Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries, All Quarters 2002

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1 United States Department of Agriulture Forest Servie Paifi Northwest Researh Station Resoure Bulletin PNW-RB-241 Marh 2004 Prodution, Pries, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries, All Quarters 2002 Debra D. Warren

2 ABSTRACT Warren, Debra D Prodution, pries, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries, all quarters of Resour. Bull. PNW-RB-241. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriulture, Forest Servie, Paifi Northwest Researh Station. 171 p. Provides urrent information on lumber and plywood prodution and pries; employment in the forest industries; international trade in logs, lumber, and plywood; volume and average pries of stumpage sold by publi agenies; and other related items. Keywords: Forestry business eonomis, lumber pries, plywood pries, timber volume, stumpage pries, employment (forest produts industries), marketing (forest produts), imports and exports (forest produts). PREFACE Due to temporary unavailability of trade data, this report was delayed. In the interest of effiieny and timeliness, all four quarters of 2002 are being published in one book. This report presents urrent information on the timber situation in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, and British Columbia, inluding data on lumber and plywood prodution and pries; timber harvest; employment in forest produts industries; international trade in logs, pulpwood, hips, lumber, and plywood; log pries in the Paifi Northwest; volume and average pries of stumpage sold by publi agenies; and other related items. Cooperation in supplying data has been reeived from the following soures: U.S. Department of Agriulture, Forest Servie, Forest Inventory and Eonomis Researh Staff in Washington, DC; Washington State Department of Natural Resoures and Employment Seurity Department; Oregon State Department of Forestry and Department of Employment; California State Department of Employment and Department of Conservation; Montana State Forester and State Employment Servie; Idaho State Department of Publi Lands and Department of Employment; Alaska State Department of Labor and Department of Natural Resoures of the Division of Lands; U.S. Department of Commere; U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs; British Columbia Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commere; and a number of private industry assoiations, firms, and individuals. The valuation definition used in the export statistis is the value at the seaport or border port of exportation. It is based on the selling prie (or ost if not sold) and inludes inland freight, insurane, and other harges to the port of exportation. Seattle Customs Distrit inludes all oastal and inland ports in the State of Washington, exept Longview and Vanouver. Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit inludes all Oregon ports and Longview and Vanouver, Washington. Anhorage Customs Distrit is the State of Alaska. San Franiso Customs Distrit inludes Monterey and all ports north of Monterey, California. The statistial data are from seondary soures and are brought together to make suh information more readily available. Soures are indiated for eah table and an be ontated diretly for means used in data olletion. Readers are autioned that unit values should not be interpreted as aurate indiators of pries. Unit values for individual trade flows, espeially those involving small volumes, frequently vary widely within a year, aross origins or destinations, and through time. AUTHOR DEBRA D. WARREN is an eonomist, Paifi Northwest Researh Station, Suite 400, 620 SW Main, Portland, OR. The mailing address is P.O. Box 3890, Portland, OR The phone number is 503/ , and the FAX number is 503/ This report is also available online in portable doument format (pdf) at the following address:

3 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports and Frequeny of Updates TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE Lumber and Plywood Prodution and Pries 1 U.S. softwood lumber and strutural panel board Quarterly prodution, Lumber prodution in Northwest States, Annually, seond quarter 3 Softwood lumber prodution in the inland region, Annually, seond quarter by speies, Lumber prodution in the oast region, by speies, Annually, seond quarter Softwood strutural panel board prodution in the Annually, fourth quarter United States, by State, Softwood lumber and plywood prodution in British Annually, seond quarter Columbia, Wholesale pries of seleted lumber produts, Quarterly 8 Wholesale pries of seleted softwood plywood Quarterly produts, Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for Quarterly Douglas-fir lumber, oast mills, Perentage of total volume for ponderosa pine lumber, Quarterly inland mills, F.O.B. mill pries for ponderosa pine lumber, inland Quarterly mills, Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for Quarterly hem-fir lumber, inland mills, Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for Quarterly hem-fir lumber, oast mills, Weighted average f.o.b. mill pries for oast and Quarterly inland lumber, Average pries for domesti and exported alder, Quarterly western region, Timber Harvest 16 Washington and Oregon timber harvest by ownership, Annually, third quarter

