Pacific Northwest Research Station

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

Table 52—Average value of softwood lumber exports from Seattle and Columbia Snake Customs by species and destination, 1972-2008^a

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(Dollars per thousand board feet)

From Both Customs Districts

From Seattle Customs District

From Columbia-Snake Customs District

Year	Total	Douglas-fir	Western hemlock	Other soft- woods	Total	Douglas-fir	Western hemlock	Other soft-woods	Total	Douglas-fir	Western hemlock	Other soft-woods
1972	208.54	223.60	102.74	179.03	177.86	195.96	98.99	176.10	229.39	236.06	112.13	189.95
1973	269.96	310.24	174.98	215.55	211.88	262.75	166.56	178.33	309.68	327.79	188.54	349.63
1974	283.80	310.19	211.88	241.28	242.67	267.93	205.45	224.26	318.98	332.98	223.32	306.82
1975	263.14	283.95	206.11	243.68	220.36	228.52	191.93	224.40	295.09	315.86	216.16	315.10
1976	318.61	350.52	220.15	306.38	260.23	280.33	217.02	275.88	365.57	384.21	225.95	449.34
1977	340.02	371.97	240.66	350.99	278.19	291.17	242.18	320.55	394.31	412.17	236.43	469.55
1978	362.29	403.55	266.51	329.76	290.19	309.81	266.70	294.06	443.46	452.34	265.25	499.35
1979	518.36	639.18	377.08	427.85	401.51	471.86	371.57	395.90	631.60	699.47	393.73	542.65
1980	436.14	560.96	319.83	351.55	324.62	361.19	310.48	324.13	561.77	623.19	357.18	426.36
1981	387.06	436.65	342.81	338.11	332.62	360.84	322.81	318.31	441.75	470.44	379.24	390.55
1982	366.89	424.78	291.66	359.59	303.23	304.87	291.53	313.02	442.78	471.22	292.09	486.70
1983	346.29	383.95	306.32	311.15	301.26	297.07	317.28	284.66	339.31	420.63	272.89	478.61
1984	348.57	384.22	287.76	338.19	314.01	322.95	304.50	317.24	376.39	404.05	259.55	391.65
1985	334.58	372.74	294.92	310.36	308.35	323.13	313.75	289.26	357.69	389.09	265.39	375.97
1986	359.46	412.71	316.20	337.53	329.03	348.17	320.86	325.01	415.74	458.75	299.18	406.41
1987	386.08	446.59	344.17	343.82	345.31	370.78	343.77	321.98	456.08	495.76	345.85	420.01
1988	383.85	440.63	355.20	319.32	346.21	363.75	348.28	323.32	434.96	495.40	373.35	311.29
1989	429.87	448.10	411.67	409.95	364.37	302.90	403.99	408.18	506.07	555.17	428.19	412.88
1990	486.71	551.80	425.06	432.48	424.64	436.20	416.25	421.18	566.07	630.19	448.56	456.02
1991	507.90	568.60	428.71	463.98	449.31	472.43	424.13	449.84	574.47	625.94	438.65	497.84
1992	553.11	606.26	432.29	549.31	491.47	529.45	415.66	531.85	621.01	651.75	480.55	587.10
1993	651.38	714.42	548.01	589.51	580.01	635.89	539.22	544.22	735.58	764.90	575.84	700.60
1994	715.26	789.16	644.46	594.19	637.48	704.12	639.14	531.39	816.39	856.33	661.82	739.60
1995	699.76	737.18	638.95	649.10	648.97	692.72	641.22	579.33	763.18	771.91	630.34	793.66
1996	732.63	789.55	641.52	614.38	687.84	748.39	642.48	593.20	790.00	824.08	635.64	655.26
1997	700.01	809.50	683.28	592.99	660.69	762.45	713.26	573.92	763.69	857.46	546.54	636.06
1998	659.74	732.87	692.11	579.10	609.74	657.84	728.43	560.64	735.17	793.15	568.05	630.70
1999	708.62	770.58	781.88	606.61	667.69	696.10	852.32	598.95	757.15	819.71	634.94	624.50
