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Table 154.- 



-Consumption of industrial raw materials in the U.S. by broad product groups, selected years 

 1920-69, with projections of demand to 2000 



[Billions of 1967 dollars] 





All industrial 

 raw materials 



Industrial timber 

 products J 



Nonwood materials 



Year 



Total 



Minerals except 

 fuels 2 



Agriculture and 

 fishery nonfoods and 

 wildlife products 3 



1920 



7.01 



7. 91 

 6.99 

 6. 10 



8. 66 

 10. 14 



12. 48 



13. 25 

 13.47 

 16.40 

 17. 10 

 16.45 

 17. 16 

 17. 14 



2. 27 

 2. 49 

 1. 93 



1. 58 



2. 14 

 2.09 

 2. 81 

 2. 95 



2. 83 



3. 36 

 3. 39 

 3. 22 

 3.40 

 3.40 



4. 74 



5.42 



5.06 



4. 52 



6. 52 



8.05 



9.67 



10. 30 



10. 64 



13. 04 



13. 71 



13. 23 



13. 76 



13.74 



2. 11 

 2.61 

 2. 32 



1. 62 



2. 94 



3. 99 

 5. 30 

 6.37 

 6.83 

 8.82 

 9. 35 

 9. 14 

 9. 57 

 9.71 



2.63 

 2.81 



2. 74 

 2.90 

 3.58 

 4.06 

 4. 37 

 3.93 



3. 81 



4. 22 

 4. 36 

 4.09 

 4. 19 

 4.03 



1925 



1930 



1935_ ___ ._. 



1940 



1945 



1950 



1955 



1960 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 







Projections — 



^970 relative prices 







1980 



1990 



2000 



22. 18 

 26. 62 

 30.80 



4. 40 



5.28 

 6. 11 



17. 58 

 21.06 

 24. 60 



13. 78 

 17. 34 

 20. 69 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



Projections — rising relative prices 4 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



22. 18 

 26. 62 

 30. 80 



4.01 

 4. 53 

 5.06 



18. 17 

 22.09 

 25.74 



14. 17 

 18.09 

 21. 74 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



Projections — relative prices above 1970 average 5 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



18. 34 

 21. 95 

 25. 24 



4.00 

 4.00 

 4.00 



1 Includes saw logs; veneer logs; pulpwood; and mis- 

 cellaneous products, such as poles, piling, and posts. 



2 Includes mineral construction materials, such as dimen- 

 sion stone, crushed and broken stone, sand and gravel, 

 fire clay, common clay and shale, gypsum, and other 

 similar construction materials; metal ores; chemical and 

 fertilizer minerals ; abrasives and other minerals. 



3 Includes cotton and other fiber, oils, rubber, furs, 

 hides, and other similar products. 



4 With relative prices of timber products rising from 1970 

 trend levels as follows: lumber — 1.5 percent per year; 

 plywood and miscellaneous products — 1.0 percent per 



year; paper and board — 0.5 percent paper year. 



5 With relative prices of lumber and plywood 30 percent, 

 miscellaneous products 15 percent, and paper and board 10 

 percent above the 1970 averages. 



Source: 1920-69 — U.S. Department of Commerce, 

 Bureau of the Census, and U.S. Department of the 

 Interior, Bureau of the Mines. Raw material in the United 

 States economy; 1900-1969. Working Paper 35. 1972. 



Projections: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

 Service. 



