DEMAND FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS 



197 



Table 146. — Woodpulp consumed in the manufac- 

 ture of nonpaper products, selected years 1940-72, 

 with projections of demand (1970 relative prices) 

 to WOO l 



Year 



Total 



Per capita 



1940 



1945 



1950 - - 



Thousand tons 

 278 

 527 

 703 

 829 

 1,025 

 1,310 



1,370 

 1,201 

 1, 441 

 1, 518 

 1,238 



1,234 

 1,290 



Pounds 



4 

 8 

 9 



1955. .- 



10 



I960.. .- __- - 



11 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 2 



1971 2 



1972 2 



14 



14 

 12 

 14 

 15 

 12 



12 

 12 





Low 



projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



2,000 

 2,800 

 3,700 



18 

 23 



28 



Medium projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



2, 200 



3, 100 

 4,400 



19 

 24 

 31 





High 



projections 





1980 



1990 .._ 



2, 300 

 3,500 

 5,200 



20 

 26 



2000 



35 







1 Projections based on alternative assumptions about 

 growth in population and economic activity as specified 

 in the introductory section of this chapter. 



2 Preliminary. 



Source: American Paper Institute. Wood pulp statistics. 

 New York. 1972. (Annual). 



has developed in recent years. Between 1950 and 

 1970, for example, woodpulp exports rose from 0.1 

 million to 3.1 million tons, but subsequently 

 declined to 2.3 million tons in 1972 (table 147; 

 Append. V, table 24). Most of the growth in 

 exports in the 1960's was in sulphate pulp and 

 dissolving and special alpha pulps. 



Although woodpulp is shipped to all parts of the 

 world, most exports go to western Europe, the 

 Far East, and Latin America (Append. V, table 

 25). The increase in shipments to western Europe 

 has been especially rapid, rising from 31,000 

 tons in 1950 to 1.1 million in 1971. In the same 

 period shipments to the Far East — chiefly to 

 Japan, Korea, and India — rose from 6,000 tons 



Table 147. — Woodpulp consumption, exports, im- 

 ports, and domestic production, selected years 

 1920-72, with projections 1 (1970 relative prices) 

 to 2000 2 



[Million tons] 



Year 



Apparent 

 consumption 



Exports 



Imports 



Domestic 

 production 



1920- _-- 



4. 7 



( 3 ) 



0.9 



3. 8 



1925 



5. 6 



( 3 ) 



1. 7 



4.0 



1930 



6. 4 



( 3 ) 



1.8 



4. 6 



1935 



6. 7 



0.2 



1.9 



4.9 



1940 



9. 7 



. 5 



1. 2 



9.0 



1945 



11.8 



. 1 



1.8 



10. 2 



1950 



17. 1 



' . 1 



2.4 



14. 8 



1955_ ... 



22. 3 



. 6 



2. 2 



20. 7 



1960 



26. 6 



1. 1 



2.4 



25. 3 



1965 



35.7 



1. 4 



3. 1 



34. 



1966 



38. 4 



1. 6 



3. 4 



36. 6 



1967- . . 



38. 1 



1. 7 



3.2 



36.7 



1968_ -. 



42. 5 



1. 9 



3.5 



40. 9 



1969- __. 



44. 8 



2. 1 



4. 



42. 8 



1970 4 



44. 1 



3. 1 



3.5 



43. 7 



1971 4 



45.3 



2. 2 



3. 5 



43.9 



1972 4 



47.8 



2.3 



3. 7 



46.3 



Low projections 





Domestic 







Demand 





Year 



demand 



Exports 



Imports 



on U.S. 

 mills 





1980 



60. 2 



3.5 



4.0 



59. 



7 



1990- . . 



73.4 



3. 5 



4. 



72. 



9 



2000 



88.0 



3.5 



4.0 



87. 



5 





Medium projections 





1980 



1990 



2000 



64. 3 



83. 5 

 106.3 



3.5 

 3.5 

 3.5 



4.0 

 4. 

 4.0 



63. 8 



83. 



105. 8 



High projections 











• 





1980 



69. 1 



3.5 



4. 





68. 6 



1990-- -. 



95. 8 



3.5 



4. 





95. 3 



2000 



129. 6 



3. 5 



4.0 





129. 1 



1 Projections based on alternative assumptions about 

 growth in population and economic activity as specified 

 in the introductory section of this chapter. 



2 Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



3 Less than 50,000 tons. 



4 Preliminary. 



Sources: American Paper Institute. Wood pulp statistics. 

 1972. (Annual) ; and Monthly statistical summary. New 

 York; and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



to 533,000 tons. Exports to Latin America have 

 also shown substantial growth from 22,000 tons 

 in 1950 to 277,000 tons in 1971. 



