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	(Thousand square feet; value in dollars per thousand square feet)
	All California	Northern California^a		Southern California^b
	All plywood	Softwood 3/8-inch basis	Hardwood surface measure	Softwood 3/8-inch basis	Hardwood surface measure

Year	Volume	Average value^c	Volume	Average value	Volume	Average value	Volume	Average value	Volume	Average value
1964	2,442		2,413		2		26		1
1965	6,195		3,101		79		2,639		376
1966	9,733		4,291		426		4,388		628
1967	11,620		5,739		186		5,207		488
1968	9,926		4,790		45		5,091		0
1969	12,758		8,362		5		3,983		408
1970	8,593		4,338		373		3,231		651
1971	11,440		4,303		139		5,896		1,102
1972	15,429		6,633		668		5,941		2,187
1973	16,562		8,186		698		4,358		3,320
1974	18,177		4,985		305		7,978		4,909
1975	19,619		7,874		542		6,311		4,892
1976	19,969		10,085		92		4,681		5,111
1977	9,198		5,148		646		1,818		1,586
1978	5,553	353.68	2,350	325.53	899	877.64	964	207.47	1,340	156.72
1979	5,934	303.00	1,638	330.89	871	469.58	1,946	249.74	1,479	244.08
1980	9,054	296.66	1,414	335.93	849	307.42	3,546	274.96	3,245	300.46
1981	9,349	289.12	2,424	312.71	487	492.81	2,830	238.52	3,608	285.48
1982	7,464	415.46	3,026	264.04	1,364	1,095.31	1,557	260.76	1,517	265.00
1983	8,117	272.51	3,442	306.22	974	219.71	1,319	195.60	2,382	287.99
1984	9,405	310.05	2,608	332.44	513	395.71	1,629	254.76	4,655	307.41
1985	15,504	332.69	6,239	257.57	325	280.00	1,720	227.91	7,220	424.93
1986	27,563	235.13	4,231	268.73	548	167.88	10,977	186.48	11,807	271.45
1987	24,096	286.73	2,653	308.33	275	280.00	7,588	206.38	13,580	327.54
1988	41,865	239.89	4,791	223.75	843	196.92	15,664	208.38	20,567	269.41
1989	41,919	197.67	6,322	245.18	674	229.97	15,414	178.67	19,509	196.17
1990	65,513	179.20	3,365	295.10	1,104	221.01	28,254	194.24	32,790	152.94
1991	109,426	167.31	2,909	248.88	1,000	256.00	72,564	163.21	32,953	166.45
1992	119,871	152.73	2,135	251.05	1,407	148.54	76,300	147.97	40,029	156.71
1993	84,760	215.76	1,186	236.09	947	353.75	61,382	208.19	21,245	230.36
1994	89,402	202.69	1,223	375.31	49	408.16	65,046	178.18	23,084	262.17
1995	49,444	288.57	581	294.32	781	304.74	30,902	277.52	17,180	307.51
1996	82,880	217.46	1,626	249.69	1,041	208.45	53,155	196.18	27,058	257.67
1997	90,535	211.92	888	370.39	201	231.10	64,639	181.88	24,807	284.37
1998	82,031	247.48	1,444	278.24	283	810.35	54,539	197.56	25,765	345.25
1999	110,579	264.22	4,994	253.83	350	286.53	63,980	228.97	41,254	319.94
2000	134,302	296.36	5,716	247.25	181	333.44	92,053	294.20	36,351	309.36
2001	130,286	240.1	920	310.58	107	165.73	97,660	222.76	31,599	291.91
2002	83,963	242.28	331	481.75	0	--	76,207	234.95	7,425	306.77
2003	89,166	207.36	458	558.18	47	251.57	85,016	202.82	3,645	268.69
2004	70,260	278.45	629	669.62	0	--	63,989	275.48	5,641	268.55
2005	64,501	278.69	160	1,115.80	228	192.67	59,017	269.15	5,095	356.16
2006	52,728	297.47	227	677.1	0	--	46,575	286.06	5,925	372.66
2007	68,105	376.12	305	425.42	289	531.95	27,854	323.55	39,656	418.68
2008	57,484	393.79	133	312.36	306	544.86	24,399	309.25	32,646	439.57

a - Northern California is the San Francisco Customs District and includes all coastal and inland ports from Monterey north.

b - Southern California consists of the San Diego and Los Angeles Customs Districts and includes all ports south of Monterey.

c - Average values were added in 1978

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.

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

Table 73—Volume and average value of plywood exports from California, 1964-2008