. The lower projection 

 of demand for pulpwood is approximated from 

 the medium projection on the assumption of a 

 substantial rise in relative price. No estimates 

 are made of lower level demand for paper and 

 paperboard, or of requirements for woodpulp. 



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