4 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 17 British Columbia timber harvest, Annually, third quarter 18 Montana and Idaho timber harvest by ownership, Annually, third quarter Alaska timber harvest by ownership, Annually, third quarter 20 California timber harvest by ownership, Annually, third quarter Employment in Forest Produts Industries 21 Employment in forest produts industries in Quarterly Washington and Oregon, Total nonagriultural employment and employment Quarterly in forest produts industries in Washington and Oregon, Employment in forest produts industries in Quarterly California and Alaska, Employment in forest produts industries in Quarterly Montana and Idaho, Employment, wages, unemployment, and Annually population for the State of Oregon, by ounty 26 Employment, wages, unemployment, and Annually population for the State of Washington, by ounty Log, Pulpwood, and Chip Exports and Imports 27 Volume of softwood log exports from Seattle and Quarterly Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Value of softwood log exports from Seattle and Quarterly Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Average value of softwood logs exported from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood log exports Quarterly from the San Franiso Customs Distrit by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood log exports Quarterly from Anhorage Customs Distrit by speies and destination, Volume and average value of log exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, 2002

5 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 33a-d Volume and average value of log exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of log exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, Columbia- Snake Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of log exports by Annually, fourth quarter port, speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of log exports by Annually, fourth quarter port, speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of hardwood log Quarterly exports from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, Volume and average value of alder log exports Quarterly from the Seattle Customs Distrit, Volume and average value of log exports from Quarterly southern California ports by speies, Volume and average value of softwood log exports Quarterly to Canada from the Great Falls Customs Distrit, Volume of log exports from British Columbia ports Annually, fourth quarter by speies and destination, Average value of log exports from British Columbia Annually, fourth quarter ports by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood log imports of Quarterly all speies from Canada into Washington and Oregon,

6 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 47 Volume and average value of pulpwood imports from Quarterly Canada into the Seattle Customs Distrit, Volume of pulp exports by seleted grades from Quarterly Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, Average value of pulp exports by seleted grades Quarterly from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, Volume and average value of all hips exported Quarterly from the Seattle, Columbia-Snake, San Franiso, and Anhorage Customs Distrits, Volume and average value of softwood hips exported Quarterly from the Seattle, Columbia-Snake, San Franiso, and Anhorage Customs Distrits, Lumber, Plywood, and Veneer Exports 52 Volume of softwood lumber exports from Seattle and Quarterly Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Value of softwood lumber exports from Seattle Quarterly and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Average value of softwood lumber exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood lumber Quarterly exports from southern California ports by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports Quarterly from northern California ports by speies and destination, Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports Quarterly from Anhorage Customs Distrit by speies and destination, Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, 2002

7 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 59a-d Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, a-d Volume and average value of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, all quarters Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports Quarterly to Canada from the Great Falls Customs Distrit, Volume and average value of hardwood lumber exports Quarterly from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, Volume of lumber exports from British Columbia Annually, fourth quarter ports by speies and destination, Average value of lumber exports from British Annually, fourth quarter Columbia ports by speies and destination, Volume of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Seattle Customs Distrit, Average value of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Seattle Customs Distrit, Volume of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit,

8 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 73 Average value of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, Volume and average value of plywood exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by destination, Volume and average value of plywood exports from Quarterly California, Volume and average value of veneer exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by destination, Timber Cut and Sold by Publi Agenies 77 Volume of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands, Montana and Idaho, Average stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands, Montana and Idaho, Volume of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Northern Region, Average stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Northern Region, Volume and average value of timber harvested on Quarterly the National Forests of the Northern Region, Volume of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Intermountain Region, Average stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Intermountain Region, Volume and average value of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Intermountain Region, Volume of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands in California, Average stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands in California, Volume of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Paifi Southwest Region,

9 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 88 Average stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Paifi Southwest Region, Volume and average value of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Paifi Southwest Region, Monthly stumpage volume and average value of timber Quarterly sold on National Forest lands in Washington and Oregon, Volume of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands, Washington and Oregon, Average stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands, Washington and Oregon, Volume of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Paifi Northwest Region, Average stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Paifi Northwest Region, Volume and average value of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Paifi Northwest Region, Volume and average stumpage prie of seleted speies Quarterly sold on the National Forests of the Paifi Northwest Region, Volume of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands in Alaska, Average stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands in Alaska, Volume of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Alaska Region, Average stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Alaska Region, Volume and average value of all speies of all Quarterly timber produts sold from the USDA Forest Servie Regions of the Western United States,