2000	665.73	789.07	630.82	553.60	605.06	694.90	700.01	556.44	744.92	837.92	531.41	543.71
2001	661.46	732.53	460.70	623.12	603.65	638.86	497.93	599.35	765.45	785.14	386.60	775.77
2002	642.65	684.16	419.96	639.59	615.67	628.82	416.62	620.60	713.31	750.72	422.54	759.88
2003	667.87	704.82	415.61	676.02	650.94	616.71	500.13	667.65	721.59	823.03	370.22	746.24
2004	742.92	841.32	454.20	730.24	708.16	730.31	495.28	727.15	834.77	946.86	363.63	751.05
2005	759.06	892.22	473.94	721.18	749.90	809.29	588.46	733.82	808.96	1187.10	355.60	596.29
2006	796.29	854.41	540.79	761.31	788.71	797.96	538.29	796.32	838.57	1164.87	614.39	573.18
2007	754.63	800.23	508.87	727.45	771.84	777.40	496.03	796.81	659.18	993.00	807.79	474.64
2008	736.13	758.12	507.13	769.96	722.65	734.72	476.48	777.30	830.35	936.88	674.99	722.00
1972	146.85	183.16	108.34	176.11	146.56	178.24	103.02	188.79	147.35	184.14	120.11	141.32
1973	204.26	198.89	191.64	314.19	194.09	186.88	190.83	260.23	218.49	209.81	193.15	349.39
1974	221.96	228.74	210.08	231.13	217.74	226.46	206.72	229.73	226.23	230.47	215.35	232.32
1975	188.89	155.39	202.62	313.48	188.14	167.70	182.71	533.56	189.45	146.27	220.23	256.41
1976	220.76	204.96	218.97	315.40	223.82	232.17	209.63	337.05	214.14	168.59	246.94	391.56
1977	243.68	249.38	240.35	250.06	246.50	266.64	240.37	256.19	235.40	231.45	240.28	239.31
1978	299.96	393.04	266.25	314.88	293.87	396.05	263.56	332.17	340.64	385.92	316.02	268.52
1979	418.26	491.38	376.08	495.86	407.98	488.99	372.67	480.04	445.53	495.01	388.04	529.21
1980	353.02	391.89	332.12	405.92	346.43	391.76	326.23	411.03	372.09	392.01	355.34	391.88
1981	357.26	436.99	321.23	417.97	357.88	428.98	322.83	433.00	356.32	444.04	318.60	318.77
1982	312.11	315.93	297.27	371.19	286.72	281.02	275.85	347.61	359.52	343.82	370.45	420.45
1983	307.05	293.92	303.49	337.21	310.94	278.08	310.68	340.15	297.76	310.26	281.80	328.89
1984	298.34	309.46	282.83	327.05	304.59	300.27	296.79	326.71	289.18	317.31	260.35	327.80
1985	299.79	297.00	295.11	316.90	309.71	284.35	311.73	316.57	286.89	302.88	268.96	317.62
1986	330.61	343.67	313.43	377.88	332.26	339.32	317.73	379.56	325.89	350.29	298.45	372.66
1987	355.32	375.28	342.77	372.54	352.98	377.15	342.34	363.69	363.38	369.64	344.84	399.53
1988	341.44	318.30	355.78	337.06	338.07	323.32	348.29	329.50	348.45	311.14	373.90	355.69
1989	381.14	322.46	413.36	433.71	349.60	249.85	407.32	419.66	443.32	451.02	425.86	465.15
1990	441.33	445.24	423.79	466.47	427.23	439.38	414.21	436.55	470.88	452.49	448.00	568.44
1991	456.49	457.60	430.77	500.40	444.07	453.40	426.52	463.18	476.12	461.59	439.47	592.02
1992	510.10	532.54	439.57	584.62	487.96	522.31	424.53	558.91	540.90	540.13	482.35	647.85
1993	622.54	651.52	565.53	621.72	589.58	638.04	563.55	559.46	665.65	660.62	571.27	795.33
1994	715.51	796.85	659.65	579.34	669.17	798.01	660.21	475.73	775.88	795.99	657.99	804.50
1995	744.85	832.65	651.59	637.44	707.77	857.47	657.45	535.02	789.99	815.75	630.27	802.58
1996	770.46	852.42	664.40	584.54	746.83	867.56	671.04	554.21	797.62	841.84	626.53	626.93
