United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station General Technical Report PNW-GTR-770 August 2008 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Debra D. Warren The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is dedicated to the principle of multiple use management of the Nation’s forest resources for sustained yields of wood, water, forage, wildlife, and recreation. Through forestry research, cooperation with the States and private forest owners, and management of the national forests and national grasslands, it strives—as directed by Congress—to provide increasingly greater service to a growing Nation. 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Warren is an economist, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Suite 400, 620 SW Main, Portland, OR 97208-3890. Abstract Warren, Debra D. 2008. Harvest, employment, exports, and prices in Pacific Northwest forests, 1965–2007. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-770. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 17 p. Provides historical information on log harvest; employment in the forest industries; international trade in logs, lumber, and chips; and volume and average prices of sawtimber stumpage sold by national forests. Keywords: Log harvest, employment (forest products industries), exports (forest products), and stumpage prices. Summary The following tables have been compiled from historical publications of “Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries” (1968-2007).1 This report presents data from 1965 through 2007 for the Pacific Northwest forest industries. In most industries, dramatic changes are shown through the years. In the Oregon and Washington harvest statistics, high peaks occurred in 1968 and 1973, and the lowest harvests were in 1998 for Oregon and in 2006 for Washington. Employment in the forest industries has continued to steadily decline. Enormous changes are shown in log exports from the Pacific Northwest: highest volumes were in 1988 and 1989, and now the volumes are back to the 1960s level. The chip market remained fairly steady in volume, with prices hitting their peaks in 1995. The lumber exports (like the logs) peaked in 1988 and 1989, but the total average prices were highest in 2006. The national forest sawtimber volume was highest in 1970 and dropped off to the lowest in 2000 with only 155 million board feet. 1 See Austin 1968–70, Darr 1970–72, Hamilton 1964–68, Holt 1972–74, Ruderman 1974–85, and Warren 1985–2007. Tables Table 1—Oregon timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2007 Table 2—Washington timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2007 Table 3—Employment in forest products industries in Washington and Oregon, 1965–2007 Table 4—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Table 5—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the ColumbiaSnake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Table 6—Volume and average value of chips exported from the Oregon and Washington Customs Districts, 1965–2007 Table 7—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Table 8—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Table 9—Volume of sawtimber sold on national forests, by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2007 Table 10—Average stumpage prices for sawtimber sold on national forests, by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2007 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 1—Oregon timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2006 Year Private State 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 4,034 4,123 3,833 4,354 4,165 3,874 4,230 3,919 3,610 3,822 3,781 3,561 3,590 3,549 3,209 3,134 2,702 3,440 3,374 3,078 3,332 3,494 3,281 3,259 3,721 3,229 3,312 3,581 3,608 3,244 3,432 3,018 3,133 2,840 3,014 3,167 2,905 3,319 3,313 3,606 3,495 3,596 254 184 127 161 200 150 158 246 288 225 160 203 228 235 223 186 216 175 257 249 