Table 6.8. — Establishments, employees and value of shipments in the primary timber processing 



industries in the United States, by industry, 1972 



Industry 



Establishments 



Employees 



Value of 

 shipments 













Million 







Number 



Percent 



Thousands 



Percent 



dollars 



Percent 



Lumber manufacturing 



22,686 



80.0 



284.1 



44.9 



9,703.1 



39.5 



Logging camps and 



13,238 



46.7 



80.0 



12.7 



2,529.5 



10.2 



contractors 















Sawmills and planing mills 



9,448 



33.3 



204.1 



32.2 



7,173.6 



29.3 



Plywood and veneer 



598 



2.1 



68.8 



10.9 



2,923.3 



11.9 



manufacturing 















Woodpulp manufacturing 



331 



1.1 



161.0 



25.4 



8,937.6 



36.2 



Other primary timber 



4,760 



16.8 



119.2 



18.8 



3,068.7 



12.4 



manufacturing 















Total 



28,375 



100.0 



633.1 



100.0 



24,632.7 



100.0 



Source: US- Department of Commerce, Bureau of tfie Census. Census of 

 Manufactures. 1972. Volume II. Industry Statistics. Parti. SIC Ma/or Groups 20-26, 



U.S. Government Prmting Office, Wasfiington, D.C., 1976. 



Table 6.9 — Establishments, employees, and value of shipments in the primary timber processing 

 industries in the United States, by section and region, 1972 



Section and region 



Establishments 



Employees 



Value of 

 shipments 



North: 

 Northeast 

 North Central 



Number 



4,398 

 4,641 



Percent 



16 

 16 



Thousands 



83.7 

 94.5 



Percent 



13 

 15 



Million 

 dollars 



2,721.8 

 3,191.0 



Percent 



11 

 13 



Total 



9,039 



32 



178.2 



28 



5,912.8 



24 



South: 

 Southeast 

 South Central 



7,167 

 6,053 



25 

 21 



115.5 

 139.3 



18 

 22 



4,332.8 

 5,256.7 



18 

 21 



Total 



13,221 



46 



254.8 



40 



9,589,5 



39 



Rocky Mountains 



1,230 



4 



28.7 



5 



1,110.4 



5 



Pacific Coast: 

 Pacific Northwest 

 Pacific Southwest 



3,377 

 1,508 



12 

 5 



127.2 

 44.2 



20 



7 



6,028.8 

 1,991.2 



24 

 8 



Total 



4,885 



17 



171.4 



27 



8,020.0 



32 



United States " 



28,375 



100 



633.1 



100 



24,632.7 



100 



Source: See source note table 6.8. 



Other primary timber manufacturing industry cate- 

 gories. On the other hand, in the woodpulp industry 

 only a quarter of the establishments operated at one 

 location. 



The legal form of organization (i.e., corporate ver- 

 sus noncorporate) is mixed. Only 22 percent of the 

 establishments in the lumber manufacturing industry 

 had a corporate form of organization in 1972, while 



over nine-tenths of those in the woodpulp, plywood, 

 and veneer manufacturing industries were corporate 

 in nature. Although the importance of a corporate 

 form of legal organization varies by sector within the 

 primary timber processing industries, the bulk of 

 employment, value added by manufacture, and new 

 capital expenditures originates in corporations. 



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