10 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 102 Volume and average value of all speies of timber Quarterly harvested from the USDA Forest Servie Regions of the Western United States, Unut Volume Under Contrat 103 Unut volume under ontrat on National Forest Annually, seond quarter lands in Montana, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Washington, Sale quantity and unyarded volume under ontrat Annually, seond quarter on Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Oregon, Allowable annual ut and unut volume under Annually, third quarter ontrat on Oregon State lands, Sustainable harvest and unut volume under Annually, seond quarter ontrat on Washington State lands, Small Business Set-Aside Sales 107 Small business set-aside sales and total sales on Quarterly the National Forests, Paifi Northwest Region, Volume and average value of timber sold on set-aside Quarterly sales on the National Forests, Paifi Northwest Region,

11 Figures Inluded in This Series of Reports and Frequeny of Updates PAGE FREQUENCY NUMBER FIGURE TITLE OF UPDATE 19 Figure 1--Weighted average f.o.b. mill pries for Annually, fourth quarter oast and inland lumber, , in dollars per thousand board feet 26 Figure 2--Employment in forest produts industry, Annually, fourth quarter Washington and Oregon, , in thousands of persons 43 Figure 3--Log exports from Seattle and Columbia-Snake Annually, fourth quarter Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 49 Figure 4--Log exports from San Franiso and Anhorage Annually, fourth quarter Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 92 Figure 5--Lumber exports from Seattle and Columbia- Annually, fourth quarter Snake Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 99 Figure 6--Lumber exports from San Franiso and Annually, fourth quarter Anhorage Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 155 Figure 7--Average stumpage prie for sawtimber sold Annually, fourth quarter on National Forests, Paifi Northwest Region, in dollars per thousand board feet 165 Figure 8--Average value of all timber produts sold Annually, fourth quarter from Forest Servie Regions of the Western United States, in dollars per thousand board feet Conversion Fators Used in This Report For logs: For lumber: For veneer: For plywood: 4.53 ubi meters equals 1 thousand board feet 2.36 ubi meters equals 1 thousand board feet 92.9 square meters equals 1 thousand square feet.885 ubi meters equals 1 thousand square feet (3/8-inh basis) For hips and pulpwood:.907 metri tons equals 1 short ton

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13 Western Lumber Prodution and Pries! Softwood lumber prodution A total of 17.7 billion board feet of softwood lumber was produed in the Western United States in 2002, and the total U.S. figure was 36.0 billion board feet (table 1). Total softwood lumber prodution in the fourth quarter of 2002 was 8.5 billion board feet, and 50.0 perent of that was produed in the West.! Wholesale lumber pries Average wholesale pries dereased in 2002 for most of the seleted lumber produts (table 7). Year-end 2002 pries averaged a 2.0-perent derease from year-end 2001, aross all five seleted lumber produts. Plywood Prodution and Pries! Plywood prodution in 2002 United States softwood strutural panel board prodution in 2002, at 28,158 million square feet (3/8-inh basis), inreased 1.9 perent from Prodution in the fourth quarter of 2002 was 6.6 million board feet, down from the third quarter volume of 7.2 (table 1). Wholesale pries of seleted plywood produts dereased from 2001 to Year-end 2002 pries averaged a 3.6-perent derease (table 8) from year-end 2001 pries. Employment in Forest Produts Industries! Employment numbers for 2002 The number of persons employed in the lumber and wood produts industries dereased in 2002 in Oregon and Washington (table 21). One again, third quarter 2002 employment numbers were higher than the other quarters. In Oregon and Washington, there were 13.2 diret jobs per million board feet of timber harvested in 2002 (using the harvest figures from table 16). 1

14 Log, Pulp, and Chip Exports! Washington and Oregon log exports Log exports from Washington and Oregon ports totaled million board feet in 2002, as ompared to million board feet in In 2002, Washington Customs Distrit exported million board feet of logs to all ountries, and Oregon Customs Distrit exported (table 27).! Log export pries for Washington and Oregon Softwood log exports from Washington and Oregon ports averaged $ (per thousand board feet) in 2002, down from the 2001 average of $ The fourth quarter 2002 values for both states averaged $ (table 29), up from $ in the third quarter of 2002.! Log exports from California and Alaska San Franiso Customs Distrit exported 1,436 thousand board feet of logs in 2002, ompared with 5,766 in 2001 (table 30). The Anhorage Customs Distrit exported million board feet of logs in 2002, ompared with in 2001 (table 31).! Pulp volumes in the Paifi Northwest The Seattle, Columbia-Snake, and San Franiso Customs Distrits showed mostly inreases in pulp export volumes in 2002 (table 48). The Anhorage Customs Distrit showed a derease.! Average value of pulp exports Most of the ustoms distrits showed a derease in the average value for both grades of pulp exports from 2001 to 2002 (table 49).! Chip exports Three of the ustoms distrits refleted a derease in the volume of hips exported in 2002; only Columbia-Snake showed an inrease. The average values of hips dereased in all but the Anhorage Customs Distrit (table 50). 2