268 225 199 270 198 137 91 135 116 130 109 115 176 141 246 255 268 269 293 291 341 296 National forest Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Indian Affairs Million board feet, Scribner scale 3,781 1,240 74 3,269 1,244 60 3,181 1,092 110 3,642 1,470 100 3,464 1,206 92 2,832 1,037 79 3,197 1,340 87 3,944 1,419 80 3,836 1,501 36 3,163 1,025 11 2,661 626 123 3,174 1,082 108 2,913 1,021 115 3,235 1,039 121 3,167 956 111 2,399 797 105 1,981 677 95 1,688 312 126 2,902 789 112 3,164 920 101 3,480 891 121 3,850 1,042 104 3,451 1,115 117 3,487 1,439 121 3,307 1,026 124 2,014 704 98 2,068 486 87 1,403 483 111 1,102 361 75 596 92 80 515 139 79 401 289 71 523 136 79 333 122 71 233 150 68 245 83 62 135 38 63 166 55 71 203 78 63 337 96 79 275 121 61 216 131 56 Other public 11 41 14 16 23 10 16 22 95 15 20 25 11 22 29 19 24 17 31 38 34 28 52 39 44 37 36 29 31 25 30 29 35 25 49 42 30 42 52 42 61 34 Total 9,394 8,921 8,357 9,743 9,150 7,982 9,028 9,630 9,366 8,361 7,371 8,153 7,876 7,997 7,694 6,639 5,695 5,758 7,464 7,550 8,127 8,743 8,215 8,615 8,420 6,219 6,080 5,742 5,294 4,167 4,304 3,923 4,081 3,532 3,759 3,854 3,440 3,922 4,002 4,451 4,355 4,328 Source: Oregon Department of Forestry 1965–2007. 1 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 2—Washington timber harvest by ownership, 1965–2006 Year Private 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 3,591 3,460 3,311 3,856 4,230 4,045 3,946 4,015 4,728 4,337 4,062 4,414 4,068 4,036 4,068 3,507 3,266 3,740 4,025 3,545 3,561 3,989 4,367 4,406 4,520 4,147 3,650 3,844 3,321 3,421 3,489 3,274 3,139 3,044 3,246 3,131 2,818 2,722 2,697 2,754 2,609 2,528 a State 685 538 467 681 744 602 722 1,004 998 685 540 766 797 955 1,095 745 468 440 548 795 1,013 1,064 970 826 842 657 535 476 461 323 496 600 645 546 662 559 496 457 567 588 594 404 National forest Bureau of Indian Affairs Million board feet, Scribner scale 1,720 1 460 1,573 4 431 1,599 3 466 1,795 4 530 1,519 2 421 1,378 3 368 1,261 4 416 1,488 3 489 1,613 1 445 1,290 0 452 1,098 1 419 1,214 3 516 1,171 4 477 1,261 3 460 a 1,276 432 1,089 0 336 875 1 260 728 1 152 1,240 8 238 1,189 1 205 1,128 5 213 1,232 4 235 1,423 5 238 1,486 0 271 1,141 1 262 817 4 182 704 1 172 a 461 186 a 322 192 a 200 199 a 150 230 a 182 270 a 166 226 a 111 275 a 117 334 a 81 334 a 68 324 a 72 319 a 80 161 a 96 456 a 81 415 a 75 418 Less than 1 million board feet. Source: Washington Department of Natural Resources. 2 Bureau of Land Management Other public Total 65 69 90 105 88 63 101 82 24 112 65 55 75 36 98 43 20 18 28 57 43 32 35 56 22 42 42 51 33 14 26 40 44 46 24 24 11 12 34 52 32 59 6,522 6,075 5,936 6,971 7,004 6,459 6,450 7,081 7,809 6,876 6,185 6,968 6,592 6,751 6,969 5,720 4,890 5,079 6,087 5,792 5,963 6,556 7,037 7,045 6,788 5,849 5,104 5,018 4,330 4,156 4,392 4,366 4,221 4,022 4,383 4,130 3,717 3,582 3,539 3,946 3,731 3,484 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 3—Employment in forest products industries in Washington and Oregon, 1965–2007 Washington and Oregon Year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Total 148.4 148.0 141.8 147.1 145.3 138.2 141.2 150.2 155.3 152.1 137.2 150.9 159.2 159.3 159.0 144.1 135.6 120.4 128.7 132.9 126.1 126.0 131.9 135.6 135.1 130.8 120.7 117.6 115.2 117.5 116.1 111.6 112.0 110.4 Lumber wood products 121.1 119.6 113.4 118.3 116.2 109.0 113.8 122.5 127.9 124.5 110.8 123.4 131.4 136.5 133.4 116.1 108.1 94.6 103.7 107.7 100.9 100.6 105.8 109.6 108.2 103.6 93.5 90.8 89.4 91.1 89.7 86.0 87.3 85.9 Paper allied products 27.3 28.4 28.4 28.8 29.1 29.2 27.4 27.7 27.4 27.6 26.4 27.5 27.8 22.8 25.6 28.0 27.5 25.8 25.0 25.2 25.2 25.4 26.2 26.0 27.0 27.2 27.2 26.8 25.8 26.3 26.4 25.6 24.7 24.5 Washington Total Lumber wood products Oregon Paper allied products Thousands of persons 66.7 46.9 19.8 66.9 46.6 20.3 63.9 44.0 19.9 65.9 45.9 20.0 65.2 45.2 20.0 62.0 42.2 19.8 61.5 43.4 18.1 65.5 47.3 18.2 66.8 49.1 17.7 67.3 49.7 17.6 60.4 43.8 16.6 68.4 51.0 17.4 