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Table 142. — Paper and board consumption, selected years 1920-72, with projections of demand {1970 



relative prices) to 2000 ' 



Year 



Total paper and 

 and board 



Paper 



Paperboard 2 



Buildin 



I board 





Total 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



Total 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



Total 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



Total 



Annual 



rate of 



change 3 



1920 



Million tons 

 7.7 

 10.4 

 12. 3 

 12. 8 

 16. 8 



19. 8 

 29. 1 

 35.0 

 39. 3 

 49. 2 



52.8 

 52.0 

 55. 8 

 59.0 



58. 1 



59. 7 

 64. 3 



Percent 



Million tons 

 5.4 



7. 1 

 8.4 



8. 2 

 10. 6 



11.0 

 16. 8 

 19. 4 

 22. 1 

 26.8 



28.9 

 28.8 

 30.2 



31. 8 

 31.7 



32. 4 

 34. 1 



Percent 



Million tons 

 2.3 

 3.2 

 3.8 

 4. 5 

 6.0 



7.9 

 11.0 

 13. 9 

 15. 4 

 19.9 



21. 5 

 20.8 



22. 8 

 24. 2 



23. .") 



23. 9 

 26.4 



Percent 



Millvn lorn 



Percent 



1925 



6.2 



3. 4 



.8 



5. 6 



3.3 

 8.0 

 3.8 

 2. 3 

 4.6 



7.3 

 -1.5 



7.3 

 5. 7 



-1. 5 



2.8 

 7. 7 



5. 6 



3.4 



— . 5 



5.3 



. 7 

 8. 8 

 2. 9 

 2.6 

 3.9 



7.8 

 -.3 



4. 9 



5. 3 

 -. 3 



2. 2 

 5. 2 



6.8 

 3. 5 

 3.4 

 5.9 



5. 7 

 6.8 

 4.8 

 2. 1 

 5.3 



8.0 



-3.3 



9.6 



6. 1 

 -2. 9 



1. 7 

 10. 5 



0. 1 



. 1 

 . 1 



. 2 



. 9 



1. 2 



1. 7 

 1.9 

 2.6 



2. 4 

 2.4 

 2. 8 

 3.0 

 2.8 



3.4 

 3.8 





1930 





1935 





1940-. 



1945 



1950 



1955. . 



14. 9 



35.0 

 5.9 

 7.2 



1960 



2.2 



1965 . . . _ 



6. 5 



1966 -- 



-7. 7 



1967 





1968 . _-_ 



16. 7 



1969 



7. 1 



1970 * - - 



-6. 7 



1971 * .. - 



21.4 



1972 * . 



11. 8 







Low projections 



1980 



1990 



2000 



78.2 

 102. 5 

 130.4 



2.9 

 2.7 

 2.4 



41.0 

 52. 2 

 64. 4 



2. 5 

 2.4 

 2. 1 



33.2 



45. 1 

 59.4 



3.3 

 3. 1 

 2.8 



4.0 

 5.2 

 6.6 



2.8 

 2.6 

 2. 4 







Medium projections 



1980 



1990 



2000 



83. 1 

 116. 1 



156. 5 



3.5 

 3.4 

 3.0 



43.4 

 59. 2 

 78.0 



3. 1 

 3. 2 



2.8 



35. 5 

 51. 1 



70. 7 



4.0 

 3.7 

 3. 3 



4. 2 

 5.8 

 7. 9 



3.5 

 3. 3 



3. 1 













High projections 











1980 .-- . 



89.0 

 132.7 

 190. 2 



4. 2 

 4. 1 

 3.7 



46. 5 

 67.6 

 94. 1 



3.8 

 3.8 

 3.4 



38.0 

 58. 4 

 86.4 



4.7 

 4.4 

 4.0 



4.5 

 6.7 

 9.7 



4. 2 



1990 



4.0 



2000 



3. 8 







1 Projections based on alternative assumptions about 

 growth in population and economic activity as specified 

 in the introductory section of this chapter. 



2 Includes wet machine board. 



3 The average annual rate of change for 5-year periods 

 ending in the specified years except for the years 1965-72 

 when annual changes are shown. 



4 Preliminary. 



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

 Sources: American Paper Institute. The statistics of 



paper. (Annual, 1960 ed. and 1972 sup.), and Monthly 

 statistical summary. New York; U.S. Department of 

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

 Cur. Indus. Reps. Ser. M26A. (annual) : U.S. Department 

 of Commerce, Bureau of Domestic Commerce. Pulp, 

 paper and board. Quart. Indus. Rep.; and U.S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



Projections: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

 Service. 



