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FUTURE DEMAISTD FOR TIMBER 



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Table 247. — Apparent consumption of pulpwood in the United States by source, selected years, 1899-1955 



[Thousand cords] 









Pulpwood logs and bolts 



Pulpwood equivalents ^ 



Year 



Total 1 



Domestic 

 production 



Net im- 

 ports 



Total ' 



Net wood- 

 pulp 

 import 



Net paper 



and board 



imports 



Total 



1899 .. -. - _ - .. 



1, 9fifi 



1 617 



369 



574 



645 



739 



925 



695 



794 



948 



938 



830 



784 



774 



745 



1,032 



1, 100 



817 



1,050 



1,236 



1,048 



1,088 



1,277 



1,224 



1,366 



1,233 



1, 096 



738 



742 



618 



817 



1,037 



1, 189 



1, 499 

 1,241 

 1,081 

 1,374 



2, 208 

 2, 158 

 1,676 

 1,630 

 1,688 

 1,942 

 1,998 

 2, 268 

 1, 639 



1, 807 



2, 637 

 2,293 

 1,537 

 1, 583 

 1,868 



1 986 



56 

 261 

 265 

 310 



442 

 370 

 560 

 773 

 857 



1,028 

 997 

 989 

 862 

 924 



1,561 



1, 182 

 2,219 

 2,406 

 2,714 



2, 899 

 3,067 

 3,010 



3, 154 

 3,348 

 3,238 



2, 833 

 2,643 



3, 451 

 3,073 

 3, 252 

 3, 838 



3, 823 



2, 928 

 3,452 

 1,306 



1, 473 

 1,524 

 1,793 

 1,543 

 2,971 

 3,220 

 3,972 

 3,789 

 2,973 



4, 158 



3, 875 

 3, 105 

 3, 583 



2, 850 

 2,755 



3 76 

 3 70 



3 82 



3 105 



3 84 



343 



3 15 



7 

 34 



296 

 430 

 366 

 453 

 350 

 565 

 882 

 1, 254 



1, 678 

 1,712 

 1,785 



2, 273 

 2, 445 

 2, 614 

 2,905 

 2, 754 

 2,519 

 2, 211 

 2,208 

 2,679 



2, 930 

 3,412 

 4,069 

 2,780 



3, 119 

 2,977 

 3,398 

 3,460 

 3,017 

 2, 849 

 2,912 

 4,089 

 4,632 

 5,319 

 5, 546 

 5, 874 

 5,761 

 5, 838 

 6,050 

 5, 770 

 5,836 



3 20 



1904 - . - 



3, 



3 



3, 



4 



3, 



4 



4 



5, 



5, 



6 



6 



6 



6 



8 



6 



9 



9 



10 



10 



12 



12 



12 



13 



13 



12 



10 



12 



12 



13 



15 



18 



14 



17 



18 



21 



22 



20 



21 



22 



25 



28 



30 



28 



33 



36 



35 



37 



38 



41 



242 

 375 

 866 

 321 

 674 

 547 

 874 

 181 

 795 

 656 

 835 

 566 

 752 

 240 

 621 

 022 

 957 

 194 

 778 

 106 

 206 

 928 

 989 

 188 

 075 

 487 

 240 

 549 

 810 

 966 

 286 

 902 

 387 

 026 

 450 

 259 

 455 

 150 

 976 

 127 

 318 

 297 

 464 

 659 

 158 

 419 

 ,773 

 056 

 923 



2 



2 



2 



3 



2 



3 



3 



3 



3 



4 



4 



4 



4 



5 



3 



4 



4 



4 



5 



5 



5 



5 



6 



6 



5 



4 



5 



5 



6 



7 



8 



7 



9 



12 



14 



14 



13 



15 



15 



16 



18 



20 



17 



20 



25 



25 



26 



26 



30 



477 

 547 

 922 

 037 

 652 

 208 

 147 

