456 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 266. — New supply of lumber in the United States, 1899-1955 



[Million board-feet] 



Year 



Produc- 

 tion ' 



Net ex- 

 ports 2 



Net im- 

 ports 2 



New 

 supply 



Year 



Produc- 

 tion ■ 



Net ex- 

 ports 2 



Net im- 

 ports 2 



New- 

 supply 



1899* 



35, 078 



(?) 



(') 



(3) 



e) 

 43, 000 



43, 500 

 46, 000 

 46, 000 



42, 000 



44, 510 



44, 500 



43, 000 



45, 000 



44, 000 



40, 500 

 37, 012 

 39, 807 

 35, 831 

 31, 890 



34, 552 



35, 000 

 29, 000 

 35, 250 



41, 000 

 39, 500 

 41, 000 

 39, 750 

 37, 250 



987 



881 



1, 176 



727 



922 



1, 457 



1, 106 



976 



1,326 



1,248 



917 



1, 108 



1, 689 



1, 843 



1, 961 



1, 898 



362 



151 



44 



337' 



361 



499 



389 



495 



1, 005 

 766 

 927 



1, 318 





34, 091 



1928 



36, 750 

 38, 745 

 29, 358 

 19, 997 

 13, 524 



17, 151 



18, 826 

 22, 944 



27, 626 

 29, 004 

 24, 825 



28, 755 



31, 159 

 36, 538 



36, 332 

 34, 289 



32, 938 

 28, 122 



34, 112 



35, 404 



37, 000 

 32, 176 



38, 007 

 37, 204 

 37, 462 



36, 742 

 36, 356 



39, 000 



1, 776 



1,654 



1, 133 



952 



775 



922 



1, 062 



875 



622 



755 



447 



386 



232 





34 974 



1900 





1929 





37 091 



1901 







1930 





28 225 



1902 







1931__- _.- 





19, 045 



1903 







1932 



1933 . _ . 





12, 749 

 16 229 



1904 





41, 543 



42, 394 

 45, 024 

 44, 674 



40, 752 



43, 593 

 43, 392 



41, 311 

 43, 157 



42, 039 



38, 602 

 36, 650 



39, 656 

 35, 787 

 32, 006 

 34, 215 

 34, 639 

 28, 501 



34, 861 



40, 505 

 38, 495 

 40, 234 

 38, 823 



35, 932 





1905 





1934 



1935 





17, 764 



1906 





22, 069 



1907 



1936 





27, 004 



1908 - 





1937 



1938 





28, 249 



1909* - ... 





24, 378 



1910 





1939 



1940 



1941 



1942* 



1943* 



1944* 





28, 369 



J911 





30, 927 



1912 



668 

 1,077 

 546 

 640 

 628 

 590 



37, 206 



1913 







37, 409 



1914 







34, 835 



1915 





33 578 



1916 





1945* 



1946* 



1947* 



1948 



1949* 



1950* 



1951* 



1952* 



1953* 



1954* 



1955 





28, 750 



1917 



lie" 





34, 702 



1918 



41 



35, 363 



1919* 



1,233 



907 



2, 915 



1, 519 



1, 752 



2, 127 

 2,343 

 2, 755 



38, 233 



1920 







33, 083 



1921 







40, 922 



1922 





38, 723 



1923 





39, 214 



1924 







38, 869 



1925 







38, 699 



1926 





41, 755 



1927 















1 As estimated by the Forest Service, except for years 

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

 Bureau of the Census. 



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

 and for calendar years thereafter. 



' Data not available. 



Source: Luniber production: U. S. Department of 

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

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

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

 and Domestic Commerce and Bureau of the Census. 



wood, woodpulp, and newsprint represent only a 

 token of the volume of such products imported. 

 Exports of paper other than newsprint and paper- 

 board have been somewhat in excess of imports, 

 but because of tlie small quantity involved they 

 play a relativeh' minor role in United States inter- 

 national trade ui timber products. 



Imports of Pulpwood Logs and Bolts 

 Far Exceed Exports 



The United States international trade in pidp- 

 wood logs and bolts has consisted almost entirely 

 of imports, but exports have been taken into 

 account in the net import estimates: 



Cords 

 Year: (thousand) 



1935 1, 037 



1940 1,374 



1945 1,688 



1950 1, 807 



1952 2, 293 



1955 1, 868 





Cords 



Year: 



(thousand) 



1899 



369 



1905 



645 



1910 



-. - 948 



1914 



830 



1920 



1, 100 



1925 



1, 088 



1930 



1,096 



These net imports of logs and bolts comprised 

 about 20 percent of the 1952 total net import 

 (roundwood equivalent) of pulpwood and pulp- 

 wood px'oducts. In 1955 they represented about 

 18 percent. Nearly all imports of pulpwood logs 

 and bolts have come from Canada. 



Canadian policy discourages the export of 

 unmanufactured wood products. The effect of 

 that policy in the future is difficult to assess. In 

 view of all circumstances, it is expected that im- 

 ports of pulpwood logs and bolts from Canada in 

 1975 and 2000 will not exceed a million cords per 

 year. 



Most Woodpulp Imports Come From 

 Canada 



United States imports of woodpulp also exceed 

 exports b}^ a large margin (table 267). Expressed 

 in terms of wood equivalent, the net imports of 

 woodpulp readied an alltime high of 4,158 tliousand 

 cords in 1950. But from that level the}" declined 



