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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 265. — Lumber production, imports, and exports, by softwoods and hardwoods, selected years, 1899- 



1955 



[Million board-feet] 





Production ' 



Imports 2 



Exports 2 



Year 



























Total 



Soft- 



Hard- 



Total 



Soft- 



Hard- 



Mixed 



Total 



Soft- 



Hard- 



Mixed 







woods 



woods 





woods 



woods 







woods 



woods 





1899* 



35, 078 



26, 371 



8,706 



424 

 680 

 491 

 666 

 721 

 589 

 711 

 950 

 934 

 791 

 846 



1,054 

 872 

 905 



1, 092 









1, 411 

 1,561 

 1,667 

 1,393 

 1,643 

 2,046 

 1,817 

 1,926 

 2,260 

 2,039 

 1,763 



2, 162 



2, 561 

 2,748 



3, 053 









1900 















1901 





















1902 





















1903 





















1904 



43- 000 



32. 538 



10. 462 















1905 



43 

 46 

 46 

 42 

 44 

 44 

 43 

 45 

 44 



500 

 000 

 000 

 000 

 510 

 500 

 000 

 000 

 000 



32 

 34 

 34 

 31 

 33 

 34 

 33 

 34 

 34 



960 

 900 

 946 

 945 

 897 

 029 

 020 

 695 

 065 



10 

 11 

 11 

 10 

 10 

 10 



9 

 10 



9 



540 

 100 

 054 

 055 

 613 

 471 

 980 

 305 

 935 















1906 















1907 















1908 















1909* 















1910 















1911 















1912 









2,027 

 2,394 



305 

 410 



416 



1913 





1 



1,091 



249 



1914 _-_ 



40 

 37 

 39 

 35 

 31 

 34 



500 

 012 

 807 

 831 

 890 

 552 



31 

 29 

 31 

 29 

 25 

 27 



481 

 485 

 332 

 174 

 668 

 407 



9 



7 

 8 

 6 

 6 



7 



019 



527 

 475 

 657 

 223 

 145 



931 

 941 

 1, 218 

 1, 175 

 1, 209 

 1, 149 





7 



12 



18 



10 



3 



5 



925 

 929 

 1,200 

 1, 166 

 1,206 

 1, 144 



2,829 

 1,303 

 1, 369 

 1, 219 

 1,093 

 1,486 



2, 275 

 1,067 

 1, 119 

 1,024 

 903 

 1, 112 



333 

 142 

 155 

 81 

 190 

 373 



221 



1915 - 



94 



1916 _-- 



95 



1917 



114 



1918 







1919* 







1920 



35 

 29 



000 

 000 



27 

 23 



610 

 444 



7 

 5 



390 

 556 



1, 351 

 839 





12 

 9 



1,339 

 831 



1, 712 

 1,338 



1, 496 

 1, 192 



215 

 146 







1921 







1922 



35 



250 



28 



922 



6 



328 



1,564 



529 



24 



1,010 



1,953 



1, 632 



250 



71 



1923 



41 



000 



33 



220 



7 



780 



1,971 



1,868 



103 







2,466 



2, 081 



316 



68 



1924 



39 



500 



31 



549 



7 



951 



1, 743 



1,657 



86 







2, 748 



2, 320 



346 



82 



1925 



41 

 39 

 37 

 36 

 38 

 29 



000 

 750 

 250 

 750 

 745 

 358 



33 

 32 

 29 

 29 

 30 

 23 



283 

 078 

 976 

 853 

 836 

 228 



7 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 6 



716 

 672 

 275 

 898 

 909 

 130 



1,846 

 1,899 

 1,745 

 1,468 

 1, 543 

 1, 219 



1,735 

 1,777 

 1,634 

 1, 372 

 1, 418 

 1, 148 



112 

 123 

 111 



96 

 124 



40 





 

 

 

 

 31 



2, 612 

 2,826 

 3,063 



3, 244 

 3, 197 

 2, 352 



2, 194 

 2, 424 

 2, 609 

 2, 739 

 2,698 

 1, 912 



373 

 362 

 418 

 484 

 480 

 418 



45 



1926 



41 



1927 



36 



1928 - -- 



21 



1929 ... ... 



