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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 112. — Imports and exports oj selected timber products, 1970-72, with projections under alternate 

 price assumptions (medium projections oj growth in population and economic activity) to 2000 



IMPORTS 



Price assumption 



Lumber 



Hardwood 

 plywood 



Pulp 



Paper and 

 board 



Logs 



and year 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



1970 



Billion board feet, 



lumber tally 



5. 8 



7. 2 



9.0 



Billion board feet, 



lumber tally 



0.3 



. 4 



. 4 



Billion sguare 

 feet, H-inch basi3 

 2.0 



2. 5 



3. 2 



Million tons 

 3.5 

 3.5 

 2.7 



Million ions 

 7. 2 

 7.6 

 7.9 



Billion board feet, 



International 



H-ineh log rule 



0. 1 



. 1 



Billion board feet, 

 International 

 l /i-inch log rule 



( l ) 



1971 2 



C 1 ) 



19722 



0) 







1970 RELATIVE 

 PRICES 



1980 



7.0 

 7.0 

 7.0 



9. 5 

 12. 

 13.0 



10.5 

 12.0 

 12.0 



.4 

 . 4 

 .4 



.5 

 .7 

 .9 



.6 

 .6 

 .6 



3.5 

 3.5 



3. 5 



3.3 

 3.9 

 4.2 



4. 1 

 4. 2 

 4. 3 



4.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 



6.0 

 7.5 



8.5 



6. 

 7.0 

 7.5 



8.0 

 8.0 

 8.0 



10.5 



12. 5 



13. 5 



10. 5 



11. 5 

 12.0 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 1 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 1 



. 1 



. 1 

 . 1 



0. 1 



1990 



. i 



2000 



. i 



RISING RELATIVE 

 PRICES 3 



1980 



. l 



1990 



. l 



2000 



. l 



RELATIVE PRICES 

 ABOVE 1970 

 AVERAGES 4 



1980 



. l 



1990 



. l 



2000 



. l 







EXPORTS 



1970 



1. 2 



.9 

 1.2 



. 1 

 . 2 

 .3 



. 1 



( 6 ) 

 ( 6 ) 



3. 1 

 2. 2 

 2. 2 



2.7 

 3. 

 3.0 



3.4 

 2. 8 

 3.8 





1971 2 ._ . 



. 1 



1972 2 



. 1 







1970 RELATIVE 

 PRICES 



1980 



1. 2 

 1.2 

 1. 2 



1.2 

 1.2 

 1. 2 



1. 2 

 1. 2 

 1. 2 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 1 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 1 



. 1 

 . 1 

 . 1 



( 5 ) 

 ( s ) 



( 6 ) 



( 8 ) 

 ( 5 ) - 



( 6 ) 



( 5 ) 

 ( 6 ) 

 ( 5 ) 



3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



3.5 

 3.5 



3.5 



3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



3. 5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



4. 5 

 4.5 

 4.5 



4. 5 

 4.5 

 4.5 



4.5 

 4.5 

 4. 5 



. 1 



1990 



. 1 



2000 



. 1 



RISING RELATIVE 

 PRICES 3 



1980 



. 1 



1990 



. 1 



2000 



. 1 



RELATrVE PRICES 

 ABOVE 1970 

 AVERAGES * 



1980 



. 1 



1990 



. 1 



2000 



. 1 







1 Less than 50 million board feet. 



2 Preliminary. 



3 Relative prices rising from 1970 trend levels as follows: 

 lumber — 1.5 percent per year; plywood — 1.0 percent per 

 year; and paper and board — 0.5 percent per year. 



4 Relative prices of lumber and plywood — 30 percent, 

 and paper and board — 10 percent above their 1970 

 averages. 



5 Less than 500 million square feet. 



Sources: 1970, 1971, and 1972— U.S. Department of 

 Commerce, Bureau of the Census. U.S. Exports — schedule 

 B, commodity and country. FT 410 (monthly) ; and U.S. 

 imports — general and consumption, schedule A, commodity 

 and country. FT 135 (monthly). 



Projections: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

 Service. 



