APPENDIX V. TIMBER DEMAND TABLES 

 Table 15. — Lumber consumption, exports, imports, and domestic production, 1920-72 



347 





Domestic consumptio 



l 



Exports 



Imports 



Domestic production 



Year 



Total 



Per 

 capita 



Soft- 

 woods ' 



Hard- 

 woods 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods i 



Hard- 

 woods 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods i 



Hard- 

 woods 



Total 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 



1920 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 34.6 

 28.5 

 34.9 

 40.5 

 38.5 



40.2 

 38.8 

 35.9 

 35.0 

 37.1 



28.2 

 19.0 

 12.7 

 16.2 

 17.8 



22.1 



27.0 

 28.2 

 24.4 

 28.4 



31.0 

 37.2 

 37.4 

 34.8 

 33.6 



28.8 

 34.7 

 35.4 

 38.2 

 33.1 



40.9 

 38.7 

 39.2 

 38.9 

 38.7 



40.1 

 40.9 

 35.0 

 36.1 

 40.5 



36.0 

 35.5 

 37.3 

 39.2 

 40.8 



41.1 

 40.8 

 38.8 

 41.5 

 41.0 



39.5 

 43.5 

 47.4 



Board 

 feet 

 325 

 263 

 317 

 362 

 337 



347 

 330 

 302 

 290 

 305 



229 

 153 



102 

 130 

 141 



173 

 211 

 219 

 188 

 217 



234 

 278 

 276 

 254 

 242 



205 

 244 

 244 

 260 

 221 



269 

 250 

 249 

 243 

 237 



242 

 242 

 204 

 206 

 228 



199 

 193 

 200 

 207 

 213 



212 



207 

 195 

 207 

 202 



192 

 208 

 227 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 27.4 

 23.0 

 28.8 

 32.9 

 30.8 



32.8 

 31.4 

 29.0 

 28.5 

 29.5 



22.5 

 15.2 

 10.3 

 13.1 

 13.8 



17.6 



21.6 

 22.6 

 19.7 

 23.1 



25.4 

 30.5 

 30.6 

 27.4 

 25.7 



21.7 

 26.3 

 27.9 

 30.7 

 27.4 



33.4 

 30.9 

 31.9 

 31.6 

 31.5 



32.5 

 32.8 

 29.2 

 30.0 

 33.7 



29.6 

 29.5 

 30.8 

 31.8 

 33.4 



33.4 



32.8 

 31.1 



34.0 

 33.2 



32.1 

 36.3 

 40.0 



Billion 



board 

 feet 

 7.2 

 5.5 

 6.1 

 7.6 

 7.7 



7.5 

 7.4 

 7.0 

 6.5 

 7.6 



5.8 

 3.8 

 2.5 

 3.1 

 3.9 



4.5 

 5.4 

 5.6 

 4.7 

 5.3 



5.5 

 6.7 



6.8 

 7.4 

 7.8 



7.0 

 8.4 

 7.5 

 7.5 

 5.7 



7.5 

 7.8 

 7.3 

 7.3 

 7.1 



7.6 

 8.1 

 5.8 

 6.1 

 6.8 



6.4 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 7.3 



7.4 



7.7 

 8.0 

 7.6 



7.4 

 7.8 



7.3 

 7.1 



7.4 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 1.7 

 1.3 

 2.0 

 2.5 

 2.7 



2.6 

 2.8 

 3.1 

 3.2 

 3.2 



2.4 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.3 



1.3 

 1.3 



1.4 

 1.0 

 1.1 



1.0 

 .7 

 .5 

 .3 



.4 



.4 

 .6 

 1.4 

 .6 

 .7 



.5 

 1.0 

 .7 

 .6 

 .7 



.8 

 .8 

 .8 

 .7 

 .8 



.9 

 .8 

 .8 

 .9 

 1.0 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 1.2 

 1.1 



1.3 

 1.1 

 1.5 



Billion 



board 

 feet 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 1.7 

 2.2 

 2.4 



2.2 

 2.5 

 2.6 

 2.8 

 2.7 



1.9 

 1.4 

 .9 

 1.0 



1.1 



1.0 

 .9 

 1.1 



.8 



.8 

 . 5 

 .4 

 .2 

 .3 



.3 

 .6 

 1.2 

 .6 

 .5 



.4 

 .9 

 .6 

 .5 

 .6 



.7 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 



.7 

 .6 

 .6 

 .7 

 .8 



.8 



.9 



1.0 



1.0 



1.0 



1.2 



.9 



1.2 



Billion 



board 



feet 



0.2 



.1 



.3 



.3 



.3 



.4 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 

 .5 



.4 

 .3 

 .2 

 .3 

 .3 



.3 

 .3 

 .4 

 .3 

 .3 



.2 



.2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 



.2 

 .2 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



.1 

 .2 

 .2 

 .1 

 .1 



.1 

 .2 

 .3 



Billion 



board 



feet 



1.4 



.8 



1.6 



2.0 



1.7 



1.8 

 1.9 

 1.7 

 1.5 

 1.5 



1.2 

