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Table 128. — Timber products consumed in manufacturing, by product group, 1948, 1960, 1965 and 1970 



Year and product group 



Lumber 



Veneer and 



plywood 



(%-inch basis) 



Hardboard 



(J/8-inch basis) 



Particleboard 

 (%-inch basis) 



1948: 

 Household furniture __ - 



Million board feet 



1, 970 



321 



723 



518 

 392 



Million square feet 



592 



274 



57 



73 

 130 



Million square feet 



NA 

 NA 

 NA 



NA 



NA 



Million square feet 



NA 



Commercial and institutional furniture. _ 



NA 



Consumer goods l _______________ 



NA 



Commercial and industrial machinery and equip- 

 ment 2 - _____________ 



NA 



Other products 3 _ __ - 



NA 







Total - __ ----- 



3 924 



1, 126 



NA 



NA 







1960: 

 Household furniture - 



2, 116 



289 

 643 



414 

 403 



877 

 342 

 246 



75 

 282 



231 



145 

 30 



58 

 296 



58 



Commercial and institutional furniture- 



34 



Consumer goods ' 



5 



Commercial and industrial machinery and equip- 

 ment 2 _ 



7 



Other products 3 _ - _ 



2 







Total - 



3,865 



1, 822 



760 



106 







1965: 

 Household furniture _ . 



2,987 

 280 

 518 



619 

 205 



789 

 230 

 273 



170 

 100 



526 



138 



43 



41 

 387 



312 



Commercial and institutional furniture 



119 



Consumer goods '._ 



10 



Commercial and industrial machinery and equip- 

 ment 2 _ . - _ _ 



16 



Other products 3 _ _ 



19 







Total.. - 



4,609 



1, 562 



1, 135 



476 







1970: 



Household furniture 



Commercial and institutional furniture 



2,961 

 271 

 621 



620 

 197 



838 

 227 

 303 



179 

 109 



663 

 127 



48 



49 

 474 



427 

 179 



Consumer goods ' 



Commercial and industrial machinery and equip- 

 ment 2 - . 

 Other products 3 . . 



14 



19 

 30 



Total _ . . - ..- 



4,670 



1,656 



1,361 



6)9 







1 Includes sporting goods, musical instruments, boat 

 building and repair, toys and games, luggage and trunks, 

 handles, wood pencils, morticians' goods, shoe and boot 

 findings, and wood matches. 



2 Includes commercial refrigeration, signs and displays, 

 patterns and jigs, truck bodies and trailers, general ma- 

 chinery, agricultural implements, electrical equipment, 

 and textile machinery supplies. 



3 All manufactured products except those listed above 

 and products such as pallets, prefabricated wooden build- 

 ings and structural members, containers, mobile homes, 



Annual rates of growth show a substantial decline 

 over the projection period from 4.5 percent in the 

 1960's to 3.4 percent in the 1990's. 



Shipments of the other manufactured products 

 included in this section also rose substantially in 

 the 1948-70 period, although there were signifi- 

 cant differences in rates of growth (table 129, fig. 

 65). Despite such differences, there was a close 

 relationship between changes in the value of 

 shipments of each group of products and changes 

 in gross national product or disposable personal 

 income. 



millwork, flooring, and other similar goods included in the 

 construction and shipping sections of this study. 



Sources: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Serv- 

 ice. 1948 — Wood used in manufacture, 1948- Forest Re- 

 source Rep. 2. 1951; 1960 — Wood used in manufacturing 

 industries, 1960. Stat. Bull. 353. 1965; 1965 — Wood used in 

 n a lufacturing industries, 1965. Stat. Bull. 440. 1969; 

 1970 — Based on preliminary estimates of value of ship- 

 ments (table 129) and trends in timber products use per 

 dollar of shipments (table 130). 



Projections to 2000 based on these past relation- 

 ships vary from less than a threefold increase for 

 "other products" to over a fivefold increase for 

 commercial and industrial equipment (medium 

 projection at 1970 prices). 29 As in the case of 

 household furniture, assumed rates of increase in 



29 Separate projections of value of shipments were 

 prepared for each of the important wood-using products 

 listed in footnotes to table 129, based upon recent relation- 

 ships between changes in the value of shipments and 

 changes in gross national product or disposable personal 

 income. These separate projections were then added 

 together to obtain totals for major categories. 



