Changes in Postwar U.S. Lumber Consumption Patterns

This paper summarizes post World War II trends in key U.S. lumber markets including residential and nonresidential construction, manufacturing, and shipping. It enumerates changes in technology and competition among substitute products that have caused lumber use to decline in per unit terms for most applications. Data from numerous previous market studies have been compiled and used to estimate use rates of lumber in various markets between 1948 and 1981.

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