FUTURE DEMAND FOR TIMBER 



457 



I 3 



CO 



SOFTWOODS 





HARDWOODS 



1899 



1905 



1915 



EXPORTS 



IMPORTS 



1925 



1935 



NET EXPORTS 

 NET IMPORTS 



1945 



1955 



SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and Bureau of the Census. 



Figure 131 



to 3,105 thousand in 1952 and dropped still further 

 to 2,755 thousand in 1955. These net imports of 

 woodpulp comprised about 28 percent of both 

 1952 and 1955 total net imports of pulpwood and 

 pulpwood products (roundwood equivalent) . 



IDuring recent years Canada has supplied be- 

 tween 80 and 85 percent of the woodpulp imported 

 by the United States. The rest originates in the 

 Scandinavian countries. In the 1930's, the situa- 

 tion was just the opposite: at that time up to 70 

 percent in some years came from Scandinavia and 

 30 percent from Canada. Unless western Em-ope 

 begins to draw heavily on the Soviet Union for its 



future supplies of woodpulp, it is not likely that 

 any large quantity of woodpulp will flow again 

 from Scandinavia to the tFnited States. The 

 west European market will probably take about 

 all the woodpulp that can be produced in that 

 area. 



With regard to continued imports of woodpulp 

 from Canada, the outlook is favorable. How- 

 ever, it is expected that 1975 and 2000 net im- 

 ports of woodpulp will not exceed the peak level 

 reached in 1950, about 4 million cords (wood 

 equivalent) . 