71.6 53.9 17.7 69.1 55.1 14.0 68.4 52.6 15.8 64.1 46.5 17.6 61.6 44.4 17.2 55.2 39.0 16.2 56.8 41.1 15.7 57.2 41.0 16.2 53.4 37.3 16.0 53.1 36.7 16.4 56.5 39.2 17.3 58.8 41.7 17.1 59.0 41.1 17.9 58.0 39.9 18.1 54.3 36.4 17.9 54.3 36.5 17.8 52.8 36.1 16.7 53.9 36.7 17.2 52.8 35.5 17.4 52.3 35.5 16.9 51.7 35.4 16.3 51.9 35.6 16.3 Total Lumber wood products Paper allied products 81.7 81.1 77.9 81.2 80.1 76.2 79.7 84.7 88.5 84.8 76.8 82.5 87.6 90.2 90.6 80.0 74.0 65.2 71.9 75.7 72.7 72.9 75.4 76.8 76.1 72.8 66.4 63.3 62.5 63.6 63.3 59.3 60.3 58.5 74.2 73.0 69.4 72.4 71.0 66.8 70.4 75.2 78.8 74.8 67.0 72.4 77.5 81.4 80.8 69.6 63.7 55.6 62.6 66.7 63.6 63.9 66.5 67.9 67.0 63.7 57.1 54.3 53.4 54.5 54.2 50.6 51.9 50.3 7.5 8.1 8.5 8.8 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.5 9.7 10.0 9.8 10.1 10.1 8.8 9.8 10.4 10.3 9.6 9.3 9.0 9.1 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.0 9.1 9.1 9.1 8.7 8.4 8.2 3 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 3—Employment in forest products industries in Washington and Oregon, 1965–2007 (continued) Washington and Oregon Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total 107.0 105.9 99.9 98.7 82.5 81.6 84.3 82.8 78.4 Lumber wood products 83.0 82.4 77.5 78.2 62.4 61.9 65.5 64.4 61.1 Paper allied products 24.0 23.5 22.4 20.5 20.1 19.7 18.8 18.4 17.4 Washington Total Lumber wood products Oregon Paper allied products Thousands of persons 49.8 34.0 15.7 49.0 33.4 15.6 46.4 31.5 14.9 45.5 32.3 13.2 36.8 23.5 13.3 35.7 23.0 12.7 37.5 25.3 12.2 37.3 25.4 11.9 35.4 24.2 11.2 Total Lumber wood products 57.3 56.9 53.5 53.2 45.7 45.9 46.8 45.5 43.1 49.0 49.0 46.0 45.9 38.9 38.9 40.2 39.0 36.9 Paper allied products 8.3 7.9 7.5 7.3 6.8 7.0 6.6 6.5 6.2 Source: Oregon Employment Department 1965–2007, the lumber and wood products industry includes logging, lumber, plywood, poles and pilings, and miscellaneous wood products. The paper and allied products industry includes pulp, paper, paperboard, and building board products. Data are based on place of residence. 4 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 4—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Other softwoods Average value Volume Average value Million board feet, value in dollars per thousand board feet 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 618 720 1,069 1,321 1,309 1,579 1,320 1,907 1,833 1,424 1,427 1,793 1,675 1,916 2,250 1,699 1,316 1,597 1,740 1,789 1,879 1,739 2,064 2,295 2,357 1,932 1,548 1,394 958 891 999 917 599 477 72.13 77.52 83.71 97.69 112.75 122.52 123.00 132.57 245.41 263.40 263.91 273.43 314.30 332.89 440.68 491.73 429.80 378.94 333.67 321.87 312.41 317.55 369.69 450.04 443.37 524.97 544.62 649.07 952.85 912.42 856.28 848.00 807.84 686.36 65 80 173 252 258 308 294 566 555 405 437 528 556 620 732 645 579 730 796 847 844 766 983 1,217 1,158 1,077 834 761 558 584 574 644 377 347 68.87 73.25 80.32 98.62 113.73 120.00 119.35 129.17 217.52 255.84 255.94 268.98 308.29 342.70 453.14 492.57 460.85 410.40 341.97 332.76 329.10 335.18 380.10 450.87 489.66 550.04 588.90 761.13 1,036.09 1,006.03 1,034.48 945.52 901.56 762.40 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 1,247 880 624 765 824 829 939 879 965 922 1,030 718 623 557 345 263 354 233 192 91 409.17 469.21 391.35 345.12 312.24 299.56 289.12 330.25 337.39 427.90 373.67 486.61 481.21 498.42 836.42 726.97 619.71 595.03 627.12 521.67 553 640 896 1,069 1,052 1,271 1,025 1,341 1,278 1,019 990 1,265 1,118 1,296 270 175 113 102 119 113 95 94 115 156 169 138 92 76 55 45 71 40 31 40 72.51 78.06 84.36 97.22 112.50 123.13 124.05 134.00 257.52 266.40 267.43 275.29 317.26 328.21 552.23 602.07 482.47 407.83 426.69 404.06 393.88 453.02 551.91 574.52 558.47 528.77 572.24 629.61 837.66 778.21 596.66 752.06 784.23 396.70 5 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 4—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 (continued) Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet, value in dollars per thousand board feet 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 a 435 360 290 239 177 226 195 204 313 692.07 765.44 632.60 608.71 587.23 736.74 786.77 772.73 625.92 322 280 208 177 121 154 135 135 133 748.75 836.08 726.31 644.00 667.34 836.64 874.25 918.10 842.57 Prior to 1979, western hemlock was included in “Other softwoods.” Source: U.S. Department of Commerce 1965–2007. 