1997	717.98	899.17	732.56	574.70	700.77	923.11	773.48	551.71	745.55	875.57	549.90	619.77
1998	639.77	723.60	759.45	546.04	605.18	739.77	883.23	498.27	689.33	711.64	533.32	675.31
1999	723.62	768.70	894.56	625.83	675.70	731.61	977.86	579.93	772.81	792.29	785.60	717.77
2000	758.57	848.84	690.37	641.78	666.33	808.38	632.70	605.84	852.98	863.47	828.07	800.04
2001	691.57	776.58	524.61	612.92	613.79	755.39	532.07	577.47	782.98	783.11	466.29	794.92
2002	692.76	739.39	328.82	658.84	658.55	728.95	241.96	631.98	757.87	748.85	844.70	777.59
2003	649.95	740.38	478.21	596.63	593.38	734.18	488.30	556.77	771.77	744.15	451.61	861.91
2004	753.22	827.03	586.19	697.52	692.32	797.21	586.78	670.14	841.90	837.08	583.70	872.30
2005	707.70	872.84	1,484.75	615.38	696.40	871.43	1,484.75	609.53	868.63	882.92	--	829.82
2006	795.71	897.44	620.32	639.87	781.49	899.55	595.23	607.69	899.23	883.90	1,026.09	930.66
2007	813.88	802.89	748.89	840.05	824.13	802.43	746.12	908.83	669.24	813.73	858.53	555.80
2008	805.15	789.81	724.60	938.67	804.59	787.68	719.11	938.26	809.11	803.26	826.20	947.71
1972	145.81	154.44	109.13	143.25	145.81	154.44	109.13	143.25	--	--	--	--
1973	182.24	192.12	120.04	185.34	182.24	192.12	120.04	185.34	--	--	--	--
1974	205.78	223.84	196.55	183.58	202.89	219.18	196.55	183.40	312.23	312.23	--	300.03
1975	189.59	200.09	199.95	175.20	189.59	200.09	199.95	175.20	--	--	--	--
1976	243.28	257.29	245.57	227.11	243.28	257.29	245.57	227.11	--	--	--	--
1977	237.20	205.68	272.32	286.43	237.20	205.68	272.32	286.43	--	--	--	--
1978	186.31	152.21	240.99	234.59	186.20	151.99	240.99	234.59	536.67	536.67	--	--
1979	333.39	384.39	331.18	298.58	333.28	384.39	331.18	298.58	--	--	--	--
1980	263.66	285.72	252.59	251.96	263.66	285.72	252.59	251.96	--	--	--	--
1981	281.69	298.64	301.46	241.23	271.69	298.64	301.46	241.23	--	--	--	--
1982	263.51	268.80	317.76	248.85	263.51	268.80	317.73	248.85	--	--	--	--
1983	258.69	277.81	338.73	234.41	258.69	277.81	338.73	234.41	--	--	--	--
1984	285.03	286.43	335.28	277.22	285.03	286.43	335.28	277.22	--	--	--	--
1985	266.13	297.82	342.38	230.43	266.09	297.74	342.38	230.43	590.00	590.00	--	--
1986	268.74	324.25	334.44	220.66	268.74	324.25	334.44	220.66	--	--	--	--
1987	278.27	336.66	355.65	231.25	278.27	336.66	355.65	231.25	--	--	--	--
1988	324.13	354.08	350.05	289.72	324.13	354.08	350.05	289.72	--	--	--	--
1989	364.72	389.50	360.04	337.73	364.72	389.50	360.04	337.73	--	--	--	--
1990	379.68	378.21	429.50	371.74	379.68	378.21	429.50	371.74	--	--	--	--
1991	443.16	480.47	412.57	380.61	443.16	480.47	412.57	380.61	--	--	--	--
1992	482.00	517.79	438.43	422.19	482.00	517.79	438.43	422.19	--	--	--	--
1993	543.06	612.11	424.62	434.42	543.06	612.11	424.62	434.42	--	--	--	--
1994	501.24	513.52	535.36	469.17	501.24	513.52	535.36	469.17	--	--	--	--
1995	445.16	447.71	419.21	442.97	445.16	447.71	419.21	442.97	--	--	--	--
1996	482.73	490.28	428.70	469.89	482.73	490.28	428.70	469.89	--	--	--	--
1997	558.96	526.40	672.38	601.50	558.96	526.40	672.38	601.50	--	--	--	--
1998	592.93	461.36	604.30	704.65	592.93	461.36	604.30	704.65	--	--	--	--
