Wood shipments to Puerto Rico

Harold W. Wisdom; James E. Granskog; Keith A. Blatner

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-201

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Wood shipments to Puerto Rico

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Authors:

Harold W. Wisdom, James E. Granskog, Keith A. Blatner

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-201

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-201. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Puerto Rico's importance as an offshore market for U.S. wood products is often overlooked. Because of Puerto Rico's unique Commonwealth status, trade flows between the United States and Puerto Rico are recorded separately and are not counted in the U.S. foreign trade statistics. In 1981, wood product shipments from the United States to Puerto Rico totaled more than $61 million. Softwood plywood and lumber, primarily southern pine, accounted for more than one-half of the total value.

Keywords

Foreign trade, forest products, overseas markets

Citation

Wisdom, Harold W.; Granskog, James E.; Blatner, Keith A. 1983. Wood shipments to Puerto Rico. Res. Pap. SO-201. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.