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Table 18. — Apparent consumption, exports, imports, and domestic production of paper, 1920-72 l 



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.. 



Apparent 

 consumption 2 



Total 



Thousand 

 torn 

 5,448 

 4,327 

 5,717 

 6,397 

 6,435 



7,131 

 7,956 

 8,188 

 8,455 

 9,101 



8,416 

 7,671 

 6,587 

 6,893 

 7,219 



8,234 

 9,308 

 9,969 

 8,970 

 10, 029 



10, 606 

 12,084 

 11, 790 

 11,043 

 10, 599 



Per 

 capita 



Pounds 

 102 

 80 

 104 



111 

 113 



123 



136 

 138 

 140 

 149 



137 

 124 



106 

 110 



114 



129 



14,=! 



155 

 138 

 153 



161 

 181 

 ITS 

 162 



153 



Exports 



Thousand 

 tons 

 158 

 66 

 67 

 52 

 50 



76 

 55 

 41 

 49 

 75 



77 

 71 



'J4 

 71 

 97 



25 1 

 264 

 161 



182 

 I'M) 



Imports 



Thousand 



tons 



735 



799 



1,066 



1,372 



1,404 



1,476 

 1,875 

 2,016 



2,184 

 2,445 



2,297 

 2,085 

 1,809 

 1,810 

 2,229 



2,413 

 2,799 

 3,363 

 2,309 

 2,654 



2,791 

 3,019 

 2,961 

 2,663 

 2,522 



Domestic 

 production 



Thousand 

 tons 

 4,872 

 3,594 

 4,719 

 5,078 

 5,080 



5,715 

 6,144 

 6,228 

 6,342 

 6,776 



6,191 



5,604 

 4,755 

 5,182 

 5,173 



5,855 



6,598 

 7,109 

 6,340 

 7,484 



8,105 

 9,362 

 9,115 

 8,415 

 8,220 



Year 



1945- 

 1946. 

 1947. 

 1948. 

 1949. 



1950. 

 1951. 

 1952. 

 1953. 

 1954. 



1955. 

 1956. 

 1957- 

 1958. 

 1959. 



1960. 

 1961 _ 

 1962. 

 1963. 

 1964. 



1965. 

 1966. 

 1967. 

 1968. 

 1969. 



1970 3 



1971 3 



1972 3 



Apparent 

 consumption 2 



Total 



Thousand 

 tons 

 11,004 

 13, 091 

 14,445 

 15,350 

 14, 859 



16, 833 

 17,630 

 16,839 

 17,724 

 17, 873 



19,422 

 20,537 

 19, 757 

 19,560 

 21,540 



22, 055 

 22, 474 

 23,231 

 23,976 

 25,330 



26, 793 

 28,719 

 28,836 

 30, 171 

 31, 794 



31,692 

 32,404 

 34, 076 



Per 

 capita 



Pounds 

 157 

 185 

 200 

 209 

 199 



221 

 228 

 214 

 221 



219 



234 

 243 

 230 

 224 

 242 



244 

 245 

 249 

 ■ 253 

 264 



276 

 292 

 290 

 301 

 314 



309 

 313 

 326 



Exports 



Thousand 

 tons 

 255 

 217 

 214 

 161 

 181 



175 

 277 

 326 

 189 

 326 



414 

 340 

 387 

 346 

 329 



361 

 405 

 349 

 382 

 432 



499 

 527 

 517 

 540 

 531 



548 

 563 

 574 



Imports 



Domestic 

 production 



Thousand 

 tons 

 2,700 

 3,580 

 4,057 

 4,500 

 4,676 



4,913 

 5,025 

 5,090 

 5,091 

 5,073 



5,259 

 5,688 

 5,308 

 4,986 

 5,392 



5,574 

 5,605 

 5,632 

 5,537 

 6,117 



6,508 

 7,238 

 6,861 

 6,727 

 7,127 



7,027 

 7,306 

 7,577 



Thousand 

 tons 

 8,457 

 9,773 

 10, 705 

 11,119 

 10,350 



12,064 

 13, 010 



12. 197 

 12, 739 

 13, 077 



14,503 

 15, 419 

 14, 909 

 14,887 

 16,506 



16, 809 

 17,224 

 17, 966 

 18, 752 

 19, 685 



20, 761 

 22, 148 

 22,447 

 23,971 



25. 198 



25, 219 

 25, 669 

 27, 087 



1 Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



2 Includes changes in newsprint stocks beginning in 1929. 



3 Preliminary. 



Sources: See source note table 17, Append. V. 