6 85 51 41 40 36 38 25 16 70 515.93 544.73 436.18 445.39 389.33 460.64 555.01 515.95 530.13 28 29 41 23 20 34 35 53 109 573.47 470.60 354.08 617.30 397.26 590.67 552.86 483.97 422.45 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 5—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Other softwoods Average value Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 283 389 502 653 561 637 517 730 806 766 798 944 881 931 984 933 671 971 852 933 1,125 1,041 1,104 1,387 1,257 1,076 994 788 750 681 606 586 443 391 91.36 92.70 99.97 112.72 128.39 137.29 137.16 145.05 303.63 310.21 284.61 301.73 340.94 380.48 496.62 507.50 472.80 422.12 366.21 351.44 342.58 362.45 436.96 499.59 539.73 620.26 606.18 754.11 1,024.97 1,044.36 1,080.47 1,049.50 912.16 743.58 45 48 93 116 99 144 122 201 309 311 329 418 410 520 577 617 438 698 621 722 905 845 861 1,062 876 786 741 635 613 585 540 547 413 372 73.44 80.54 76.91 85.78 97.29 110.08 118.55 119.91 140.75 286.66 291.51 275.20 298.10 340.51 387.37 506.62 513.91 478.88 430.85 366.69 348.59 341.00 367.70 438.92 498.91 581.52 637.93 784.24 1,055.45 1,053.58 1,104.61 1,062.44 918.05 743.09 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 229 242 184 232 187 167 173 154 185 242 321 224 195 117 109 72 50 26 21 10 538.65 434.54 364.40 341.04 313.29 300.80 295.28 290.90 346.87 405.42 338.15 469.02 446.77 508.84 784.21 779.12 728.06 702.94 668.74 577.54 238 341 409 537 462 493 395 529 497 455 469 526 471 411 178 74 49 41 44 44 47 42 58 83 60 66 58 36 28 24 16 13 9 9 93.45 94.82 103.20 115.99 132.33 142.70 142.61 146.66 314.04 323.09 291.54 304.82 340.89 372.38 408.65 690.05 827.71 733.41 580.89 594.86 547.45 522.40 692.24 784.22 1,009.60 920.76 885.12 1,029.58 1,290.32 1,622.50 1,316.13 1,253.23 1,259.89 925.22 7 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 5—Volume and average value of softwood log exports from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 (continued) Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 a 359 399 352 360 385 396 341 330 361 793.62 849.34 748.44 693.21 690.55 810.20 837.49 878.60 739.74 347 389 346 357 367 387 339 323 339 792.89 847.33 749.21 690.48 690.33 813.50 836.35 884.06 755.68 Prior to 1979, western hemlock was included in “Other softwoods.” Source: U.S. Department of Commerce 1965–2007. 8 6 5 5 2 2 2 1 2 19 587.74 586.81 483.92 611.30 458.51 453.27 620.80 453.88 454.80 6 5 1 1 16 7 1 5 3 1,126.00 1,341.40 1,871.00 2,057.00 657.50 667.00 1,569.00 748.60 693.37 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 6—Volume and average value of chips exported from the ColumbiaSnake and Seattle Customs Districts, 1965–2007 Columbia-Snake Customs District Year Volume Average value Seattle Customs District Volume Average value Short tons, on a dry-weight basis; value in dollars per short ton 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 91,646 219,181 603,314 1,102,669 1,460,669 1,605,062 1,504,169 2,081,032 2,778,829 3,177,465 2,436,807 2,881,577 2,892,333 2,650,423 3,125,103 2,849,927 2,076,612 1,914,439 1,668,971 1,632,815 1,626,490 1,577,739 1,852,920 2,015,988 2,252,282 2,081,199 2,141,958 1,766,502 1,544,904 1,563,772 1,329,590 1,230,966 1,247,092 1,076,786 1,024,223 992,062 856,164 893,184 760,965 744,356 918,475 841,646 863,947 19.74 19.68 19.75 20.25 21.10 19.31 20.94 22.12 24.85 26.50 34.74 39.90 43.33 42.98 42.55 88.44 85.51 83.31 68.17 70.96 74.22 72.02 72.75 78.06 96.73 95.84 104.73 106.84 104.28 102.46 130.04 108.51 89.54 96.78 82.64 94.01 96.58 84.31 82.39 75.89 83.71 92.67 119.43 0 0 0 112,132 