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Table 14. — Particleboard (%-inch basis) use in manufacturing, by product group, specified years 1960-70, with projections 



{1970 relative prices) to 2000 





All products 



Household furniture 



Commercial and 



Consumer goods ' 



Commercial and 



Other products s 













institutional furniture 







industrial equipment 2 







Year 





Per dollar 





Per dollar 





Per dollar 





Per dollar 





Per dollar 





Per dol- 





Total 



of ship- 

 ments * 



Total 



of ship- 

 ments « 



Total 



of ship- 

 ments * 



Total 



of ship- 

 ments * 



Total 



of ship- 

 ments * 



Total 



lar of 

 ship- 

 ments* 





Million 





Million 





Million 





Million 





Million 





Million 







square 



Square 



square 



Square 



square 



Square 



square 



Square 



square 



Square 



square 



Square 





feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



feet 



1960 



106 



0.0003 



58 



0. 0153 



34 



0. 0236 



5 



0.0014 



7 



0.0001 



2 



(«) 



1965 



476 



.0010 



312 



.0642 



119 



.0605 



10 



.0022 



16 



.0002 



19 



0.0001 



1970 



669 



.0011 



427 



.0800 



179 



.0750 



14 



.0026 



19 



.0002 



30 



.0001 



Low projections 



1980 



1,330 



0.0016 



830 



0.1000 



400 



0.1000 



20 



0.0028 



30 



0.0002 



50 



0.0001 



1990 



2,100 



.0018 



1,280 



.1125 



660 



.1123 



30 



.0029 



50 



.0002 



80 



.0001 



2000 



3,090 



.0019 



1,840 



.1200 



1,010 



.1200 



50 



.0030 



70 



.0002 



120 



.0001 















Medium projections 













1980 



1,400 



0.0015 



870 



0.1000 



420 



0.1000 



20 



0.0028 



30 



0.0002 



60 



0.0001 



1990 



2,300 



.0017 



1,380 



.1125 



730 



.1123 



40 



.0029 



50 



.0002 



100 



.0001 



2000 



3,540 



.0018 



2,060 



.1200 



1,190 



.1200 



50 



.0030 



90 



.0002 



150 



.0001 



High projections 



1980 



1,480 



0.0015 



910 



0.1000 



450 



0.1000 



20 



0.0028 



40 



0.0002 



60 



0.0001 



1990 



2,560 



.0017 



1,510 



.1125 



840 



.1123 



40 



.0029 



60 



.0002 



110 



.0001 



2000 



4,140 



.0018 



2,340 



.1200 



1,450 



.1200 



60 



.0030 



110 



.0002 



180 



.0001 



1 Includes sporting goods, musical instruments, boat building and repair, 

 toys and games, luggage and trunks, handles, morticians' goods, shoe and boot 

 findings, and wood matches. 



2 Includes commercial refrigeration, signs and displays, patterns and jigs, 

 true'* belies a'ld trailers, general machinery, agricultural implements, elec- 

 trical equipment, and textile machinery supplies. 



3 All manufactured products except those listed above and products such 

 as pallets, prefabricated wooden buildings and structural members, con- 

 tainers, mobile homes, millwork, flooring and other similar goods included 

 in the construction and shipping sections of this study. 



* 1967 dollars. Use per dollar of shipments in the 1918-70 period computed 

 by Forest Service. (See table 129 for value of shipments.) 

 » Negligible. 



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



Sources: Wood use, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service 

 1948— Wood used in manufacture, 1948. Forest Resource Rep. 2, 1951; 1960— 

 Wood used in manufacturing industries, 1960. Statist. Bull. 353, 1965; 1965 — 

 Wood used in manufacturing industries, 1965. Statist. Bull. 440, 1969; 

 1970— Estimates based on preliminary value of shipments (table 129) and 

 trends in timber products use p;r dollar of shipments. 



Per dollar value of shipments computed by Forest Service based on total 

 value of shipments, table 129. 



Projections: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 



