Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries, All Quarters 2003

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1 United States Department of Agriulture Forest Servie Paifi Northwest Researh Station Resoure Bulletin PNW-RB-247 April 2005 Prodution, Pries, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries, All Quarters 2003 Debra D. Warren

2 ABSTRACT Warren, Debra D Prodution, pries, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries, all quarters of Resour. Bull. PNW-RB-247. 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 2003 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 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 s should not be interpreted as aurate indiators of pries. Unit s 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, 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 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, of softwood logs exported from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, and average of softwood log exports Quarterly from the San Franiso Customs Distrit by speies and destination, and average of softwood log exports Quarterly from Anhorage Customs Distrit by speies and destination, and average of log exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, 2003

5 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 33a-d and average of log exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of log exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, a-d and average of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, Columbia- Snake Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of log exports by Annually, fourth quarter port, speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, a-d and average of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of log exports by Annually, fourth quarter port, speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, a-d and average of log exports by Quarterly port, speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of hardwood log Quarterly exports from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, and average of alder log exports Quarterly from the Seattle Customs Distrit, and average of log exports from Quarterly southern California ports by speies, and average of softwood log exports Quarterly to Canada from the Great Falls Customs Distrit, of log exports from British Columbia ports Annually, fourth quarter by speies and destination, of log exports from British Columbia Annually, fourth quarter ports by speies and destination, and average 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 and average of pulpwood imports from Quarterly Canada into the Seattle Customs Distrit, of pulp exports by seleted grades from Quarterly Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, of pulp exports by seleted grades Quarterly from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, and average of all hips exported Quarterly from the Seattle, Columbia-Snake, San Franiso, and Anhorage Customs Distrits, and average of softwood hips exported Quarterly from the Seattle, Columbia-Snake, San Franiso, and Anhorage Customs Distrits, Lumber, Plywood, and Veneer Exports 52 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, of softwood lumber exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by speies and destination, and average of softwood lumber Quarterly exports from southern California ports by speies and destination, and average of softwood lumber exports Quarterly from northern California ports by speies and destination, and average of softwood lumber exports Quarterly from Anhorage Customs Distrit by speies and destination, and average of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, 2003

