Forest Products Exports 1979 1987

Papers of the Third College of Forest Resources and Center for International Trade in Forest Products Symposium, Seattle, Wash., March 1987. They focus on regional trade actions and reactions in a global context, technical considerations of trade, and tropical countries as suppliers and consumers. I

Tables summarize volume and values of United States trade in wood products from 1978 to 2005. Import and export data are shown for 21 commodities aggregated from over 1,700 wood products. Data were obtained from an earlier report by Chmelik and others and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Trade in each commodity is delineated by trading partner and shipments through each of four regional aggregations of U.S. customs districts. Data show that the United States is a net importer of wood products and Canada is the dominant supplier.