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THE OUTLOOK FOR TIMBER IN THE UNITED STATES 



Table 4. — Wholesale price indexes of selected timber products and comveting materials, 1926-1972 



[1967=100] 



Year 



All com- 

 modities 



Lumber and wood 

 products 



Lumber 



Softwood lumber 



Hardwood lumber 



Millwork 



Softwood plywood 





Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive i 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive ' 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive i 



Actual 



Rela- 

 tive' 



1926 



51.6 

 49.3 

 50.0 

 49.1 

 44.6 



37.6 

 33.6 

 34.0 

 38.6 

 41.3 



41.7 

 44.5 

 40.5 

 39.8 

 40.5 



45.1 

 50.9 

 53.3 

 53.6 

 54.6 



62.3 

 76.5 

 82.8 

 78.7 

 81.8 



91.1 

 88.6 

 87.4 

 87.6 

 87.8 



90.7 

 93.3 

 94.6 

 94.8 

 94.9 



94.5 

 94.8 

 94.5 

 94.7 

 96.6 



99.8 

 100.0 

 102.5 

 106.5 

 110.4 



113.9 

 119.1 



26.5 

 25.0 

 24.1 

 25.0 

 22.9 



18.6 

 16.0 

 19.0 

 22.3 

 21.4 



22.4 



26.5 

 24.1 

 24.8 

 27.4 



32.7 

 35.6 

 37.7 

 40.6 

 41.2 



47.2 

 73.4 

 84.0 

 77.7 

 89.3 



97.2 

 94.4 

 94.3 

 92.6 

 97.1 



98.5 

 93.5 

 92.4 

 98.8 

 95.3 



91.0 



91.6 

 93.5 

 95.4 

 95.9 



100.2 

 100.0 

 113.3 

 125.3 

 113.7 



127.0 

 144.3 



51.4 

 50.7 

 48.2 

 50.9 

 51.3 



49.5 

 47.6 

 55.9 

 57.8 

 51.8 



53.7 

 59.6 

 59.5 

 62.3 



67.7 



72.5 

 69.9 

 70.7 

 75.7 

 75.5 



75.8 



95.9 

 101.4 



98.7 

 109.2 



106.7 

 106.5 

 107.9 

 105.7 

 110.6 



108.6 



100.2 

 97.7 

 104.2 

 100.4 



96.3 

 96.6 

 98.9 

 100.7 

 99.3 



100.4 

 100.0 

 110.5 

 117.6 

 103.0 



111.5 

 121.2 



25.2 

 23.5 

 22 7 

 23! 6 

 21.5 



17.5 

 14.8 

 17.8 

 21.2 

 20.6 



21.9 

 25.1 

 22.0 

 23.4 

 25.8 



30.8 

 33.4 

 35.5 

 38.5 

 38.9 



44.7 

 71.5 

 81.2 

 74.3 

 86.6 



93.7 

 91.3 

 90.5 

 88.9 

 94.5 



96.5 

 90.9 

 89.5 

 96.4 

 92.2 



87.4 

 89.0 

 91.2 

 92.9 

 94.0 



100.1 

 100.0 

 117.4 

 131.5 

 113.7 



135.5 

 159.4 



48.8 

 47.7 

 45.4 

 48.1 

 48.2 



46.5 

 44.0 

 52.4 

 54.9 

 49.9 



52.5 

 56.4 

 54.3 

 58.8 

 63.7 



68.3 

 65.6 

 66.6 

 71.8 

 71.2 



71.7 

 93.5 

 98.1 

 94.4 

 105. 9 



102.9 

 103.0 

 103.5 

 101.5 

 107.6 



106.4 

 97.4 

 94.6 



101.7 

 97.2 



92.5 

 93.9 

 96.5 

 98.1 

 97.3 



100.3 

 100.0 

 114.5 

 123.5 

 103.0 



119.0 

 133.8 











30.0 

 30.0 

 29.9 

 30.1 

 28.4 



23.8 

 23.4 

 24.6 

 25.6 

 25.3 



27.2 

 32.6 

 29.3 

 28.8 

 31.4 



35.8 

 39.2 

 39.5 

 40.7 