 390 

 641 

 445 

 706 

 506 

 446 

 015 

 740 

 499 

 637 

 720 

 005 

 490 

 527 

 795 

 412 

 099 

 985 

 891 

 964 

 980 

 591 

 527 

 895 

 953 

 735 

 369 

 176 

 902 

 580 

 349 

 253 

 982 

 542 

 026 

 619 

 ,712 

 , 128 

 ,065 

 ,319 

 ,972 

 894 



3 



3 



3 



3 



3 



4 



4 



4 



4 



5 



5 



5 



5 



6 



4 



5 



5 



5 



6 



6 



6 



7 



7 



7 



6 



5 



6 



6 



7 



8 



10 



9 



10 



13 



16 



17 



15 



16 



16 



17 



19 



21 



19 



23 



26 



26 



28 



29 



38 



051 



192 

 661 

 963 

 347 

 002 

 094 

 328 

 471 

 229 

 480 

 251 

 478 

 114 

 557 

 549 

 873 

 768 

 094 

 766 

 751 

 160 

 645 

 196 

 723 

 633 

 582 

 797 

 628 

 716 

 394 

 194 

 816 

 743 

 579 

 275 

 645 

 758 

 913 

 818 

 714 

 189 

 945 

 ,627 

 ,522 

 ,476 

 , 140 

 ,436 

 332 



191 



1905 - - 



183 



1906 



1907 



205 

 358 



1908 . - 



327 



1909 . 



545 



1910 



1911 . 



780 

 853 



1914 .- --- _ 



1, 324 



1916 - ----.-_- 



1, 427 



1917 - - - -._.--_ 



1 355 



1918 



1919 ... . 



1,315 

 1, 274 



1920 ... ... - . 



2, 126 



1921 _ -. 



2, 064 



1922 



3 473 



1923 ... -.- - -. 



4, 084 



1924 - . . ...__.- 



4, 426 



1925 - - - . 



4, 684 



1926 ... - .. - 



5, 340 



1927 



5 455 



1928 . . - .- -- 



5, 768 



1929 



6 253 



1930 . -. 



5, 992 



1931 - -. ... -- 



5, 352 



1932 ._ .. 



4, 854 



1933 . . -- 



5, 659 



1934- 



5, 752 



1935 - - 



6, 182 



1936 -_ - 



7, 250 



1937 . - . .. 



7, 892 



1938 



5, 708 



1939 - . -. .- 



6, 571 



1940 - - 



4, 283 



1941 -_ --_ .- - 



4, 871 



1942 - ... -. 



4, 984 



1943 -._ -. .- - - 



4, 810 



1944 



4, 392 



1945 . . 



5, 883 



1946 - .- -- -. 



7, 309 



1947 - . - .- 



8, 604 



1948 - - .- ... . 



9, 108 



1949 . -__ - 



8, 519 



1950 . _ _ _.._-._ 



10, 032 



1951 . . - _ 



9, 636 



1952 



8, 943 



1953 



9, 633 



1954 



8, 620 



1955 - 



8, 591 



















' Includes changes in stocks for all years 1941 through 

 1955. Individual items may not add to total because of 

 rounding. 



Source: 1939 and 1941-55, U. S. Department of Com- 

 merce, Bureau of the Census. 1899-1938 and 1940, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and American 

 Paper and Pulp Association, Statistics of Paper, reporting 

 statistics of the Bureau of the Census. 



2 Converting factors used were as follows: 



Newsprint 1 ton = 1.27 cords 



Other paper 1 ton=l. 50 cords 



Paperboard 1 ton= .69 cords 



Sulfite pulp 1 ton = 2.05 cords 



Sulfate pulp 1 ton =1.78 cords 



Soda pulp 1 ton = 2.10 cords 



Groundwood pulp 1 ton=1.01 cords 



Other pulp 1 ton =1.02 cords 



3 Net exports. 