160,165 238,757 229,237 168,725 272,196 390,370 326,083 457,801 281,540 299,140 346,209 268,103 296,461 328,374 247,935 216,089 276,054 446,226 464,426 681,811 800,563 744,397 681,161 583,141 588,564 755,872 542,694 589,989 611,888 835,594 753,147 461,874 353,074 262,395 252,050 330,760 421,042 198,292 410,625 0 0 0 22.23 24.52 19.56 17.87 19.56 21.84 28.62 38.56 33.39 49.17 46.16 50.05 79.53 80.74 79.27 74.24 76.89 76.16 73.97 79.06 89.24 85.20 95.51 103.10 101.28 95.63 75.78 113.24 95.97 72.28 62.27 60.51 78.54 86.00 71.10 82.58 62.28 61.44 47.57 48.48 Source: U.S. Department of Commerce 1965–2007. 9 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 7—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 10 96 98 111 104 106 136 130 164 325 332 264 312 257 310 414 522 468 473 553 423 424 747 918 1,047 1,002 886 761 617 582 536 567 568 538 282 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 177.86 211.88 242.67 220.36 260.23 278.19 290.19 401.51 324.62 332.62 301.01 301.26 314.01 308.35 329.03 345.41 346.21 364.27 424.64 449.31 491.47 580.01 637.48 648.97 687.84 660.69 609.74 62 63 68 66 70 76 89 100 144 174 152 155 124 129 99 107 139 117 152 121 106 193 234 330 348 300 271 244 236 238 267 299 201 99 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 195.96 262.75 267.93 228.52 280.33 291.17 309.81 471.86 361.19 360.84 308.04 297.07 322.95 323.13 348.17 370.78 363.75 302.90 438.20 472.43 529.45 635.89 704.12 692.72 748.39 762.45 657.84 9 3 5 6 2 12 10 22 105 79 52 95 92 118 211 271 173 237 223 162 184 355 458 426 366 293 254 209 161 146 149 148 63 25 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 98.99 166.56 205.45 191.93 217.02 242.18 266.70 371.57 310.48 322.81 291.53 317.28 304.50 313.75 320.86 343.77 348.28 403.99 416.25 424.13 415.66 539.22 639.14 641.22 642.48 713.26 728.43 25 32 38 33 34 47 32 43 76 78 60 62 41 63 104 144 156 119 177 140 134 199 226 291 288 294 236 163 185 152 151 120 274 158 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 176.10 178.33 224.26 224.40 275.88 320.55 294.06 395.90 324.13 318.31 313.02 284.66 317.24 289.26 325.01 321.98 323.32 408.18 421.18 449.84 531.85 544.22 531.39 579.33 593.20 573.92 560.64 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 7—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Seattle Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 (continued) Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 238 263 201 180 194 139 128 145 196 667.69 605.06 603.65 615.67 650.94 708.16 749.90 788.71 771.84 89 72 47 49 45 31 37 64 104 696.10 694.90 638.86 628.82 616.71 730.31 809.29 797.96 777.40 30 20 10 6 6 12 5 5 10 852.32 700.01 497.93 416.62 500.13 495.28 588.46 538.29 496.03 118 171 143 125 143 95 87 76 82 598.95 556.44 599.34 620.60 667.65 727.15 733.82 796.32 796.31 NA = not available. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce 1965–2007. 11 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Table 8—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 12 242 237 246 273 246 274 204 242 475 388 353 387 292 275 426 463 466 415 469 526 482 404 535 771 942 693 669 560 493 412 454 443 332 187 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 229.39 309.68 318.98 295.09 365.57 394.31 443.46 631.60 561.77 441.75 434.95 418.66 376.39 357.69 415.74 456.08 434.96 506.07 566.07 574.47 621.01 735.58 816.39 763.18 790.00 763.69 735.17 223 215 217 238 216 228 179 222 389 323 263 323 249 245 328 342 312 302 361 375 321 271 361 463 598 443 455 413 367 301 342 357 198 123 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 236.06 327.79 332.98 315.86 384.21 412.17 452.34 699.47 623.19 470.44 460.46 445.80 404.05 389.09 458.75 495.76 495.40 555.17 630.19 625.94 651.75 764.90 856.33 771.91 824.08 857.46 793.15 11 9 9 5 9 22 12 9 65 45 73 51 33 17 69 68 95 70 72 96 118 97 109 162 170 110 117 72 51 45 39 24 14 7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 112.13 188.54 223.32 216.16 225.95 236.43 265.25 