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	U.S. softwood lumber production (Million board feet)	Million ft², 3/8-inch basis

Year	Total softwood lumber	Western region^b	Southern pine region	Other softwoods	U.S. softwood structural panel board production^c
1965		20,304			12,447
1966		20,042			13,054
1967		19,309			12,958
1968		20,908			14,694
1969		19,794			13,694
1970		19,076			14,277
1971		20,631			16,635
1972		21,830			18,324
1973		22,267			18,305
1974		19,425			15,878
1975		17,773			16,050
1976		20,112			18,440
1977		21,105			19,677
1978		20,780			19,936
1979		20,025			20,022
1980		16,017			16,573
1981		14,869			17,073
1982	23,787	13,724	8,754	1,309	17,150
1983	29,726	18,002	10,181	1,543	20,926
1984	31,174	18,985	10,674	1,515	22,446
1985	31,321	19,068	10,730	1,523	23,129
1986	35,273	21,915	11,678	1,680	25,911
1987	38,235	23,942	12,473	1,820	27,752
1988	38,130	23,638	12,676	1,816	27,567
1989	37,545	23,212	12,544	1,789	27,153
1990	35,791	21,175	12,911	1,705	27,770
1991	33,161	19,075	12,507	1,579	24,539
1992	34,526	18,782	14,106	1,638	25,308
1993	33,077	17,366	14,134	1,577	25,873
1994	33,936	17,550	14,770	1,616	26,788
1995	31,915	15,665	14,731	1,519	26,766
1996	33,812	16,811	15,163	1,838	27,787
1997	34,720	16,818	16,013	1,889	27,151
1998	34,740	16,782	16,057	1,901	29,128
1999	36,534	17,744	16,642	2,150	29,034
2000	35,884	17,154	16,619	2,111	29,381
2001	34,206	16,765	15,428	2,013	27,653
2002	35,832	17,039	16,685	2,108	28,626
2003	35,879	17,146	16,624	2,110	28,321
2004	38,314	18,762	17,306	2,246	28,936
2005	40,336	19,400	18,564	2,371	29,315
2006	38,726	17,983	18,696	2,047	28,383
2007	34,062	15,648	16,613	1,801	27,006
2008	28,707	12,875	14,313	1,519	23,241

a Structural panel board includes plywood, waferboard, and oriented strand board (OSB) from 1983 to 2008. Before 1983, statistics refer to U.S. plywood production.

b Prior to 1982 lumber production data were only published for the Western region, which includes western Oregon and Washington, Inland region, and California redwood region.

c Structural panel production totals from 1977 to 2000 are different from those in Table 5 owing to different data sources.

Source: Western Wood Products Association, Portland, OR (lumber); American Plywood Association, Tacoma, WA (panels).

Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries. All Years.

Table 1—U.S. softwood lumber and structural panel board production, 1965-2008^a

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Production, Prices, Employment, and Trade in Northwest Forest Industries. All Years.

Table 1—U.S. softwood lumber and structural panel board production, 1965-2008a

Table 1—U.S. softwood lumber and structural panel board production, 1965-2008^a