7 Tables Inluded in This Series of Reports (ontinued) TABLE FREQUENCY NUMBER TABLE TITLE OF UPDATE 59a-d and average of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Seattle Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, a-d and average of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, a-d and average of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, San Franiso Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of lumber exports by port, Annually, fourth quarter speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, and average of lumber exports by port, Quarterly speies, and destination, Anhorage Customs Distrit, all quarters and average of softwood lumber exports Quarterly to Canada from the Great Falls Customs Distrit, and average of hardwood lumber exports Quarterly from Seattle, Columbia-Snake, Anhorage, and San Franiso Customs Distrits, of lumber exports from British Columbia Annually, fourth quarter ports by speies and destination, of lumber exports from British Annually, fourth quarter Columbia ports by speies and destination, of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Seattle Customs Distrit, of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Seattle Customs Distrit, 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 of all speies of softwood lumber imports Quarterly into the Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit, and average of plywood exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by destination, and average of plywood exports from Quarterly California, and average of veneer exports from Quarterly Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits by destination, Timber Cut and Sold by Publi Agenies 77 of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands, Montana and Idaho, stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands, Montana and Idaho, of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Northern Region, stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Northern Region, and average of timber harvested on Quarterly the National Forests of the Northern Region, of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Intermountain Region, stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Intermountain Region, and average of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Intermountain Region, of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands in California, stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands in California, 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 stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Paifi Southwest Region, and average of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Paifi Southwest Region, Monthly stumpage volume and average of timber Quarterly sold on National Forest lands in Washington and Oregon, of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands, Washington and Oregon, stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands, Washington and Oregon, of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Paifi Northwest Region, stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Paifi Northwest Region, and average of timber harvested on the Quarterly National Forests of the Paifi Northwest Region, and average stumpage prie of seleted speies Quarterly sold on the National Forests of the Paifi Northwest Region, of timber sold on publily owned or managed Quarterly lands in Alaska, stumpage pries of timber sold on publily Quarterly owned or managed lands in Alaska, of sawtimber sold on National Forests by Quarterly seleted speies, Alaska Region, stumpage pries for sawtimber sold on Quarterly National Forests by seleted speies, Alaska Region, and average 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 and average of all speies of timber Quarterly harvested from the USDA Forest Servie Regions of the Western United States, Unut 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, and average 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 42 Figure 3--Log exports from Seattle and Columbia-Snake Annually, fourth quarter Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 48 Figure 4--Log exports from San Franiso and Anhorage Annually, fourth quarter Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 89 Figure 5--Lumber exports from Seattle and Columbia- Annually, fourth quarter Snake Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 96 Figure 6--Lumber exports from San Franiso and Annually, fourth quarter Anhorage Customs Distrits, , in million board feet 149 Figure 7-- stumpage pries for sawtimber sold Annually, fourth quarter on National Forests, Paifi Northwest Region, in dollars per thousand board feet 159 Figure 8-- 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 17.1 billion board feet of softwood lumber was produed in the Western United States in 2003, and the total U.S. figure was 35.9 billion board feet (table 1). Total softwood lumber prodution in the fourth quarter of 2003 was 8.9 billion board feet, and 48.0 perent of that was produed in the West.! Wholesale lumber pries wholesale pries inreased in 2003 for most of the seleted lumber produts (table 7). Year-end 2003 pries averaged a 4.4-perent inrease from year-end 2002, aross all five seleted lumber produts. Plywood Prodution and Pries! Plywood prodution in 2003 United States softwood strutural panel board prodution in 2003, at 27,310 million square feet (3/8-inh basis), dereased 3.0 perent from Prodution in the fourth quarter of 2003 was 6.9 million board feet, down from the third quarter volume of 7.2 (table 1). Wholesale pries of seleted plywood produts inreased from 2002 to Year-end 2003 pries averaged a 21.2-perent inrease (table 8) from year-end 2002 pries. Employment in Forest Produts Industries! Employment numbers for 2003 The number of persons employed in the lumber and wood produts industries dereased in 2003 in Oregon and Washington (table 21). One again, third quarter 2003 employment numbers were higher than the other quarters. In Oregon and Washington, there were 9.2 diret jobs per million board feet of timber harvested in 2003 (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 2003, as ompared to million board feet in In 2003, 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 2003, down from the 2002 average of $ The fourth quarter 2003 s for both states averaged $ (table 29), up from $ in the third quarter of 2003.! Log exports from California and Alaska San Franiso Customs Distrit exported 76 thousand board feet of logs in 2003, ompared with 1,436 in 2002 (table 30). The Anhorage Customs Distrit exported million board feet of logs in 2003, ompared with in 2002 (table 31).! Pulp volumes in the Paifi Northwest The Seattle, Columbia-Snake, and San Franiso Customs Distrits showed mostly dereases in pulp export volumes in 2003 (table 48). The Anhorage Customs Distrit showed no pulp exports in 2003.! of pulp exports The Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits showed an inrease in the average for both grades of pulp exports from 2002 to 2003 (table 49).! Chip exports Three of the ustoms distrits refleted a derease in the volume of hips exported in 2003; only Anhorage showed an inrease. The average s of hips dereased in all but the Seattle Customs Distrit (table 50). 2

15 Lumber, Plywood, and Veneer! Lumber export volumes from the Northwest The Columbia-Snake Customs Distrit had a derease in the volume of lumber exports from 68.9 million board feet in 2002 to 61.1 in 2003 (table 52). The Seattle Customs Distrit had an inrease of 2.3 perent. Southern California lumber export volumes fell slightly, from million board feet in 2002 to in 2003 (table 55). Northern California lumber exports inreased 54.5 perent in 2003 (table 56). Alaska inreased lumber export volumes to 1.2 million board feet in 2003 (table 57).! of lumber exports In the Seattle and Columbia-Snake Customs Distrits, the average of lumber exports inreased from $ (per thousand board feet) in 2002 to $ in 2003 (table 54). Southern California lumber export pries rose slightly in 2003 (table 55). Northern California (table 56) lumber export pries dereased from $ in 2002 to $ in Alaska lumber pries (table 57) inreased from $49.56 in 2002 to $1, in 2003.! Oregon and Washington lumber imports The Seattle Customs Distrit imported 3.9 billion board feet of lumber in 2003, mostly from Canada (table 70). The Columbia- Snake Customs Distrit imported million board feet in 2003, ompared with million in 2002 (table 72).! Softwood plywood exports The 2003 softwood plywood exports mostly dereased from The average of softwood plywood exported from the Seattle Customs Distrit inreased in 2003 (table 74).! Softwood veneer exports In 2003, softwood veneer export volumes rose in Washington and dropped in Oregon (table 76). The hardwood veneer export volumes inreased in Oregon, but dereased in Washington. The pries fell sharply in Oregon, but inreased slightly in Washington. 3

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 24.8 perent from 2002 to 2003 (table 77).! Sold volume in northern California In 2003, the volume of timber sold on USDA Forest Servie lands in northern California dereased 22.0 perent from the 2002 total (table 85).! Sold volume in Washington and Oregon Oregon and Washington showed an inrease of 23.0 perent in the amount of timber sold on USDA Forest Servie lands from 2002 to 2003 (table 91).! Sold volume in Alaska In 2003, the volume of timber sold on National Forest lands in Alaska was 56.1 million board feet, ompared to 23.7 million board feet in 2002 (table 97). s dereased from $41.65 in 2002 to $23.05 in 2003 (table 98). 4

