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

Table 53—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports from southern California ports by species and destination, 1965-2008^a

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	(Thousand board feet; value in dollars per thousand board feet)

Total Year	Total Volume	Douglas-fir Average valueb	Douglas-fir Volume	Average value	Other Softwoods Volume	Other Softwoods Average value
1965	79,613		69,969		9,644
1966	27,709		15,645		12,064
1967	33,971		16,682		17,289
1968	37,436		16,551		20,885
1969	38,930		15,847		23,083
1970	45,405		18,751		26,654
1971	42,446		15,086		27,360
1972	56,599		23,938		32,661
1973	52,608		19,599		33,009
1974	46,514		18,684		27,830
1975	56,759		23,596		33,163
1976	61,256		23,078		38,178
1977	72,588		26,895		45,693
1978	74,347		27,661		46,686
1979	81,372		20,388		60,984
1980	95,641		24,830		70,811
1981	109,451		18,809		90,642
1982	71,212		7,491		63,721
1983	35,727		2,603		33,124
1984	78,630	244.78	2,979	277.61	75,651	243.49
1985	95,765	284.83	2,067	340.59	93,698	283.59
1986	118,473	254.78	2,523	332.94	115,950	253.08
1987	152,754	240.57	1,148	286.59	151,606	240.23
1988	260,543	242.85	2,635	331.69	257,908	241.94
1989	250,680	366.26	4,251	368.38	246,429	366.22
1990	335,646	320.29	17,056	327.16	318,590	319.92
1991	478,096	267.15	29,197	317.60	448,899	263.87
1992	223,870	637.44	44,288	372.31	179,582	702.82
1993	176,378	728.08	21,542	557.00	154,836	751.88
1994	144,819	596.57	22,445	459.88	122,374	621.64
1995	73,253	547.06	5,710	426.44	67,543	557.26
1996	83,953	428.82	5,128	613.45	78,825	416.81
1997	104,410	408.21	6,526	562.72	97,884	397.91
1998	102,512	406.60	10,989	249.40	91,524	425.47
1999	120,100	380.48	8,269	390.70	111,832	379.72
2000	134,728	390.62	7,558	517.96	127,169	383.05
2001	118,952	401.97	8,785	379.91	110,167	403.73
2002	125,067	397.32	12,108	367.47	112,959	400.51
2003	117,356	405.45	13,347	318.54	104,008	416.61
2004	117,298	456.80	15,211	378.79	102,087	468.42
2005	145,641	524.31	18,133	445.91	127,508	535.45
2006	120,159	662.42	13,253	600.39	106,906	670.11
2007	117,993	707.09	13,001	737.40	104,992	703.34
2008	118,453	639.67	12,127	750.00	106,326	620.59
1965	107		86		21
1966	4		4		0
1967	6		0		6
1968	232		133		99
1969	479		18		461
1970	0		0		0
1971	1,156		0		1,156
1972	1,578		12		1,566
1973	264		--		264
1974	64		--		64
1975	119		--		119
1976	377		--		377
1977	172		73		99
1978	471		--		471
1979	739		--		739
1980	2,330		237		2,093
1981	1,477		360		1,117
1982	290		12		278
1983	2,699		22		2,677
1984	410	509.76	0	--	410	509.76
1985	149	557.05	0	--	149	557.05
1986	167	508.98	0	--	167	508.98
1987	606	613.86	21	809.52	585	606.84
1988	3,719	222.37	26	846.15	3,693	217.98
1989	10,361	409.81	1,050	318.10	9,311	420.15
1990	11,765	423.88	725	384.83	11,040	426.45
1991	8,884	442.37	113	566.37	8,771	440.77
1992	4,601	553.58	601	357.74	4,000	583.00
1993	5,435	564.67	1,444	653.74	3,991	532.45
1994	3,398	487.20	736	565.20	2,662	465.64
1995	2,698	520.76	265	875.47	2,433	482.12
1996	6,227	483.24	551	1,392.39	5,676	395.01
1997	11,502	508.26	775	1,474.77	10,726	438.40
1998	3,228	621.81	109	953.58	3,118	610.18
1999	3,423	534.37	81	892.54	3,342	525.74
2000	2,914	573.04	219	1,038.83	2,695	703.94
2001	1,860	794.75	27	974.15	1,833	792.14
2002	1,148	860.36	0	--	1,148	860.36
2003	1,307	570.02	0	--	1,307	570.02
2004	917	869.18	10	1,365.21	907	863.26
2005	465	1,250.01	67	934.23	397	1,308.59
2006	228	1,197.06	50	1,025.28	178	1,242.24
2007	826	1,255.21	31	672.33	795	1,277.68
2008	1,426	847.59	32	1,118.24	1,394	841.21

a - Southern California includes the San Diego and Los Angeles Customs Districts and all ports south of Monterey, CA.

b - Average values added in 1984.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.