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Figure 13.4--U.S. fiber consumption, by source, 1965 to 1998 (Personal communication. [2000]. Kenneth Skog, Project Leader, and Peter Ince, Research Forester, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705).

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Quantity in million metric tons dry weight:

Year	U.S. Timber Harvest	NFS Timber Harvest	Other Timber Harvest	Recycled Fiber	Log & Chip Imports	Product Imports	Wood & Product Imports	Non-Wood Materials
1965	171.3	26.1	145.3	10.2	1.6	15.9	17.6	3.3
1966	174.7	27.9	146.8	10.6	1.8	17.0	18.8	3.6
1967	171.1	24.5	146.6	9.9	2.0	16.3	18.3	3.6
1968	177.3	27.3	150.0	10.2	1.8	18.1	19.9	3.9
1969	174.3	26.5	147.8	12.0	1.3	19.4	20.7	4.2
1970	173.2	25.5	147.7	11.8	1.6	18.1	19.7	4.2
1971	176.9	23.5	153.4	12.1	1.6	20.5	22.0	4.3
1972	181.9	27.2	154.6	12.9	1.3	23.4	24.6	4.7
1973	188.2	29.5	158.7	14.1	1.4	23.9	25.3	5.0
1974	181.5	26.8	154.7	14.0	1.3	20.9	22.2	4.9
1975	161.8	23.0	138.9	11.7	1.1	16.4	17.5	4.2
1976	182.3	24.5	157.8	13.6	1.4	20.7	22.1	4.8
1977	194.2	25.5	168.7	14.1	1.9	23.8	25.6	5.1
1978	207.9	26.4	181.5	14.8	2.1	26.8	28.9	5.2
1979	223.2	25.8	197.4	15.4	1.9	26.3	28.2	5.4
1980	223.1	22.5	200.5	14.9	2.1	23.3	25.4	5.3
1981	213.5	19.8	193.7	15.0	1.9	23.0	24.9	5.3
1982	213.1	16.3	196.8	14.4	1.8	22.7	24.5	5.0
1983	232.9	26.8	206.1	15.6	2.3	27.1	29.4	5.6
1984	244.7	27.7	217.0	16.7	2.4	30.9	33.3	5.9
1985	241.7	29.4	212.2	16.4	1.0	32.9	33.9	5.8
1986	257.0	32.0	225.0	17.9	0.9	33.3	34.2	6.2
1987	267.1	31.5	235.6	18.7	0.7	35.6	36.3	6.5
1988	271.4	32.4	239.0	19.7	1.0	34.6	35.6	6.8
1989	269.7	30.4	239.4	20.2	0.9	34.0	34.9	6.8
1990	268.3	24.8	243.4	21.7	0.7	32.2	32.9	7.0
1991	260.1	20.9	239.2	23.7	0.7	30.2	30.9	7.0
1992	265.3	17.7	247.6	26.2	0.6	33.3	33.9	7.4
1993	261.5	14.8	246.7	28.0	1.0	37.6	38.6	7.5
1994	267.3	12.1	255.2	30.7	0.7	40.4	41.1	7.9
1995	266.2	10.0	256.2	31.4	1.1	42.8	43.9	8.0
1996	262.9	9.2	253.6	34.0	1.2	42.9	44.2	8.0
1997	261.8	9.1	252.6	35.2	1.1	45.9	47.0	8.4
1998	259.2	9.3	250.0	36.3	0.7	48.5	49.2	8.4