15 Lumber, Plywood, and Veneer Exports! Lumber export volumes from the Northwest The lumber exports showed a substantial derease for both Washington and Oregon Customs Distrits from 2001 to 2002 (table 52). The Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit had a derease of 38.2 perent from 2001, and the Seattle Customs Distrit had a derease of 10.1 perent. Northern and Southern California lumber exports inreased (tables 55 and 56). Alaska dereased lumber export volumes by 97.4 perent from 2001 to 2002 (table 57).! Average value of lumber exports In the Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits, the average value of lumber exports dereased from $ (per thousand board feet) in 2001 to $ in 2002 (table 54). Northern California (table 56) lumber export pries dereased from $ in 2001 to $ in Alaska lumber pries (table 57) dereased from $ in 2001 to $49.56 in 2002.! Oregon and Washington lumber imports The Seattle Customs Distrit imported 3.6 billion board feet of lumber in 2002, mostly from Canada (table 70). The Columbia- Snake Customs Distrit imported million board feet in 2002, ompared with million in 2001 (table 72).! Softwood plywood exports The 2002 softwood plywood exports mostly dereased from Many of the average values dereased in 2002 (table 74).! Softwood veneer exports In 2002, softwood veneer export volumes in Washington and Oregon dropped signifiantly (table 76). The softwood veneer export values showed an inrease, but the hardwood veneer pries dereased in

16 Timber Sold by Forest Servie Regions! Sold volume in Northern Region Not all ownership numbers are available, but the amount of timber sold on National Forest lands in Montana and northern Idaho dereased 32.3 perent from 2001 to 2002 (table 77).! Sold volume in northern California In 2002, the volume of timber sold on USDA Forest Servie lands in northern California dereased 14.5 perent from the 2001 total (table 85).! Sold volume in Washington and Oregon Oregon and Washington showed an inrease of 25.7 perent in the amount of timber sold on USDA Forest Servie lands from 2001 to 2002 (table 91).! Sold volume in Alaska In 2002, the volume of timber sold on National Forest lands in Alaska was 23.7 million board feet, ompared to 52.8 million board feet in 2001 (table 97). Average values inreased from $34.70 in 2001 to $41.65 in 2002 (table 98). 4

17 TABLES AND FIGURES 5

18 Table 1 U.S. softwood lumber and strutural panel board prodution, U.S. softwood lumber prodution U.S. softwood Total Southern strutural softwood Western pine Other panel board Year lumber region a region softwoods prodution Million feet, Million board feet /8-inh basis ,161 19,075 12,507 1,579 24, ,526 18,782 14,106 1,638 25, ,077 17,366 14,134 1,577 25, ,936 17,550 14,770 1,616 26, ,915 15,665 14,731 1,519 26, ,812 16,811 15,163 1,838 27, ,720 16,818 16,013 1,889 27, ,740 16,782 16,057 1,901 29, ,534 17,744 16,642 2,150 29, ,884 17,154 16,619 2,111 29, ,206 16,765 15,428 2,013 27,647 January 3,092 1,476 1, ,285 February 2,779 1,365 1, ,238 Marh 3,053 1,492 1, ,486 Total, 1st quarter 8,924 4,333 4, ,009 April 3,347 1,579 1, ,459 May 3,187 1,526 1, ,581 June 3,169 1,534 1, ,387 Total, 2d quarter 9,703 4,639 4, ,427 July 3,104 1,488 1, ,290 August 2,928 1,566 1, ,548 September 2,862 1,477 1, ,322 Total, 3d quarter 8,894 4,531 3, ,160 Otober 3,386 1,655 1, ,478 November 2,599 1,325 1, ,264 Deember 2,482 1,251 1, ,819 Total, 4th quarter 8,467 4,231 3, , total 35,988 17,734 16,138 2,116 28,158 a Inludes western, inland, and California redwood regions. Soure: Western Wood Produts Assoiation, Portland, Oregon, and Amerian Plywood Assoiation, Taoma, Washington. 6