17 TABLES AND FIGURES 5

18 Table 1 U.S. softwood lumber and strutural panel board prodution, Year Total softwood lumber U.S. softwood lumber prodution Western region a Southern pine region Other softwoods Million board feet U.S. softwood strutural panel board prodution Million feet, 3/8-inh basis ,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, R35,832 R17,039 R16,685 R2,108 28,158 January 2,971 1,443 1, ,176 February 2,800 1,383 1, ,101 Marh 2,937 1,422 1, ,179 Total, 1st quarter 8,708 4,248 3, ,456 April 3,118 1,473 1, ,284 May 2,931 1,381 1, ,374 June 3,108 1,414 1, ,157 Total, 2d quarter 9,157 4,268 4, ,815 July 3,087 1,487 1, ,347 August 2,980 1,429 1, ,402 September 3,051 1,487 1, ,433 Total, 3d quarter 9,118 4,403 4, ,182 Otober 3,335 1,635 1, ,609 November 2,793 1,296 1, ,260 Deember 2,768 1,296 1, ,987 Total, 4th quarter 8,896 4,227 4, , total 35,879 17,146 16,624 2,110 27,310 R = revised. 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 ,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, ,696 6,532 2,654 1,078 1,949 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) Year All softwoods Ponderosa pine Idaho white pine Sugar pine Douglas-fir and Engelmann larh Hem-fir b sprue Lodgepole pine Other softwoods ,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, ,717 1, ,054 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) Year All speies Douglasfir Western Hem-fir b rededar Inenseedar Pine Other softwoods Hardwoods ,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, ,904 6,232 3, 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) Year Total Oregon Washington Oklahoma, New York, Colorado, and Tennessee Montana and Idaho b Southern States Northern States d ,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, ,321 3, , ,571 4,222 a Strutural panel board inludes plywood, waferboard, and oriented strand board (OSB). b Sine 2001, these figures are Montana only. Idaho has been ombined with the previous olumn Oklahoma, New York, Colorado, and Tennessee sine C Southern states inlude Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. d Northern states inlude Maine, Mihigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisonsin. Soure: Amerian Plywood Assoiation. Table 6 Softwood lumber and plywood prodution in British Columbia, Year Softwood lumber prodution Total Coast Interior Million board feet Softwood plywood prodution Million ft 2, 3/8-inh basis ,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, R13,770 R3,141 R10,629 1, R15,112 R3,096 R12,015 R1, ,292 3,302 11,990 1,958 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) Year Douglas-fir std. and btr., 2 by 4 RL, 8/20', KD, net, f.o.b. mill Ponderosa pine boards, no. 3, 1 by 12 RL, KD, net, f.o.b. mill Ponderosa pine, no. 2 shop, 6/4 RWRL, S2S, net, f.o.b. mill Fir-larh std. and btr., 2 by 4 RL, 8/20', KD, net, f.o.b. mill Sprue-pine-fir std. and btr., 2 by 4 RL, 8/20', KD, net, f.o.b. mill , , , January February Marh , 1st quarter April May June , 2d quarter July August September , 3d quarter Otober November Deember , 4th quarter average Year-end 2003 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) Year Sheathing, western exterior, 3/8-inh, CD, net f.o.b. mill Sheathing, southern (west) a exterior, 3/8-inh, CD, net f.o.b. mill Sanded, western interior, 1/4-inh, AD, net f.o.b. mill January February Marh , 1st quarter April May June , 2d quarter July August September , 3d quarter Otober November Deember , 4th quarter average Year-end 2003 hange, in perent From: Year-end a Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Soure: Random Lengths Publiations, In. 12

25 Year Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Total volume, all grades , ,507, , ,386, , ,700, , ,436, ,385, ,345, ,327, ,498, ,733, ,612, ,798,254 1st quarter ,900 2d quarter ,441 3d quarter ,203 4th quarter , average ,803,404 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 ( in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) C selets D selets and shop Strutural items Heavy framing Light framing Utility Eonomy 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 5 om. and eon. Total volume, all grades 2003 average ,501 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. 14 Table 10 Perentage of total volume for ponderosa pine lumber, inland mills, a (In thousand board feet) Year C and btr in. D 12 in. C and btr. 4 in. D 6-10 in. D 4 in. 1 shop Mldg. and btr. 1 shop 2 shop 3 shop Shopout 2 om. 12 in. 2 om in. 3 om in. 8/4 dim. 3 om. 4 in. 4 om in. No. 3 and util ,643, ,844, ,712, ,519, ,421, ,304, ,281, ,277, ,159, ,070, ,261 1st quarter ,734 2d quarter ,602 3d quarter ,688 4th quarter ,846 a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades.