1999	649.78	566.33	605.61	695.97	649.78	566.33	605.61	695.97	--	--	--	--
2000	588.90	540.38	542.97	618.49	588.90	540.38	542.97	618.49	--	--	--	--
2001	578.43	511.21	491.49	615.66	578.43	511.21	491.49	615.66	--	--	--	--
2002	617.29	483.24	471.70	687.66	617.29	483.24	471.70	687.66	--	--	--	--
2003	675.40	548.55	490.86	730.81	675.40	548.55	490.86	730.81	--	--	--	--
2004	694.97	707.93	402.68	745.06	694.97	707.93	402.68	745.06	--	--	--	--
2005	704.54	720.41	887.79	698.35	704.54	720.41	887.79	698.35	--	--	--	--
2006	690.27	610.68	496.02	771.17	690.27	610.68	496.02	771.17	--	--	--	--
2007	645.42	548.35	443.44	732.54	645.42	548.35	443.33	732.54	--	--	--	--
2008	649.52	525.74	434.52	782.91	649.52	525.74	434.52	782.91	--	--	--	--
1981	283.78	286.62	750.00	104.17	271.64	447.15	750.00	104.17	284.30	284.30	--	--
1982	256.67	256.67	--	--	--	--	--	--	256.67	256.67	--	--
1983	321.62	321.62	--	--	--	--	--	--	321.62	321.62	--	--
1984	273.48	260.85	333.33	319.66	--	--	--	--	273.48	260.85	333.33	319.66
1985	273.54	262.14	260.70	559.94	460.67	--	--	460.67	272.56	262.14	260.70	573.71
1986	203.90	216.46	186.87	205.13	186.87	--	186.87	--	215.85	216.46	--	205.13
1987	301.28	298.28	--	362.59	386.69	439.39	--	362.59	295.04	295.04	--	--
1988	394.66	--	347.46	395.81	347.46	--	347.46	--	395.81	--	--	395.81
1989	408.67	390.63	562.30	403.63	432.43	400.00	354.84	484.76	407.23	388.89	1,020.62	400.67
1990	422.71	--	370.37	424.63	330.58	--	370.37	298.51	430.64	--	--	430.64
1991	508.85	--	--	508.85	508.85	--	--	508.85	--	--	--	--
1992	434.30	372.41	439.32	434.63	372.41	372.41	--	--	437.28	--	439.32	434.63
1993	388.89	368.89	440.56	326.09	388.89	368.89	440.56	326.09	--	--	--	--
1994	402.21	--	405.71	395.83	402.21	--	405.71	395.83	--	--	--	--
1995	472.56	897.44	--	415.22	415.22	--	--	415.22	897.44	897.44	--	--
1996	627.25	915.25	--	588.64	627.25	915.25	--	588.64	--	--	--	--
1997	1,351.63	--	--	1,315.63	1,354.79	--	--	1,354.79	867.92	--	--	867.92
1998	642.65	--	1,272.11	476.34	674.02	--	1,272.11	475.11	484.30	--	--	484.30
1999	585.13	333.33	--	587.78	481.26	333.33	--	482.48	1,029.54	--	--	1,029.54
2000	1,038.39	458.33	469.88	1,107.04	1,011.17	458.33	469.88	1,093.50	1,154.81	--	--	1,154.81
2001	712.10	--	--	712.10	736.85	--	--	736.85	656.19	--	--	656.27
2002	580.44	--	--	580.44	595.32	--	--	595.32	487.94	--	--	487.94
2003	742.61	304.49	200.00	780.90	741.53	298.03	200.00	768.47	776.36	317.95	--	2,480.77
2004	710.09	1,015.62	2,050.00	704.24	863.81	1,000.00	2,050.00	856.41	559.42	1,040.00	--	556.37
2005	585.31	1,086.96	1,125.00	578.27	646.57	1,176.47	--	637.37	507.74	833.33	1,125.00	504.23
2006	695.06	823.53	1,222.22	691.86	749.48	--	1,222.22	724.14	688.81	823.53	--	688.63
2007	643.70	1,016.18	696.97	618.12	712.20	893.94	671.57	702.24	577.35	1,225.23	717.05	537.78
2008	666.36	672.36	550.88	707.52	622.21	691.25	567.33	632.48	720.34	588.43	531.63	791.51

a - Includes lumber classified as railroad crossties and not specified by species.

b - China data begins in 1981.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce. Data are compiled from records at the end of each quarter.