19 Table 2 Lumber prodution in Northwest States, (In million board feet) Year Washington Oregon California a Montana Idaho ,072 6,200 3,997 1,455 1, ,863 5,448 3,539 1,412 1, ,200 5,703 3,521 1,310 1, ,095 4,953 3,169 1,191 1, ,917 5,374 3,257 1,170 1, b 3,851 5,589 3,432 1,234 1, ,913 5,486 3,188 1,304 1, ,224 6,056 3,216 1,345 1, ,384 5,927 3,173 1,177 1, ,257 6,056 2,731 1,080 1, ,625 6,177 2,634 1,143 1,906 a Inludes 1 mill in Nevada. b Beginning in 1997, Oregon and Washington figures reflet the elimination of hardwood prodution. Soure: Western Wood Produts Assoiation, Portland, Oregon. 7

20 8 Table 3 Softwood lumber prodution in the inland region, by speies, a (In million board feet) Idaho Douglas-fir All Ponderosa white Sugar and Engelmann Lodgepole Other Year softwoods pine pine pine larh Hem-fir b sprue pine softwoods ,263 2, ,285 2, ,312 2, ,015 1, ,097 2, ,952 1, ,015 2, ,745 1, ,079 2, ,825 1, ,382 2, ,055 1, ,297 1, ,136 1, ,576 1, ,138 1, ,076 1, ,101 1, ,563 1, ,991 1, ,760 1, ,047 1, a Inludes eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, California (exept redwood region), Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexio, and a portion of South Dakota. b Western hemlok and white fir. Soure: Western Wood Produts Assoiation, Portland, Oregon.

21 Table 4 Lumber prodution in the oast region, by speies, a (In million board feet) All Douglas- Western Inense- Other Year speies fir Hem-fir b rededar edar Pine softwoods Hardwoods ,948 4,973 1, ,319 4,319 1, ,902 4,631 1, ,452 4,412 1, ,745 4,478 2, ,772 4,632 2, ,799 4,674 2, ,625 5,246 2, ,781 5,363 2, ,765 5,425 2, ,243 5,814 2, a Inludes western Washington and western Oregon. b Western hemlok and white fir ombined. Soure: Western Wood Produts Assoiation, Portland, Oregon. 9

22 Table 5 Softwood strutural panel board prodution in the United States, by State, a (In million square feet, 3/8-inh basis) Oklahoma, New Montana York, Colorado, and Southern Northern Year Total Oregon Washington and Tennessee Idaho States b States ,985 4,767 1,156 NA 1,440 15,051 3, ,318 4,113 1,243 NA 1,419 15,883 3, ,124 4,294 1,151 NA 1,323 16,596 3, ,270 3,824 1,140 NA 1,351 17,202 3, ,495 3,773 1,045 1,180 1,262 18,747 3, ,497 3, ,162 1,024 18,367 3, ,003 3, , ,496 3, ,428 3,510 1,152 1,385 1,031 18,463 3, ,441 3, , ,446 3, ,653 3, , ,164 3, ,626 3,058 1,133 1, ,833 4,144 a Strutural panel board inludes plywood, waferboard, and oriented strand board (OSB). b Southern states inlude Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Northern states inlude Maine, Mihigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisonsin. Soure: Amerian Plywood Assoiation. Table 6 Softwood lumber and plywood prodution in British Columbia, Softwood lumber prodution Softwood plywood Year Total Coast Interior prodution Million ft 2, Million board feet /8-inh basis ,141 3,516 10,625 1, ,381 3,585 10,796 1, ,269 3,681 10,588 1, ,820 3,313 10,507 1, ,845 3,387 10,458 1, ,376 3,032 10,344 1, ,814 2,684 10,130 1, ,490 2,809 10,681 1, ,627 2,851 10,776 1, ,778 2,243 10,535 R1, ,499 2,720 12,779 1,926 R = revised. Soure: Statistis Canada, Ottawa, Canada, and Counil of Forest Industries. 10