393.73 357.18 379.24 292.09 272.89 259.55 265.39 299.18 345.85 373.35 428.19 448.56 438.65 480.55 575.84 661.62 630.34 635.64 546.54 568.05 8 13 20 29 21 24 13 11 21 20 16 13 10 13 29 53 59 44 37 55 43 36 65 145 173 141 98 75 75 66 73 62 121 56 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 189.95 349.63 306.82 315.10 449.34 469.56 499.35 542.65 426.36 390.55 486.70 478.61 391.65 375.97 406.41 420.01 311.29 412.88 456.02 497.84 587.10 700.60 739.60 793.66 655.26 636.06 630.70 Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 Table 8—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from the Columbia-Snake Customs District to all countries, by species, 1965–2007 (continued) Total Year Volume Douglas-fir Average value Volume Average value Western hemlock Volume Average value Other softwoods Volume Average value Million board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 201 201 111 69 61 52 24 26 36 757.15 744.92 765.45 713.31 721.59 834.77 808.96 838.57 659.18 136 138 84 41 33 33 10 12 12 819.71 837.92 785.14 750.72 823.03 946.86 1,187.10 1,164.87 993.00 15 14 5 8 11 5 4 1 1 634.94 531.41 386.60 422.54 370.22 363.63 355.60 614.39 807.79 51 49 22 19 17 14 9 14 23 624.50 543.71 775.77 759.88 746.24 751.05 596.29 573.18 474.54 NA = not available. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce 1965–2007. 13 14 1,918,578 1,966,836 1,819,760 2,040,381 1,831,821 2,062,934 1,662,483 1,985,962 1,614,694 1,735,849 1,859,458 1,268,830 1,714,208 1,862,836 1,945,657 2,036,853 1,944,177 1,837,759 1,773,547 1,740,340 1,491,475 2,094,394 1,876,085 1,790,538 599,527 1,931,649 124,078 131,359 113,985 59,333 161,107 66,447 61,852 31,883 18,922 23 12,326 24,665 20,523 8,969 3,582 0 0 Year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 314,346 296,528 317,393 358,069 295,218 367,393 298,849 262,267 287,848 305,767 326,002 230,006 268,450 372,649 390,267 318,056 336,430 260,715 295,243 276,669 236,592 386,494 286,167 289,044 222,795 269,703 94,537 70,198 43,974 37,560 72,291 319,093 179,294 115,978 92,888 63,493 55,614 110,040 191,225 201,727 214,629 237,614 286,868 East side Ponderosa 776,602 774,379 760,936 698,117 652,647 837,457 771,152 754,423 750,289 700,673 854,923 629,486 761,204 837,907 822,590 706,859 764,421 667,280 662,176 646,407 587,990 814,884 680,770 643,546 452,393 513,635 211,308 113,187 150,418 21,418 87,349 89,490 55,173 90,082 58,382 34,857 21,642 28,268 32,050 121,327 66,758 58,122 60,965 and Jeffrey pines 26,395 35,211 33,317 42,421 36,377 42,367 34,855 33,772 44,969 35,603 31,110 21,120 31,474 40,184 32,775 33,676 31,104 30,926 22,116 25,137 30,312 29,709 34,524 39,436 17,288 25,035 1,050 1,328 2,886 1,847 2,885 15,443 2,086 299 380 157 19 0 462 3,897 0 7 0 Sugar pine 38,855 37,706 58,417 34,938 83,936 90,768 42,750 29,637 16,525 24,696 30,931 28,891 22,352 15,461 15,367 14,773 10,725 11,902 11,005 11,670 11,366 20,618 10,593 10,917 5,891 6,581 561 695 178 332 985 824 2,560 535 898 0 0 19 25 25 24 127 19 White pine Engelmannn spruce Sitka spruce Western hemlock 40,571 49,107 111,995 71,794 92,132 125,942 42,135 95,781 124,607 62,862 81,713 60,821 109,875 63,415 138,898 122,721 125,794 130,687 129,753 144,280 109,264 93,677 80,925 136,398 69,981 158,096 86,157 73,563 20,082 31,501 31,194 34,968 17,884 41,860 33,223 15,880 35,418 23,311 22,887 13,394 13,919 33,937 27,325 9,122 10,819 11,377 12,695 7,729 23,387 16,028 9,967 7,870 7,149 12,955 7,453 7,961 23,894 16,149 20,047 11,121 17,560 15,462 12,365 19,164 21,984 27,906 39,222 30,314 24,965 11,480 1,600 4,356 1,816 1,568 1,870 82 47 196 7 669 0 958 12 819 1,334 454 16,069 7,196 12,725 14,025 9,890 12,161 17,050 11,956 18,410 13,690 16,842 4,824 14,097 14,592 15,321 19,775 17,828 13,430 7,025 8,389 11,981 14,166 9,573 10,232 2,358 3,360 322 251 61 45 176 279 1,186 937 7 10 0 1,094 5 294 0 0 0 718,479 755,726 609,780 745,522 671,723 699,558 628,716 688,977 653,910 677,822 745,569 576,844 708,569 676,873 796,519 