 • 41.0 



46.3 

 59.4 

 71.7 

 73.4 

 78.2 



88.7 

 86.5 

 89.6 

 88.9 

 87.7 



88.0 

 87.4 

 87.3 

 92.6 

 93.1 



90.8 

 90.7 

 92.7 

 96.7 

 96.0 



98.0 

 100.0 

 105.6 

 117.8 

 116.0 



120.7 

 128.4 



58.1 

 60.9 

 59.8 

 61.3 

 63.7 



63.3 

 69.6 

 72.4 

 66.3 

 61.3 



65.2 

 73.3 

 72.3 



72.4 

 77.5 



79.4 

 77.0 

 74.1 

 75.9 

 75.1 



74.3 

 77.6 

 86.6 

 93.3 

 95.6 



97.4 

 97.6 

 102.5 

 101.5 

 99.9 



97.0 

 93.7 

 92.3 

 97.7 

 98.1 



96.1 



95.7 

 98.1 

 102.1 

 99.4 



98.2 

 100.0 

 103.0 

 110.6 

 105.1 



106.0 

 107.8 







1927 















1928 















1929 















1930 















1931 















1932 















1933 















1934 















1935 















1936 















1937 















1933 















1939 . _. 















1940 















1941 















1942 . 















1943 















1944 















1945 















1946 















1947 



72.5 

 82.8 

 75.8 

 88.1 



95.6 

 95.2 

 93.2 

 91.8 



97.7 



98.5 

 92.6 

 90.8 

 98.7 

 92.7 



87.9 

 90.1 

 92.1 

 93.3 

 93.1 



97.7 

 100.0 

 120.6 

 134.4 

 113.4 



141.0 

 167.7 



94.8 

 100.0 



96.3 

 107.7 



104.9 

 107.4 

 106.6 

 104.8 

 111.3 



108.6 

 99.2 

 96.0 



104.1 

 97.7 



93.0 

 95.0 

 97.5 

 98.5 

 96.4 



97.9 

 100.0 

 117.7 

 126.2 

 102.7 



123.8 

 140.8 



68.3 

 76.6 

 69.6 

 82.1 



88.2 

 81.2 

 82.8 

 81.0 

 85.7 



91.1 

 86.3 

 86.3 

 89.9 

 90.8 



86.2 

 86.0 

 88.8 

 92.2 

 97.4 



108.7 

 100.0 

 104.3 

 120.1 

 114.7 



113.5 

 126.2 



89.3 

 92.5 

 88.4 

 100.4 



96.8 

 91.6 

 94.7 

 92.5 

 97.6 



100.4 

 92.5 

 91.2 

 94.8 

 95.7 



91,2 

 90.7 

 94.0 

 97.4 

 100.8 



108.9 

 100.0 

 101.8 

 112.8 

 103.9 



99.6 

 106.0 



114.6 

 147.6 

 128.0 

 148.0 



157.5 

 143.5 

 144.0 

 139.3 

 143.4 



131.2 

 118.6 

 119.5 

 127.3 

 113.2 



110.0 



106.3 

 108.9 

 105.6 

 105.7 



106.2 

 100.0 

 129.2 

 139.1 

 113.6 



127.2 

 154.9 



149.8 



1948 -.- 



178.3 



1949 



162.6 



1950 



180.9 



1951 



172.9 



1952 



162.0 



1953 



164. 8 



1954 



159.0 



1955 



163.3 



1956 



144.7 



1957 



127.1 



1958 



126.3 



1959 



134.3 



I960 



119.3 



1961 



116.4 



1962 



112.1 



1963 



115.2 



1964 



111.5 



1965 



109.4 



1966 



106.4 



1967 



100.0 



1968 - 



126.0 



1969 



130.6 



1970 



102.9 



1971 



111.7 



1972 



130.1 







See footnotes at end of table. 