23 Table 7 Wholesale pries of seleted lumber produts, (In dollars per thousand board feet) Douglas-fir Fir-larh Sprue-pine-fir std. and btr., Ponderosa pine Ponderosa pine, std. and btr., std. and btr., 2 by 4 RL, boards, no. 3, no. 2 shop, 2 by 4 RL, 2 by 4 RL, 8/20', KD, 1 by 12 RL, KD, 6/4 RWRL, S2S, 8/20', KD, 8/20', KD, Year net, f.o.b. mill net, f.o.b. mill net, f.o.b. mill net, f.o.b. mill net, f.o.b. mill , , , January February Marh Average, 1st quarter April May June Average, 2d quarter July August September Average, 3d quarter Otober November Deember Average, 4th quarter average Year-end 2002 hange, in perent From: Year-end Soure: Random Lengths Publiations, In. 11

24 Table 8 Wholesale pries of seleted softwood plywood produts, (In dollars per thousand square feet) Sheathing, southern Sheathing, western (west) a exterior, Sanded, western exterior, 3/8-inh, 3/8-inh, CD, interior, 1/4-inh, Year CD, net f.o.b. mill net f.o.b. mill AD, net f.o.b. mill January February Marh Average, 1st quarter April May June Average, 2d quarter July August September Average, 3d quarter Otober November Deember Average, 4th quarter average Year-end 2002 hange, in perent From: Year-end a Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Soure: Random Lengths Publiations, In. 12

25 Total D selets Strutural Heavy Light C selets and shop items framing framing Utility Eonomy Year Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie volume, all grades , ,674, , ,507, , ,386, , ,700, , ,436, ,385, ,345, ,327, ,498, ,733, ,612,460 1st quarter ,325 2d quarter ,380 3d quarter ,808 4th quarter , average ,798,254 Soure: Data are ompiled by Western Wood Produts Assoiation from opies of invoies submitted to the Assoiation by mills aounting for about 65 to 70 perent of the region's prodution; individual groupings from Paifi Northwest Researh Station. Table 9 Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for Douglas-fir lumber, oast mills, a (Volume in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades. 13

26 4/4 selets and 1 shop 5/4 and thiker moulding and shops 4/4 ommons and 8/4 std. & btr. Low value C and 3 om. 3 om. C and 4 in. Mldg in. 4 in. No. 3 5 om. btr. D D D 1 and om. 2 om. 8/4 4 om. and and Year 6-12 in. 12 in in. 4 in. shop btr. shop shop shop Shopout 12 in in. dim in. util. eon average 2,076 1,500 1, ,710 1, Soure: Data are ompiled by Western Wood Produts Assoiation from opies of invoies submitted to the assoiation by mills aounting for about 80 perent of the region's prodution; individual groupings from Paifi Northwest Researh Station. Table 11 F.O.B. mill pries for ponderosa pine lumber, inland mills, (In dollars per thousand board feet) ,335 1, , ,749 1,484 1, , ,198 1,910 1,510 1, ,957 1,189 1, ,347 2,343 1, ,753 1,145 1, ,887 1,982 1, ,491 1, ,569 1,251 1, ,381 1, ,123 1,571 1, ,659 1,141 1, ,116 1,608 1, ,480 1, ,129 1,615 1, ,579 1, ,908 1,480 1, ,428 1, ,691 1,440 1, ,677 1, st quarter 1,899 1,509 1, ,636 1, d quarter 2,209 1,554 1, ,683 1, d quarter 2,204 1,539 1, ,746 1, th quarter 2,044 1, ,711 1,

27 Total Strutural Heavy Light Moulding Shop items framing framing Utility Eonomy Year Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie volume, all grades ,520, ,433, , ,312, , ,305, , ,103, , ,087, ,176, ,237, , ,362, , ,260, ,165,610 1st quarter ,414 2d quarter ,808 3d quarter ,003 4th quarter.3 1, , average ,138,731 Soure: Data are ompiled by Western Wood Produts Assoiation from opies of invoies submitted to the Assoiation by mills aounting for about 80 perent of the region's prodution; individual groupings from Paifi Northwest Researh Station. 16 Table 12 Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for hem-fir lumber, inland mills, a (Volume in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades.