27 4/4 selets and 1 shop 5/4 and thiker moulding and shops 4/4 ommons and 8/4 std. & btr. Low 2003 average 1,651 1, ,393 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) Year C and btr in. D 12 in. C and btr. 4 in D 6-10 in. D 4 in. 1 shop Mldg. and btr. 1 shop 2 shop 3 shop Shopout 2 om. 2 om. 12 in in. 3 om in. 8/4 dim. 3 om. 4 in. 4 om in. No. 3 and util. 5 om. and eon ,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, ,076 1,500 1, ,710 1, st quarter 1,719 1, ,536 1, d quarter 1,747 1, , d quarter 1,706 1, , th quarter 1,543 1, ,473 1,

28 Year Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Total volume, all grades ,433, , ,312, , ,305, , ,103, , ,087, ,176, ,237, , ,362, , ,260, ,165, ,138,731 1st quarter.3 1, ,430 2d quarter.3 1, ,892 3d quarter ,850 4th quarter , average ,272,949 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 ( in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) Moulding Shop Strutural items Heavy framing Light framing Utility Eonomy a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades.

29 Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Perent Prie Total volume, all grades , , ,180, ,001, ,177, ,395, ,345, ,504, ,543, ,567, ,637,829 1st quarter ,073 2d quarter ,995 3d quarter ,212 4th quarter , average ,713,922 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 ( in thousand board feet; prie in dollars per thousand board feet) C selets D selets and shop Strutural items Heavy framing Light framing Utility Eonomy a Figures are a volume-weighted average of green and dry surfaed and rough grades. 17

30 Table 14 Weighted average f.o.b. mill pries for oast and inland lumber, (In dollars per thousand board feet) Coast Inland Year Douglas-fir Hem-fir Weighted average Ponderosa pine Hem-fir Weighted 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

31 Figure 1 Weighted average f.o.b. mill pries for oast and inland lumber, , in dollars per thousand board feet Coast Inland

32 Table 15 pries for domesti and exported alder, western region, (Pries in dollars per thousand board feet, f.o.b. mill) Year and quarter Domesti alder 1 by 4 green pallet stok Exported alder 4/4 selet and better Logs Lumber , , , , , , , , , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA , NA NA 1, 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

33 Table 16 Washington and Oregon timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) State and year Private State National Forest Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Indian Affairs Other publi Total Washington: , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a , , a ,539 Oregon: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,002 a Less than 1 million board feet. Soure: Washington Department of Natural Resoures and Oregon Department of Forestry. 21

34 Table 17 British Columbia timber harvest, (In thousand ubi meters) Year Coast a Interior b Total ,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, ,195 54,477 79,672 a Comprises the Vanouver Forest Distrit and half of Prine Rupert Forest Distrit. b Comprises Cariboo, Kamloops, Nelson, and Prine George Forest Distrits and half of Prine Rupert Forest Distrit. Soure: Counil of Forest Industries annual report, British Columbia Forest Industry Statistial Tables. 22

35 Table 18 Montana and Idaho timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) State and year Private State Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management National Forest Total Montana: Idaho: , , , , , , , , , , Soure: Respetive agenies. 23

36 Table 19 Alaska timber harvest by ownership, (In thousand board feet, Sribner sale) Bureau of Land Management National Forest Year State Private Bureau of Indian Affairs Free use Cut Total Tongass Chugah Total Total , ,800 1, , ,452 9, , , , , , ,378 2, , , , , ,487 2, , , , , , ,085 94,748 3,182 97, , , , ,107 2, , , , , ,491 1, , , , ,900 2, , , , , ,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 ,909 NA NA NA NA NA 48, ,122 NA NA = not available. Soure: Respetive agenies. Table 20 California timber harvest by ownership, (In million board feet, Sribner sale) Year Private State Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management National Forest a Total , b , , b , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,476 3 NA NA 262 NA ,521 4 NA NA 299 NA ,509 NA NA NA 284 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

37 Table 21 Employment in forest produts industries in Washington and Oregon, (In thousands of persons) Washington and Oregon Washington Oregon Year Total Lumber and wood produts Paper and allied produts Total Lumber and wood produts Paper and allied produts Total Lumber and wood produts Paper and allied produts January a February a Marh a , 1st quarter a April a May a June a , 2d quarter a July a August a September a , 3d quarter a Otober a November a Deember a , 4th quarter a average a a Category lost under the new North Amerian Industry Classifiation System (NAICS). Note: "Lumber and wood produts" ategory was hanged in 2003 and now inludes logging and wood produt manufaturing.. Soure: State employment agenies. Inludes both overed and nonovered employment. 25