671,012 711,204 673,672 564,168 536,458 413,541 698,341 495,796 330,541 100,717 278,068 41,324 39,227 7,272 9,454 29,358 32,291 24,553 17,235 10,241 182 7,954 11,408 33,855 23,232 20,323 19,021 36,795 Thousand board feet, Scribner scale Lodgepole pine Source: USDA Forest Service, 1965–2007; Includes Oregon and Washington and a small portion of northern California. West side Douglas-fir 99,165 116,614 96,234 112,993 110,919 124,067 96,814 115,783 102,885 72,024 110,711 71,443 105,596 105,477 129,712 126,567 115,513 122,696 116,264 95,038 75,697 123,268 103,239 99,038 33,950 71,847 8,551 6,696 3,596 3,126 8,012 3,326 2,243 2,204 1,450 1,283 1,093 1,133 4,451 2,871 4,040 2,514 4,430 Cedars Table 9—Volume of sawtimber sold on national forests, by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2007 58,424 67,216 31,748 28,986 33,099 85,265 43,817 34,217 28,005 21,214 28,548 36,670 21,400 33,929 38,265 38,537 62,210 26,674 30,969 18,682 33,608 46,364 34,841 66,308 38,834 69,441 25,920 9,452 2,350 10,251 7,953 12,484 3,374 1,142 2,375 38 678 4,165 11 188 68 356 97 Larch Noble fir 71,222 105,202 97,782 79,316 74,536 120,792 51,755 53,589 35,331 42,297 57,340 67,680 52,141 56,742 106,412 80,176 193,265 72,532 41,842 64,631 106,656 61,384 118,646 49,729 24,497 41,829 9,085 7,186 1,007 1,305 19,606 10,883 11,156 3,369 4,970 0 0 3,339 90 272 0 736 2,206 and Shasta red fir 324,017 401,666 362,242 358,078 392,745 479,973 363,324 412,988 419,943 451,138 334,672 253,979 352,265 468,281 496,967 477,542 506,357 420,896 516,251 439,762 367,335 421,708 397,108 407,048 200,921 384,564 152,952 69,772 47,025 27,009 51,284 128,497 50,661 89,777 36,114 37,894 28,276 31,942 37,639 68,296 58,978 63,186 38,617 true firs Other 4,424,132 4,683,387 4,374,499 4,637,869 4,363,143 5,128,462 4,094,686 4,517,127 4,133,468 4,175,910 4,515,556 3,281,382 4,182,983 4,591,047 4,971,797 4,694,220 4,739,430 4,303,374 4,201,457 4,054,833 3,531,908 4,859,978 4,206,502 4,267,356 1,982,321 4,270,541 799,445 534,968 412,700 222,121 499,871 769,512 452,332 413,415 278,439 155,084 170,771 170,771 352,337 456,744 387,988 417,101 461,018 All species GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 15 42.60 50.00 41.70 61.20 82.20 41.90 49.10 71.70 138.10 202.40 169.50 176.20 225.90 250.31 394.30 432.20 350.20 118.20 161.60 132.90 126.20 160.70 190.20 256.04 389.80 466.35 394.95 477.21 317.75 652.36 453.38 398.98 291.26 201.64 393.98 747.86 255.38 152.56 236.85 105.15 331.81 0 0 Year 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 10.20 11.80 9.60 20.10 32.20 8.40 4.40 15.60 60.40 68.20 34.30 38.60 71.20 98.50 81.70 70.80 94.00 5.80 37.60 43.00 32.20 34.10 46.00 83.52 161.60 149.07 110.03 183.78 254.53 307.87 143.57 267.68 284.50 199.64 202.87 123.20 127.66 189.52 146.15 138.35 161.00 146.30 110.61 East side Ponderosa 18.40 21.10 19.10 23.90 46.60 20.30 22.30 38.40 77.70 110.60 43.10 79.40 138.40 218.70 238.00 190.80 206.40 78.60 134.30 143.70 166.00 196.30 267.10 295.45 323.44 297.78 322.50 487.91 595.26 318.20 253.19 165.67 164.38 122.17 139.91 111.36 83.98 87.75 54.99 93.47 80.77 72.72 53.27 and Jeffrey pines 14.40 23.20 21.10 27.90 58.20 30.00 23.10 26.00 60.50 139.10 109.90 118.90 162.80 207.90 237.30 167.00 174.50 83.60 131.80 201.80 192.60 199.10 300.60 253.55 292.91 341.35 335.70 454.16 531.45 588.27 433.58 58.21 394.16 473.97 127.31 397.16 177.15 0 75.91 98.63 0 40.38 0 Sugar pine 22.00 24.60 24.60 30.10 56.70 37.30 22.30 35.80 50.70 121.00 84.40 116.00 142.70 123.70 181.90 102.80 100.60 50.00 74.30 93.20 109.30 116.70 220.10 236.83 272.66 262.42 187.53 239.47 518.59 763.67 488.33 328.74 250.67 233.02 270.75 0 0 10.00 125.86 274.46 206.34 262.63 393.55 White pine Engelmann spruce Sitka spruce 8.40 3.40 3.20 10.40 15.10 4.20 5.20 10.60 38.40 25.70 15.40 40.20 35.40 41.60 47.10 44.60 36.60 17.40 20.20 21.20 14.20 9.40 18.00 40.38 68.90 59.39 92.40 103.74 156.52 155.72 136.01 96.62 144.24 82.66 94.92 144.98 101.62 149.59 77.24 