 .7 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 



.4 

 .7 

 .7 

 .5 

 .7 



.7 

 1.4 

 1.5 



.9 

 1.0 



1.1 

 1.2 

 1.3 

 1.9 

 1.6 



3.4 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.8 

 3.1 



3.6 

 3.4 

 3.0 

 3.4 



4.1 



3.9 

 4.3 

 4.9 

 5.3 

 5.2 



5.2 

 5.2 

 5.1 

 6.2 

 6.3 



6.1 

 7.6 

 9.4 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 1.3 

 .8 

 1.5 

 1.9 

 1.7 



1.7 

 1.8 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 1.4 



1.2 



.4 

 .3 

 .3 



.4 

 .6 

 .6 

 .5 

 .6 



.6 

 1.2 

 1.4 



.7 

 .8 



.9 

 1.0 

 1.1 



1.7 

 1.4 



3.1 

 2.3 

 2.3 



2.5 

 2.9 



3.3 

 3.2 

 2.7 

 3.2 



3.8 



3.6 

 4.0 

 4.6 

 5.0 



4.9 



4.9 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 5.8 

 5.9 



5.8 

 7.2 

 9.0 



Billion 



board 



feet 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



0.1 



.1 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 



.1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



.1 



.2 

 .1 

 .1 

 .1 



.2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .1 



.3 

 .3 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 



.3 

 .3 

 .2 

 .2 

 .3 



.3 

 .2 

 .3 

 .3 

 .3 



.3 

 .4 

 .3 

 .3 

 .4 



.3 



.4 

 .4 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 35.0 

 29.0 

 35.2 

 41.0 

 39.5 



41.0 

 39.8 

 37.3 

 36.8 

 38.7 



29.4 

 20.0 

 13.5 

 17.2 

 18.8 



22.9 

 27.6 

 29.0 

 24.8 

 28.8 



31.2 

 36.5 

 36.3 

 34.3 

 32.9 



28.1 

 34.1 

 35.4 

 37.0 

 32.2 



38.0 

 37.2 

 37.5 

 36.7 

 36.4 



37.4 

 38.2 

 32.9 

 33.4 

 37.2 



32.9 

 32.0 

 33.2 

 34.7 

 36.6 



36.8 

 36.6 

 34.7 

 36.5 

 35.8 



34.7 



37.0 

 39.4 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 27.6 

 23.4 

 28.9 

 33.2 

 31.5 



33.3 

 32.1 

 30.0 

 29.9 

 30.8 



23.2 

 15.9 

 10.8 

 13.8 

 14.6 



18.2 

 22.0 

 23.1 

 20.0 

 23.3 



25.6 

 29.9 

 29.5 

 26.9 

 25.2 



21.1 

 25.9 

 27.9 

 29.6 

 26.5 



30.6 



29.5 

 30.2 

 29.6 

 29.3 



29.8 

 30.2 

 27.1 

 27.4 

 30.5 



26.7 

 26.1 

 26.8 

 27.6 

 29.3 



29.3 

 28.8 

 27.3 

 29.3 

 28.3 



27.5 

 30.0 

 32.2 



Billion 

 board 

 feet 

 7.4 



1921 



5.6 



1922 



6.3 



1923 



7.8 



1924 



8.0 



1925 



7.7 



1926 



7.7 



1927 



7.3 



1928 



6.9 



1929 



7.9 



1930 



6.1 



1931 



4.1 



1932 



2.7 



1933 



3.4 



1934 



4.2 



1935 



4.7 



1936 



5.6 



1937 



5.9 



1938 



4.9 



1939 



5.5 



1940 



5.5 



1941 



6.7 



1942 



6.8 



1943 



1944 



7.4 

 7.8 



1945 



7.0 



1946. 



8.3 



1947 



7.5 



1948 



7.4 



1949 



5.7 



1950 



7.4 



1951 



7.7 



1952 



7.2 



1953 



7.2 



1954 



7.1 



1955 



7.6 



1956 



8.0 



1957 



5.8 



1958 



6.0 



1959 



6.7 



1960 



6.3 



1961 



6.0 



1962 



6.4 



1963 



7.2 



1964 



7.3 



1965 



7.5 



1966 



7.7 



1967 



7.4 



1968 



7.2 



1969 



7.5 



1970 3 



7.1 



1971 3 



6.9 



1972 3 



7.2 







1 Includes small volumes of mixed species (not classified as softwoods or 

 hardwoods). 



2 Less than 50 million board feet. 



s Preliminary, Forest Service estimates. 



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



Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Produc- 

 tion— Lumber production and mill stocks. Curr. Ind. Reps. Ser. MA-24T 

 (annual); Exports — U.S. experts— schedule B commodity and country. FT410 

 (monthly); Imports — U.S. imports— general and consumption, schedule A 

 commodity and country. FT 135 (monthly). 



