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Table 5a. Economic and Physical Indicators for the Forest Products Industry, 1998, 2002, and 2006
(NAICS 321 and NAICS 322)
MECS Survey Years
Indicators
1998
2002
2006
Physical
Wood Products (Millions of Board Feet)
47,263
47,359
NA
Paper Products (Thousand Short Tons)
96,315
91,138
NA
Total paper
44,761
41,540
41,810
Total paperboard
49,793
48,126
50,415
Wet Machine Board
90
47
NA
Building paper
759
578
NA
Insulating Board
912
846
NA
Nominal Economic Indicators (Current Billion Dollars)
Value of Shipments
246
243
281
Gross Output
244
239
278
Value Added
107
111
124
Real Economic Indicators (Billion 2000 Dollars)
Value of Shipments 1
259
245
253
Gross Output 2
257
245
249
Value Added 3
119
112
121

Notes: 1. Deflated using BEA's chain-type price indices for value of shipments.
2. Deflated using BEA's chain-type price indices for gross outputs.
3. Deflated using BEA's chain-type price indices for value added.
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Annual Survey of Manufacturers, Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries, 2001, 2004 and 2006, and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), "Value of Shipments and Price Indexes by Detailed Industry 1998-2007," December 2009; " Gross Output and Price Indexes by Detailed Industry 1998-2007," December 2009, and "Price Indexes for Value Added by Detailed Industry," December 2009; U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports, Lumber Production and Mill Stocks: 2002, July 2003, Table 1, American Forest & Paper Association, Paper, Paperboard & Wood Pulp, 2003 Statistics, pages 30 and 31; and Paper, Paperboard & Wood Pulp Vol 85 No 12, December 2007.