100.18 102.35 114.07 112.78 6.20 6.40 12.20 22.00 30.40 3.90 8.00 27.20 55.60 50.20 13.70 10.50 36.50 85.40 51.60 34.20 15.00 19.50 28.70 21.00 18.40 38.10 24.00 51.92 105.94 96.80 141.31 143.96 82.08 216.00 146.22 60.19 109.56 56.07 62.15 84.59 257.05 0 79.83 65.00 119.67 183.04 242.91 22.80 32.00 22.20 34.20 19.70 11.70 18.10 28.00 93.40 72.60 75.90 83.10 103.00 109.50 227.90 306.50 238.00 49.50 30.00 52.10 77.70 93.90 81.20 98.28 87.51 138.53 219.92 176.17 524.91 376.68 175.10 107.67 109.04 74.99 93.23 139.46 0 85.71 23.85 173.91 0 0 0 Dollars per thousand board feet Lodgepole pine 19.10 20.60 21.80 35.60 45.10 20.50 20.60 49.00 99.20 110.80 68.50 78.10 89.20 111.70 197.10 208.00 162.00 44.60 61.90 61.20 50.00 74.10 103.70 161.86 222.47 203.04 164.10 164.68 363.66 334.80 291.84 221.28 191.38 101.41 77.69 158.32 56.14 64.71 92.86 50.52 71.80 82.92 22.18 Western hemlock Source: USDA Forest Service 1965–2007, includes Oregon and Washington and a small portion of northern California. West side Douglas-fir 15.90 16.20 53.90 22.40 40.10 14.70 17.20 67.50 146.80 217.00 119.20 160.30 149.60 206.60 329.10 301.00 168.70 101.90 88.70 186.60 123.70 156.30 192.40 259.18 158.06 266.30 284.94 231.76 367.31 363.51 86.56 497.17 1,174.33 268.01 196.44 560.04 283.17 329.65 170.69 113.61 254.08 381.81 201.55 Cedars 8.90 9.20 8.50 18.30 30.40 10.90 5.30 13.50 53.90 11.00 5.80 20.30 62.10 56.40 90.50 43.60 69.70 37.50 31.80 42.50 50.60 48.50 46.30 80.74 132.73 141.66 94.24 258.95 352.47 482.19 271.48 217.49 156.28 218.60 278.23 65.16 156.14 177.18 120.00 86.83 284.29 275.99 280.37 Larch 20.90 28.80 20.40 38.60 46.10 15.10 24.60 100.20 81.40 136.20 117.70 105.60 128.90 122.50 211.30 241.80 147.30 28.40 42.40 92.60 57.60 84.30 101.90 134.21 203.00 407.83 279.49 193.34 341.51 449.81 285.36 204.30 227.50 165.08 273.58 0 0 24.43 633.41 75.29 0 253.00 79.12 and Shasta red fir Noble fir Table 10—Average stumpage prices for sawtimber sold on national forests, by selected species, Pacific Northwest Region, 1965–2007 10.20 12.40 12.90 31.20 42.60 11.80 12.20 33.00 73.80 80.90 45.10 55.00 85.10 99.10 189.80 167.90 103.80 40.00 58.30 43.50 41.20 47.70 63.70 89.94 149.42 161.08 142.37 183.42 333.72 250.13 217.78 139.36 128.18 84.17 127.35 97.38 62.38 62.63 47.50 74.85 91.22 85.79 98.25 true firs Other 27.50 31.50 28.00 42.40 58.80 26.70 30.10 53.20 102.80 142.40 101.60 113.20 153.80 185.00 270.00 285.50 230.60 80.20 112.50 94.60 101.40 127.90 161.50 206.40 268.37 330.00 224.61 309.12 407.96 394.14 295.34 231.78 240.46 139.30 180.67 120.63 116.31 158.74 121.36 107.31 130.60 123.24 95.94 All species Harvest, Employment, Exports, and Prices in Pacific Northwest Forests, 1965–2007 GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT PNW-GTR-770 Common Name Scientific Name Cedars Douglas-fir Juniperus spp. Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco Engelmann spruce Jeffrey pine Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf. Larch Lodgepole pine Larix spp. Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. Noble fir Ponderosa pine Abies procera Rehd. Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws. Shasta red fir Sitka spruce Abies shastensis (Lemmon) Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. Sugar pine True firs Pinus lambertiana Dougl. Abies spp. Western hemlock Whitebark pine Tsuga heterophylla (Rof.) Sarg. Pinus albicaulis Engelm. Metric Equivalents When you know: Multiply by: To get: Board feet (logs) 4.53 Cubic meters Board feet (lumber) Tons (short) 2.36 .907 Cubic meters Metric tons Literature Cited Aust, P. 2008. Personal communication. Economist, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Financial Management, MS: 47041, Olympia, WA 98504. Washington state timber harvest.Http://www.egov.oregon.gov/odf (5 May) Austin, J.W. 1968–70. Production, prices, employment, and trade in Northwest forest industries. Resour. Bull. 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