Pulpwood Prices in the Southeast, 1979

Cecil C. Hutchins

doi:10.2737/SE-RN-306

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Pulpwood Prices in the Southeast, 1979

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Authors:

Cecil C. Hutchins

Year:

1981

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RN-306

Source:

Res. Note SE-306. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.

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Abstract

Expenditures for wood fiber in the Southeast during 1979 were $960.8 million, an increase of 8.7 percent over 1978. Price per standard cord of roundwood pulpwood was $40.65for softwood, a 12.1-percent increase, and $30.40 for hardwood, an increase of 8 percent. Green chip prices per ton averaged $17.15 for softwood and $13.05 for hardwood; they increased 7.9 and 8.8 percent, respectively. Softwood sawdust prices were up 22.8 percent, while hardwood priceswere unchanged.

Keywords

expenditures, prices, roundwood pulpwood, chips, sawdust

Citation

Hutchins, Cecil C., Jr. 1981. Pulpwood Prices in the Southeast, 1979. Res. Note SE-306. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4 p.