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Figure 1. Roundwood harvests in the US South by product (Sources: USDA Forest Service Timber Product Output Reports).
Figure 2. Roundwood production in the US South, selected products (Sources: USFS Timber Product Output Reports, see Appendix A for explanation of interpolation procedures).
Figure 3. Roundwood production in the US South, selected products (Sources: USDA Forest Service Timber Product Output Reports; see Appendix 1 for explanation of interpolation procedures).
Figure 4. Real stumpage prices in the US South by product (Source: Timber Mart South).
Figure 5. Hardwood pulpwood harvest and price in the US South (Source: Timber Mart South and various RPA Timber Product Output reports).
Figure 6. Softwood sawtimber harvest and price in the US South (Source: Timber Mart South and various RPA Timber Product Output reports).
Figure 7. Softwood pulpwood harvest and price in the US South (Source: Timber Mart South and various RPA Timber Product Output reports).
Figure 8. Engineered wood products production (Source: The Engineered Wood Association).
Figure 8. Distance in miles by county from the forested center of the county to the closest pulpmill or chipmill. Yellow dots are pulpmills and chipmills within the southern states. Note that the universe of all pulpmills and chipmills within the U.S. and a circuity factor of 1.4 were used in the distance calculation (Source: R. Huggett, preliminary findings, economics of biomass removals, USFS, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina).
Figure 10. US pulp output processing capacity, 1961-2000 (Source: Smith et al. 2003).
Figure 11. Pulp mill capacity in the US and US South, 1983-2003 (Sources: Forest Resources Association, USDA Southern Research Station, Pulp & Paper North American Factbook, Timber Mart South)
Figure 12. Pulp production for various countries, 1995 and 2002 (Sources: Pulp and Paper International, Paperloop.com).
Figure 13. Average annual rates of change in pulp production for various countries, 1995 to 2002 (Sources: Pulp and Paper International, Paperloop.com).
Figure 14. Kraft linerboard mills manufacturing costs, 2003 (Source: Jaakko Poyry Management Consulting).
Figure 15. Delivered coniferous pulpwood prices (Source: Wood Resources International).
Figure 16. Delivered non-coniferous pulpwood prices (Source: Wood Resources International).
Figure 17. Average distance in miles by county from the forested center of the county to the closest five sawmills within 150 miles. Yellow dots are sawmills within the southern states. Note that the universe of all sawmills within the U.S. were used in the distance calculation. (Source: R. Huggett, preliminary findings, economics of biomass removals, USFS Research Triangle Park, North Carolina)
Figure 18. Softwood sawmill capacity (Source: Spelter and Alderman, 2003).
Figure 19. Panel capacity in the US South (Source: McKeever and Spelter 1998).
Figure 20. Southern panel production (source: The Engineered Wood Association).
Figure 21. US broad dollar index (Source: US Federal Reserve).
Figure 22. US trade in wood pulp and the balance of trade (BOT) (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 23. Wood pulp imports into the US (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 24. Wood pulp imports into southern customs districts (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 25. Wood pulp imports into southern customs districts (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 26. Wood chips imports into the US (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 27. Wood chips imports into southern customs districts in dollars (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 28. Wood chips imports into southern customs districts in tons (Source: US International Trade Commission)
Figure 29. Wood chips imports into the US and the balance of trade (BOT) (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 31. US wood chips exports from southern customs districts in dollars (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 32. US wood chips exports from southern customs districts in tons (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 33. Sawnwood imports and the balance of trade (BOT) (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 34. Exports of US hardwood lumber to various regions (1989-2004). Source: FAS Website.
Figure 35. US lumber exports from southern customs districts (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 36. Particleboard, OSB and waferboard imports and the balance of trade (BOT) (Source: US International Trade Commission).
Figure 37. Change in forest area 1945-1992 by State (Source: USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) survey data).
Figure 39. Acres by forest management type (Source: FIA data summarized by Conner and Hartsell 2002).
Figure 39. Real prices of hardwood and softwood pulpwood in the US South (Source: Timber Mart South).
Figure 41. Total area planted in trees in the US South, all ownerships (industry, nonindustrial private, and public) and the industry ownership (Sources: 1945-1999: Robert F. Moulton (2000 [compiled from annual USDA Forest Service tree planting reports; including estimates by J. Prestemon for industry (Arkansas 1954; Florida 1981; Georgia 1954, 1982; Louisiana 1954, 1981; Mississippi 1954; Texas 1981)]; 2000-2004: Steve Chapman, Georgia Forestry Commission (2005)).
Figure 42. Total tree planting in the US South with estimates of both expansion and replacement planting (see Appendix A).
Figure 43. Forecast of the percent of industry timberland in a land conversion-value class in Georgia, 2010 (Source: Wear and Newman 2004).
