Pacific Northwest Research Station

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

Table 64—Volume and average value of softwood lumber exports to Canada from the Great Falls Custom District, 1968-2008^a

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

Year	Total Volume	Total Average valueb	Douglas-fir Volume	Douglas-fir Average value	Western hemlock Volume	Western hemlock Average value	Other Softwoods Volume	Other Softwoods Average value
1968	10,212		4,695		648		4,869
1969	11,371		4,544		690		6,137
1970	10,794		6,424		32		4,338
1971	12,417		4,660		800		6,957
1972	16,360		6,391		1,595		8,374
1973	47,727		30,526		3,334		13,867
1974	29,146		9,618		3,602		15,926
1975	50,226		12,745		4,516		32,965
1976	56,451		19,050		3,521		33,880
1977	46,488		12,660		3,463		30,365
1978	44,441	298.44	12,691	227.64	2,276	292.62	29,474	329.38
1979	61,243	296.26	22,067	263.65	1,632	363.97	37,544	312.46
1980	51,200	250.39	14,030	245.76	1,824	314.69	35,346	248.94
1981	79,210	231.73	18,196	259.12	1,308	336.39	59,706	221.10
1982	46,508	231.62	8,595	263.76	690	340.58	37,223	222.20
1983	66,943	235.01	12,534	260.17	852	327.46	53,557	227.66
1984	52,655	190.01	7,898	274.75	683	342.61	44,074	172.46
1985	34,277	241.56	8,582	270.10	394	329.95	25,301	230.50
1986	34,429	245.35	8,210	284.90	752	355.05	25,467	229.36
1987	31,315	272.65	9,853	312.90	389	372.75	21,073	251.98
1988	31,333	294.35	10,180	298.72	640	343.75	20,513	290.65
1989	32,409	340.92	8,842	368.92	781	355.95	22,786	329.54
1990	44,262	407.23	18,405	399.51	839	671.04	25,018	404.07
1991	18,608	510.26	7,014	618.76	193	694.30	11,401	440.40
1992	16,119	573.49	8,158	662.54	655	716.03	7,306	461.27
1993	16,669	625.05	8,656	728.74	769	756.83	7,244	487.16
1994	11,750	635.06	6,138	719.13	339	634.22	5,273	537.27
1995	13,636	551.63	5,839	653.02	772	624.35	7,025	459.36
1996	12,804	592.79	4,575	716.13	1,071	565.02	7,158	518.13
1997	17,370	574.27	7,595	643.85	854	731.12	8,921	500.01
1998	17,454	657.76	3,112	694.55	7	1,173.45	14,336	649.53
1999	10,367	702.40	2,635	762.91	14	388.76	7,718	682.32
2000	9,713	706.96	3,172	741.76	19	605.10	6,522	688.31
2001	8,303	654.85	2,964	611.50	31	400.73	5,307	680.57
2002	9,997	634.37	4,045	654.34	41	764.74	5,911	619.86
2003	7,777	619.59	2,414	693.61	69	554.97	5,293	573.55
2004	6,697	706.49	2,852	831.54	69	551.16	3,776	614.90
2005	9,523	769.70	5,323	896.56	36	520.16	4,164	609.71
2006	8,794	720.27	4,616	793.24	98	326.82	4,080	647.32
2007	11,120	664.43	4,430	716.81	145	378.13	6,545	635.31
2008	10,650	611.89	4,767	689.65	638	414.33	5,245	547.89

a - Great Falls Customs District includes all ports in Montana and Idaho.

b - Average values added in 1978.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce.