APPENDIX V. TIMBER DEMAND TABLES 



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Table 15. — Lumber consumption, exports, imports, and domestic production, 1920-72 



Year 



1920.. 

 1921.. 

 1922.. 

 1923.. 

 1924.. 



1925.. 

 1926.. 

 1927.. 

 1928.. 

 1929.. 



1930.. 

 1931.. 

 1932.. 

 1933.. 

 1934.. 



1935.. 

 1936.. 

 1937.. 

 1938.. 

 1939.. 



1940.. 

 1941.. 

 1942.. 

 1943.. 

 1944.. 



1945.. 

 1946.. 

 1947.. 

 1948.. 

 1949.. 



1950.. 

 1951.. 

 1952.. 

 1953.. 

 1954.. 



1955.. 

 1956.. 

 1957.. 

 1958. . 

 1959.. 



I960.. 

 1961.. 

 1962.. 

 1963.. 

 1964.. 



1965.. 

 1966.. 

 1967.. 

 1968. . 

 1969.. 



1970 ' 



1971 '. 



1972 3 



Domestic consumption 



Total 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 34.6 

 28.5 

 34.9 

 40.5 

 38.5 



40.2 

 38.8 

 35.9 

 35.0 

 37.1 



28.2 

 19.0 

 12.7 

 16.2 



17.8 



22.1 

 27.0 

 28.2 

 24.4 

 28.4 



31.0 

 37.2 

 37.4 

 34.8 

 33.6 



28.8 

 34.7 

 35.4 

 38.2 

 33.1 



40.9 

 38.7 

 39.2 

 38.9 

 38.7 



40.1 

 40.9 

 35.0 

 36.1 

 40.5 



36.0 

 35.5 

 37.3 

 39.2 

 40.8 



41.1 

 40.8 

 38.8 

 41.5 

 41.0 



39.5 

 43.5 



47.4 



Per 



capita 



Board 

 feet 

 325 

 263 

 317 

 362 

 337 



347 

 330 

 302 

 290 

 305 



229 

 153 

 102 

 130 

 141 



173 

 211 

 219 



188 

 217 



234 



278 

 276 

 254 

 242 



205 



244 

 244 

 260 

 221 



269 



250 

 249 

 243 

 237 



242 



242 

 204 

 206 

 228 



199 

 193 

 200 

 207 

 213 



212 

 207 

 195 

 207 

 202 



192 

 208 

 227 



Soft- 

 woods 1 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 27. 4 

 23.0 

 28.8 

 32.9 

 30.8 



32.8 

 31.4 



29.0 

 28.5 

 29.5 



22.5 

 15.2 

 10.3 

 13.1 

 13.8 



17.6 

 21.6 

 22.6 

 19.7 

 23.1 



25.4 

 30.5 

 30.6 

 27.4 

 25.7 



21.7 

 26.3 

 27.9 

 30.7 

 27.4 



33.4 

 30.9 

 31.9 

 31.6 

 31.5 



32.5 

 32.8 

 29.2 

 30.0 

 33.7 



29.6 

 29.5 

 30.8 

 31.8 

 33.4 



33.4 



32.8 

 31.1 

 34.0 

 33.2 



32.1 

 36.3 

 40.0 



Hard- 

 woods 



Billion 



board 

 feet 

 7.2 

 5.5 

 6.1 

 7.6 

 7.7 



7.5 

 7.4 

 7.0 

 6.5 

 7.6 



5.8 

 3.8 

 2.5 

 3.1 

 3.9 



4.5 

 5.4 

 5.6 

 4.7 

 5.3 



5.5 

 6.7 

 6.8 

 7.4 

 7.8 



7.0 

 8.4 

 7.5 

 7.5 

 5.7 



7.5 

 7.8 

 7.3 

 7.3 

 7.1 



7.6 

 8.1 

 5.8 

 6.1 



6.4 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 7.3 

 7.4 



7.7 

 8.0 

 7.6 

 7.4 



7.8 



7.3 



7.1 

 7.4 



Exports 



Total 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 2.7 



2.6 

 2.8 

 3.1 

 3.2 

 3.2 



2.4 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.3 



1.3 

 1.3 

 1.4 

 1.0 

 1.1 



1.0 

 .7 

 .5 

 .3 



.4 



.4 



.6 



1.4 



.6 



.7 



.5 

 1.0 

 .7 

 .6 

 .7 



.9 

 1.0 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 1.1 



1.3 

 1.1 

 1.5 



Soft- 

 woods i 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 1.7 

 2.2 

 2.4 



2.2 

 2.5 

 2.6 

 2.8 

 2.7 



1.9 

 1.4 

 .9 

 1.0 

 1.1 



1.0 

 .9 

 1.1 



.7 



.5 

 .4 

 .2 

 .3 



.3 



.6 

 1.2 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 1.0 



