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Table 145. — Fibrous materials consumed in the manufacture of paper and board 1919-72, with projections 



(1970 relative prices) to 2000 l 



Year 



1919_ 

 1929_ 

 1935. 

 1939- 

 1940. 



1945. 

 1950. 

 1955. 

 1960_ 

 1965_ 



1966- 

 1967_ 

 1968_ 

 1969. 

 1970 2 



1971 2 

 1972 2 



Consumption of fibrous materials 



Total 



Million 

 tons 

 6. 6 

 11. 6 

 11. 



14. 2 



15. 5 



19.0 

 25. 9 

 31. 8 

 35. 7 

 45. 1 



48. 5 

 47.7 

 52. 4 



55. 5 

 54.6 



56. 



58. 8 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Million 

 Ions 

 4. 

 6.3 

 6.4 



8. 7 



9. 8 



10. 8 

 16. 5 

 21. 5 

 25. 7 

 34. 



36. 9 

 37.0 

 41. 3 

 43.7 



43. 2 



44. 2 

 46. 6 



Waste- 

 paper 



Million 

 tons 

 1.9 

 3.8 

 3.6 

 4. 4 

 4. 7 



6.8 



8. 



9. 

 9.0 



10. 2 



10. 6 



9. 9 



10. 2 



10. 9 



10. 6 



11. 

 11. 3 



Other 



Million 

 tons 

 0.7 

 1. 4 

 1. 

 1. 2 

 1.0 



1.3 



1. 4 



1. 3 



1. 



. 9 



1. 

 . 8 

 . 9 

 . 9 



. 9 

 .9 



Consumption of fibrous materials per 

 ton of paper and board produced 



Total 



Tons 



1. 110 

 1. 039 

 1. 050 

 1. 049 

 1.070 



1.092 

 1. 062 

 1. 056 

 1. 036 

 1. 024 



1. 029 

 1. 017 

 1. 023 

 1. 024 

 1. 021 



1. 017 

 . 991 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Tons 



0. 674 

 . 565 

 . 615 



. 640 

 .675 



. 623 

 . 677 

 . 711 

 .746 



. 772 



. 784 

 . 788 

 .806 

 .806 

 . 807 



.802 

 . 786 



Waste- 

 paper 



Tons 



0.311 

 . 345 

 . 342 

 . 323 

 . 322 



. 391 

 . 326 

 . 300 

 . 262 

 . 232 



. 224 

 . 211 

 . 199 

 . 202 

 . 198 



.200 

 . 190 



Other 



Tons 



0. 125 

 . 129 

 . 092 

 . 086 

 .072 



.077 

 .059 

 . 045 

 . 028 

 .020 



. 021 



.018 

 . 018 

 . 016 

 . 015 



. 016 

 . 015 



Low projections 



Year 



Demand for fibrous materials 

 by U.S. mills 



Consumption of fibrous materials per 

 ton of paper and board produced 



1980 



1990 



2000 



75. 9 

 101. 

 129. 7 



58. 2 

 70. 6 

 84. 3 



17. 

 29. 4 

 44. 1 



. 7 

 1. 

 1. 3 



1. 030 

 1. 030 

 1. 030 



0. 790 

 . 720 

 . 670 



0. 230 

 .300 

 . 350 



0. 010 

 .010 



.010 



Medium projections 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



81. 

 115. 

 156. 6 



62. 1 



80.4 



101. 9 



18. 1 

 33. 5 

 53.2 



1. 1 

 1. 5 



1. 030 

 1. 030 

 1. 030 



790 

 720 

 670 



. 230 

 . 300 

 . 350 



. 010 

 . 010 

 . 010 



High projections 



1980 



87. 



66. 8 



19. 4 



. 8 



1. 030 



. 790 



.230 



. 010 



1990 



132. 1 



92. 3 



38. 5 



1. 3 



1. 030 



. 720 



. 300 



. 010 



2000_- 



191. 3 



124. 4 



65. 



1. 9 



1. 030 



.670 



. 350 



. 010 



1 Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



2 Preliminary. 



Sources: American Paper Institute. Wood pulp statis- 

 tics. New York. 1972. (annual) ; U.S. Department of 



Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Pulp, paper and board. 

 Cur. Indus. Reps. Ser. M26A. (annual); and U.S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



