462 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 271. — Exports and imports of veneer, by 

 kind, 1936-55 



[Thousand square feet] 



Table 272. — Imports and exports of veneer logs 



and bolts,^ selected years, 1910-55 



[Million board-feet] 





Exports 



Imports 



Year 



Total 



Fancy, 

 face, 



figured, 

 and 



special 



Utility, 



com- 

 mercial, 

 and 

 con- 

 tainer 



Total 



Birch 



or 

 maple 



Other 



1935 - 



50, 448 

 52, 952 

 83, 738 

 50, 144 



64, 542 

 125, 571 

 189, 737 

 278, 126 

 447, 812 

 294, 161 



95, 887 

 151, 306 

 191, 988 



65, 621 



33, 589 



34, 518 

 40, 612 

 30, 689 

 49, 147 

 43, 292 

 51,736 







4,717 

 5,236 

 9, 131 

 5,726 

 9,390 



15, 971 



16, 284 

 5,988 

 2, 189 



246 



4,380 



27, 947 



47, 503 



54, 283 



174, 955 



361, 930 



443, 232 



428, 000 



583, 517 



584, 205 

 765, 373 







1936 











1937 











1938 











1939 







2,518 

 4,320 

 9, 121 



5,976 



2,080 



246 



3,820 



21, 986 



35, 593 



51, 887 



73, 156 



161, 852 



177, 486 



253, 304 



335, 607 



312, 215 



328, 980 



6, 872 



1940- . 

 1941- - 

 1942.. 

 1943.- 

 1944.- 

 1945- - 

 1946. . 

 1947-- 

 1948- - 

 1949- - 

 1950.. 

 1951 - - 

 1952- - 

 1953.. 

 1954.. 

 1955- - 



39, 095 



25, 433 



119, 119 



412, 088 



263, 265 



60, 070 



72, 018 



64, 152 



18, 242 

 20, 242 

 20, 780 

 22, 139 



19, 080 

 31, 900 



27, 753 



28, 608 



86, 476 

 164, 304 

 159, 007 

 35, 724 

 30, 896 

 35, 817 

 79, 288 

 127, 836 

 47,370 

 13, 347 

 13, 738 

 18, 482 

 11, 609 

 17, 247 

 15, 539 

 23, 128 



11, 651 



7, 163 



12 



109 







560 



5,961 



11, 910 



2, 396 



101, 799 



200, 078 



265, 746 



174, 696 



247, 910 



271, 990 



436, 393 



Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce and Bureau of the 

 Census. 



Trade in Veneer Logs and Bolts Is Small 



The United States has carried on a small inter- 

 national trade in veneer logs since about 1910 

 (table 272). Imports have fluctuated between a 

 high of 346 million board-feet in 1927 and a low 

 of 54 million board-feet in 1934 and have averaged 

 about 200 million board-feet annually. Soft- 

 woods, which have accounted for more than half 

 of the veneer logs imported in nearly all years 

 since 1910, have originated almost entirely in 

 Canada. Hardwood veneer log imports have 

 originated in a number of dift'erent tropical coun- 

 tries — the Philippine Republic, French West 

 Africa, the Gold Coast, and Colombia are the 

 most important. Small quantities of hardwood 

 logs have been imported from Canada. 



In contrast to imports, there has been a down- 

 ward trend in exports of veneer logs. Reaching 

 a peak of 431 million board-feet in 1928, exports 

 declined to a low of 14 million board-feet in 1945. 

 Since 1945 exports have again increased to 166 

 million board-feet in 1955, but there is no evidence 

 to indicate that they will reach tlie levels attained 

 in the late 1920's. 





Imports 



Exports 



Year 



















Total 2 



Soft- 



Hard- 



Mixed 



Total 2 



Soft- 



Hard- 







woods 



woods 







woods 



woods 



1910 



241 

 236 

 213 

 226 

 304 















1911.- 















1912-- 









191 

 208 

 162 







1913 













1925.- 



93 



92 



119 



137 



24 



1926-- 



262 



70 



85 



107 



243 



231 



12 



1927-- 



346 



145 



92 



109 



324 



304 



19 



1928.- 



224 



77 



66 



81 



431 



415 



16 



1929- . 



273 



120 



81 



72 



379 



362 



17 



1930-- 



152 



100 



52 



e) 



306 



289 



17 



1931.- 



173 



148 



25 



e) 



266 



247 



19 



1932-- 



100 



87 



13 



(5) 



137 



119 



19 



1933-. 



127 



119 



8 



(^) 



168 



150 



18 



1934-- 



54 



37 



12 



5 



241 



224 



17 



1935.- 



132 



102 



22 



7 



288 



271 



16 



1936-_ 



102 



66 



33 



3 



327 



301 



25 



1937-. 



166 



118 



40 



9 



170 



146 



24 



1938.- 



190 



151 



36 



3 



113 



89 



24 



1939.. 



234 



200 



33 



{*) 



122 



100 



22 



1940-- 



203 



167 



36 



{') 



71 



53 



18 



1941-- 



334 



298 



36 







36 



26 



10 



1942.- 



194 



168 



26 







31 



20 



11 



1943-- 



114 



73 



41 



{') 



19 



9 



10 



1944-- 



158 



103 



55 



{') 



22 



15 



8 



1945-- 



137 



87 



50 



(*) 



14 



10 



5 



1946.- 



155 



93 



61 



{*) 



15 



6 



8 



1947-- 



168 



84 



84 



(*) 



45 



22 



23 



1948-- 



256 



154 



102 



{') 



55 



25 



30 



1949.- 



190 



133 



56 



(') 



71 



42 



29 



1950.- 



268 



156 



112 







48 



29 



19 



1951-. 



212 



85 



127 







79 



58 



21 



1952-- 



191 



114 



77 







64 



44 



19 



1953.- 



227 



115 



112 







115 



86 



29 



1954- . 



221 



128 



93 







139 



106 



33 



1955-- 



199 



79 



119 







166 



144 



22 



1 Includes an undisclosed volume of logs used for pur- 

 poses other than veneer. 



2 Data in other columns may not add to total because 

 of rounding. 



3 Stated in dollar values onlv. 



* Less than 500,000 board-feet. 



Source: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of 

 Foreign and Domestic Commerce and Bureau of the 

 Census. 



The decline in veneer log exports lias been al- 

 most wholly confined to softwoods. Exports of 

 hardwood logs and bolts have remained relatively 

 stable since 1912. Nearly 80 percent of all log 

 and bolt exports in 1955 were shipped to Canada. 

 As a I'esult of the decline in exports the United 

 States became a net importing nation in 1938. It 

 is expected to remain so in the future. 



It is estimated that in 1975 there will be a net 

 import of 200 million board-feet of veneer logs 

 and bolts as compared to 127 million board-feet 

 in 1952. By 2000 net imports are expected to 

 rise to 300 million board-feet. The anticipated 



