DEMAND FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS 



195 



Tim v i4=i —Fibrous materials consumed in the manufacture of paper and board 1919-72, with projections 

 i abl*. i*u. y m rdaHve pricef ^ f0 2000 1 



Year 



1919- 

 1929. 

 193.5_ 

 1939- 

 1940. 



1945. 



1950. 

 1955- 

 1960. 

 1965. 



1966_- 

 1967_- 

 1968-. 

 1969- - 

 1970 2 - 



1971 -- 

 1972 2 _ 



Year 



Consumption of fibrous materials 



Total 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Waste- 

 paper 



Million 

 tons 

 6.6 

 11.6 

 11. 



14. 2 



15. 5 



19. 

 25. 9 

 31. 8 



35. 7 



45. 1 



48. 5 

 47.7 

 52. 4 

 55. 5 



54. 6 



56.0 

 58.8 



Million 

 tons 

 4.0 

 6.3 

 6.4 

 8.7 

 9.8 



10. 8 

 16. 5 

 21. 5 

 25. 7 

 34. 



36.9 

 37.0 

 41.3 

 43. 7 



43. 2 



44. 2 

 46.6 



Milium 

 Ions 

 1.9 

 3.8 



3. 6 



4. 4 

 4.7 



6.8 

 8.0 

 9.0 

 9.0 

 10. 2 



10. 6 



9.9 



10. 2 



10. 9 



10. 6 



11. 

 11. 3 



Other 



Consumption of fibrous materials per 

 ton of paper and board produced 



Total 



Million 

 tons 



0.7 

 1. 4 



1. 

 1.2 

 1. 



1. 3 



1. 4 



1. 3 



1. 



. 9 



1. 



. 8 



. 9 



. 9 



Low projections 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



Demand for fibrous materials 

 bv U.S. mills 



75.9 

 101. 

 129. 7 



58. 2 

 70. 6 

 84. 3 



17. 

 29. 4 

 44. 1 



.7 

 1.0 

 1.3 



Medium projections 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



81.0 

 115.0 

 156. 6 



62. 1 



80.4 



101. 9 



is. 



1 



:;;;. 



5 



53. 



2 



1. 1 



1. 5 



High projections 



1980 

 1990 

 2000 



87.0 

 132. 1 

 191. 3 



66. 8 



92. 3 



124.4 



19. 4 

 38. 5 

 65.0 



1. 3 

 1. 9 



Tons 



1. 110 

 1. 039 

 1. 050 

 1. 049 

 1. 070 



1. 092 

 1. 062 

 1. 056 

 1. 036 

 1. 024 



1. 029 

 1.017 

 1. 023 

 1. 024 

 1.021 



1. 017 

 . 991 



Wood- 

 pulp 



Waste- 

 paper 



Tons 



0.674 

 . 565 

 . 615 

 . 640 

 . 675 



. 623 

 . 677 

 . 711 

 . 746 



. 772 



. 784 

 . 788 

 . 806 

 .806 

 . 807 



. 802 



. 786 



Tons 



0. 311 

 . 345 

 . 342 

 . 323 

 . 322 



. 391 

 . 326 

 . 300 

 . 262 

 . 232 



. 224 

 . 211 



. 199 

 . 202 



. 198 



. 200 

 . 190 



Other 



Tons 



0. 125 

 . 129 

 . 092 

 . 086 

 .072 



.077 

 . 059 

 . 045 

 . 028 

 . 020 



. 021 

 .018 

 . 018 

 .016 

 . 015 



. 016 

 . 015 



Consumption of fibrous materials per 

 ton of paper and board produced 



1. 030 

 1. 030 

 1. 030 



0. 790 

 . 720 

 . 670 



0. 230 

 . 300 

 . 350 



0.010 

 . 010 

 . 010 



1. 030 

 1. 030 

 1. 030 



790 

 720 

 670 



.230 

 . 300 

 . 350 



. 010 

 . 010 

 . 010 



1. 030 

 1. 030 

 1. 030 



790 

 720 

 670 



. 230 

 . 300 

 . 350 



. 010 

 . 010 

 . 010 



1 Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 



2 Preliminarv. 



Sources: American Paper Institute. Wood pulp statis- 

 tics. New York. 1972. (annual); U.S. Department of 



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

 Cur. Indus. Reps. Ser. M26A. (annual); and U.S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