1.2 



.9 



1.2 



Hard- 

 woods 



Billion 



board 



feet 



0.2 



.1 



.3 



.3 



.3 



.4 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 

 .5 



.4 

 .3 

 .2 

 .3 

 .3 



.3 

 .3 

 .4 

 .3 

 .3 



Imports 



Total 



Billion 



board 



feet 



1.4 



.8 



1.6 



2.0 



1.7 



1.8 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.5 



1.2 

 .7 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 



.4 

 .7 

 .7 

 .5 



.7 



.7 

 1.4 

 1.5 



.9 

 1.0 



1.1 

 1.2 

 1.3 



1.9 

 1.6 



3.4 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.8 

 3.1 



3.6 

 3.4 

 3.0 

 3.4 



4.1 



3.9 

 4.3 

 4.9 

 5.3 

 5.2 



5.2 

 5.2 

 5.1 

 6.2 

 6.3 



6.1 

 7.6 

 9.4 



Soft- 

 woods l 



Billion 



board 



feet 



1.3 



.8 



1.5 



1.9 



1.7 



1.7 

 1.8 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 1.4 



1.2 

 .7 

 .4 

 .3 

 .3 



.4 

 .6 

 .6 

 .5 

 .6 



1.2 

 1.4 



.7 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.7 

 1.4 



3.1 

 2.3 

 2.3 

 2.5 

 2.9 



3.3 



3.2 

 2.7 

 3.2 

 3.8 



3.6 



4.0 

 4.6 

 5.0 

 4.9 



4.9 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 5.8 

 5.9 



5.8 

 7.2 

 9.0 



Hard- 

 woods 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 0. 



Domestic production 



Total 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 35.0 

 29.0 

 35.2 

 41.0 

 39.5 



41.0 

 39.8 

 37.3 

 36.8 

 38.7 



29.4 

 20.0 

 13.5 

 17.2 

 18.8 



22.9 

 27.6 

 29.0 

 24.8 

 28.8 



31.2 

 36.5 

 36.3 

 34.3 

 32.9 



28.1 

 34.1 

 35.4 

 37.0 

 32.2 



38.0 

 37.2 

 37.5 

 36.7 

 36.4 



37.4 

 38.2 

 32.9 

 33.4 

 37.2 



32.9 

 32.0 

 33.2 

 34.7 

 36.6 



36.6 

 34.7 

 36.5 

 35.8 



34.7 

 37.0 

 39.4 



Soft- 

 woods 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 27.6 

 23.4 

 28.9 

 33.2 

 31.5 



33.3 

 32.1 

 30.0 

 29.9 

 30.8 



23.2 



15.9 

 10.8 

 13.8 

 14.6 



18.2 

 22.0 

 23.1 

 20.0 

 23.3 



25.6 

 29.9 

 29.5 

 26.9 

 25.2 



21.1 

 25.9 

 27.9 

 29.6 

 26.5 



30.6 



29.5 

 30.2 

 29.6 

 29.3 



29.8 

 30.2 

 27.1 

 27.4 

 30.5 



26.7 

 26.1 

 26.8 

 27.6 

 29.3 



29.3 

 28.8 

 27.3 

 29.3 

 28.3 



27.5 

 30.0 

 32.2 



Hard- 

 woods 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 7.4 

 5.6 

 6.3 

 7.8 

 8.0 



7.7 

 7.7 

 7.3 

 6.9 

 7.9 



6.1 

 4.1 

 2.7 

 3.4 

 4.2 



4.7 

 5.6 

 5.9 

 4.9 

 5.5 



5.5 



6.7 

 6.8 

 7.4 

 7.8 



7.0 

 8.3 



7.5 



7.4 

 5.7 



7.4 

 7.7 

 7.2 

 7.2 

 7.1 



7.6 

 8.0 

 5.8 

 6.0 



6.3 

 6.0 

 6.4 

 7.2 

 7.3 



7.5 

 7.7 

 7.4 

 7.2 

 7.5 



7.1 

 6.9 

 7.2 



1 Includes small volumes of mixed species (not classified as softwoods or 

 hardwoods). 



2 Less than 50 million board feet. 



3 Preliminary, Forest Service estimates. 



Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Produc- 

 tion— Lumber production and mill stocks. Curr. Ind. Reps. Ser. MA-24T 

 (annual); Exports— U.S. experts— schedule B commodity and country. FT 410 

 (monthly); Imports — U.S. imports— general and consumption, schedule A 

 commodity and country. FT 135 (monthly). 



