| Industrial roundwood use | Fuelwood | |||||
| Plywood | Pulpwood- | Miscel- | production & | |||
| Year | Lumber | & veneer | based products | laneous | Total | consumption |
| million cubic feet, roundwood equivalent | ||||||
| 1965 | 6,233 | 1,069 | 3,176 | 560 | 11,230 | 915 |
| 1966 | 6,218 | 1,103 | 3,392 | 565 | 11,501 | 845 |
| 1967 | 5,901 | 1,092 | 3,365 | 515 | 11,188 | 780 |
| 1968 | 6,056 | 1,214 | 3,539 | 485 | 11,704 | 700 |
| 1969 | 5,797 | 1,141 | 3,861 | 455 | 11,638 | 620 |
| 1970 | 5,654 | 1,182 | 4,023 | 425 | 11,722 | 535 |
| 1971 | 6,116 | 1,357 | 3,773 | 415 | 12,026 | 500 |
| 1972 | 6,291 | 1,476 | 3,698 | 405 | 12,372 | 475 |
| 1973 | 6,492 | 1,468 | 3,775 | 405 | 12,679 | 505 |
| 1974 | 5,825 | 1,244 | 4,100 | 395 | 11,987 | 535 |
| 1975 | 5,463 | 1,251 | 3,345 | 385 | 10,871 | 570 |
| 1976 | 6,171 | 1,426 | 3,715 | 375 | 12,207 | 600 |
| 1977 | 6,611 | 1,514 | 3,641 | 385 | 12,642 | 1,000 |
| 1978 | 6,818 | 1,551 | 3,817 | 395 | 13,126 | 1,525 |
| 1979 | 6,804 | 1,433 | 4,136 | 405 | 13,401 | 2,205 |
| 1980 | 5,910 | 1,210 | 4,254 | 415 | 12,310 | 3,105 |
| 1981 | 5,361 | 1,195 | 4,199 | 425 | 11,585 | 3,180 |
| 1982 | 5,118 | 1,178 | 4,021 | 435 | 11,265 | 3,355 |
| 1983 | 6,122 | 1,409 | 4,267 | 445 | 12,804 | 3,235 |
| 1984 | 6,444 | 1,420 | 4,372 | 455 | 13,250 | 3,620 |
| 1985 | 6,384 | 1,428 | 4,432 | 465 | 13,323 | 3,450 |
| 1986 | 7,079 | 1,479 | 4,881 | 475 | 14,498 | 3,096 |
| 1987 | 7,610 | 1,600 | 4,982 | 495 | 15,344 | 3,076 |
| 1988 | 7,678 | 1,565 | 5,075 | 510 | 15,595 | 3,066 |
| 1989 | 7,514 | 1,454 | 5,149 | 555 | 15,695 | 3,041 |
| 1990 | 7,261 | 1,423 | 5,313 | 562 | 15,521 | 3,019 |
| 1991 | 6,717 | 1,267 | 5,397 | 551 | 14,865 | 3,028 |
| 1992 | 6,962 | 1,294 | 5,516 | 610 | 15,259 | 3,044 |
| 1993 | 6,797 | 1,293 | 5,423 | 621 | 14,921 | 3,084 |
| 1994 | 6,828 | 1,320 | 5,576 | 576 | 15,083 | 3,134 |
| 1995 | 6,581 | 1,303 | 5,972 | 513 | 15,196 | 2,937 |
| 1996 | 7,021 | 1,284 | 5,753 | 500 | 15,396 | 2,739 |
| 1997 | 7,120 | 1,211 | 5,936 | 485 | 15,558 | 2,542 |
Source: Howard, J.L., U.S. Timber Production, Trade, Consumption, and Price Statistics, 1965-1997, Table 4a, p. 12, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-116 (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, 1999).
Notes: Miscellaneous includes cooperage logs, poles and pilings, fence posts, hewn ties, round mine timbers, box bolts, excelsior bolts, chemical wood, shingle bolts, log and pulp chip exports, and other products not specified. Industrial roundwood production data series has been revised from that reported in earlier reports. 1995 to 1997 fuelwood data are preliminary.
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