19 



1930 



23 



1931 



19 



997 



15 



887 



4 



111 



749 



702 



25 



22 



1,701 



1, 353 



334 



14 



1932 .__ 



13 

 17 



524 

 151 



10 

 13 



802 



786 



2 

 3 



722 

 365 



381 

 359 



352 

 309 



15 



27 



14 

 23 



1, 156 

 1, 281 



911 



987 



241 

 294 



4 



1933 



1 



1934 



18 



826 



14 



618 



4 



208 



287 



244 



22 



21 



1, 349 



1. 063 



284 



2 



1935 



22 



944 



18 



196 



4 



748 



438 



380 



58 







1, 313 



1, 003 



307 



3 



1936 



27 

 29 



626 

 004 



22 

 23 



025 



148 



5 

 5 



601 



856 



662 



688 



570 

 573 



92 

 114 







1 



1, 284 

 1, 443 



947 

 1, 056 



335 

 384 



2 



1937 



3 



1938 



24 



825 



19 



955 



4 



871 



530 



459 



70 



1 



977 



710 



266 



2 



1939 . .- 



28 

 31 

 36 



755 

 159 

 538 



23 

 25 

 29 



291 

 622 

 867 



5 

 5 

 6 



464 

 537 

 671 



718 



740 



1, 361 



606 



607 



1, 183 



102 

 117 

 167 



11 

 16 

 11 



1, 104 

 972 

 693 



828 

 748 

 509 



254 

 168 

 146 



22 



1940 



56 



1941 



38 



1942* 



36 



332 



29 



510 



6 



822 



1, 540 



1, 397 



114 



30 



463 



285 



96 



82 



1943* 



34 



289 



26 



917 



7 



371 



856 



704 



135 



16 



310 



201 



76 



32 



1944* 



32 



938 



25 



160 



7 



778 



1,000 



819 



159 



22 



360 



234 



96 



29 



1945* 



28 



122 



21 



140 



6 



982 



1,063 



882 



164 



17 



435 



289 



117 



30 



1946* 



34 



112 



25 



857 



8 



256 



1, 239 



1, 020 



206 



13 



649 



518 



98 



33 



1947* 



35 



404 



27 



937 



7 



467 



1, 311 



1,092 



213 



5 



1,352 



972 



186 



193 



1948 



37 



000 



29 



600 



7 



400 



1,880 



1, 652 



217 



11 



647 



462 



88 



97 



1949* 



32 



176 



26 



472 



5 



704 



1, 574 



1,425 



138 



12 



667 



534 



133 







1950* 



38 



007 



30 



633 



7 



374 



3, 432 



3, 140 



283 



9 



517 



407 



110 







1951* 



37 



204 



29 



493 



7 



711 



2,517 



2, 260 



249 



9 



998 



876 



122 







1952* 



37 



462 



30 



234 



7 



228 



2,487 



2, 267 



215 



5 



735 



566 



162 



7 



1953* 



36 



742 



29 



562 



7 



180 



2,771 



2,527 



233 



11 



644 



513 



130 



(') 



1954* 



36 



356 



29 



282 



7 



074 



3, 066 



2, 855 



209 



3 



723 



585 



133 



5 



1955 ^ 



39 



000 



31 



200 



7 



200 



3, 599 



3, 327 



266 



6 



844 



652 



189 



3 



















• As estimated by the Forest Service, except for years 

 marked by an asterisk. Data for those years are from the 

 l-$ureau of the Census. 



- Import and export data are for fiscal years up to 1918 

 and for calendar years thereafter. 



' Less than 0.5 million. 



Source: Lumber production: U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Forest Service, and II. S. Department of Com- 

 merce, Bureau of the Census. Lumber imports and ex- 

 ports: IT. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign 

 and Doin(>stic Commerce and Bureau of the Census. 