28 Total D selets Strutural Heavy Light C selets and shop items framing framing Utility Eonomy Year Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie volume, all grades , , , ,180, ,001, ,177, ,395, ,345, ,504, ,543, ,567,009 1st quarter ,100 2d quarter ,763 3d quarter ,021 4th quarter , average ,637,829 Soure: Data are ompiled by Western Wood Produts Assoiation from opies of invoies submitted to the Assoiation by mills aounting for approximately 65 to 70 perent of the region's prodution; individual groupings from Paifi Northwest Researh Station. Table 13 Perentage of total volume and f.o.b. mill pries for hem-fir lumber, oast mills, a (Volume in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades. 17

29 Table 14 Weighted average f.o.b. mill pries for oast and inland lumber, (In dollars per thousand board feet) Coast Inland Weighted Ponderosa Weighted Year Douglas-fir Hem-fir average pine Hem-fir average : 1st quarter d quarter d quarter th quarter average st quarter d quarter d quarter th quarter average Note: Weighted averages are based on the volume of all grades ombined. Soure: Western Wood Produts Assoiation. 18

30 Table 15 Average pries for domesti and exported alder, western region, (Pries in dollars per thousand board feet, f.o.b. mill) Domesti alder Exported alder Year and 1 by 4 green 4/4 selet quarter pallet stok and better Logs Lumber , , , , , , , , , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA 1, : 1st quarter NA NA 1, d quarter NA NA 1, d quarter NA NA 1, th quarter NA NA 1, average NA NA 1, st quarter NA NA 1, d quarter NA NA 1, d quarter NA NA 1, th quarter NA NA 1, average NA NA 1, NA = no longer available. Soure: Weekly Hardwood Review and U.S. Department of Commere. 20

31 Table 16 Washington and Oregon timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) Bureau Bureau State and National of Land of Indian Other year Private State Forest Management Affairs publi Total Washington: , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a ,582 Oregon: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,922 a Less than 1 million board feet. Soure: Washington Department of Natural Resoures and Oregon Department of Forestry. 21

32 Table 17 British Columbia timber harvest, (In thousand ubi meters) Year Coast a Interior b Total ,681 50,239 74, ,684 53,555 79, ,215 50,435 75, ,959 50,512 76, ,926 52,287 75, ,341 46,287 68, ,588 46,396 65, ,441 52,519 76, ,011 52,449 78, ,997 51,432 77, ,249 48,512 69,761 a Comprises the Vanouver Forest Distrit and half of Prine Rupert Forest Distrit. b Comprises Cariboo, Kamloops, Nelson, and Prine George Forest Distrits and 1/2 of Prine Rupert Forest Distrit. Soure: Counil of Forest Industries annual report, British Columbia Forest Industry Statistial Tables. 22

33 Table 18 Montana and Idaho timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) Bureau Bureau State and of Indian of Land National year Private State Affairs Management Forest Total Montana: , Idaho: , , , , , , , , , , ,101.5 Soure: USDA Forest Servie, Region 1. 23

34 Table 19 Alaska timber harvest by ownership, (In thousand board feet, Sribner sale) Bureau of Land Management National Forest Bureau of Year State Private Indian Affairs Free use Cut Total Tongass Chugah Total Total , ,800 6, ,348 2, ,321 1,016, , ,800 1, , ,452 9, , , , , , ,378 2, , , , , ,487 2, , , , , , ,085 94,748 3,182 97, , , , ,107 2, , , , , ,491 1, , , , ,900 2, , ,585 R548, , ,900 0 NA NA NA 119, ,481 NA , ,100 0 NA NA NA 44, ,411 NA 2002 NA NA NA NA NA NA 31, ,096 NA R = revised. NA = not available. Soure: Respetive agenies. Table 20 California timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) Bureau of Bureau of Land National Year Private State Indian Affairs Management Forest a Total , b ,026 3, , b , , b , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,476 3 NA NA 262 NA ,521 4 NA NA 299 NA NA = not available. a Inludes sawtimber, poles, posts, fuelwood, ull logs, and other misellaneous onvertible produts. b Fisal-year basis. Soure: Respetive agenies. 24

35 Table 21 Employment in forest produts industries in Washington and Oregon, (In thousands of persons) Washington and Oregon Washington Oregon Lumber and Paper and Lumber and Paper and Lumber and Paper and wood allied wood allied wood allied Year Total produts produts Total produts produts Total produts produts January February ,2 Marh Average, 1st quarter April May June Average, 2d quarter July August September Average, 3d quarter Otober November Deember Average, 4th quarter average Year 2002 hange in employment From: Year-end Note: "Lumber and wood produts" and "Paper and allied produts" olumns may not add to "Total" beause of rounding. Soure: State employment agenies. The lumber and wood produts industry inludes logging, lumber, plywood, poles and pilings, and misellaneous wood produts (exluding furniture). The paper and allied produts industry inludes pulp, paper, paperboard, and building board produts. These data inlude both overed and unovered employment. Data are based on plae of employment. 25