Title: North Carolina's timber industry - an assessment of timber product output and use, 1999
Abstract: This report contains the findings of a 1999 sampled survey of all primary wood-using plants in North Carolina, and presents changes in product output and residue use since 1997.It complements the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) periodic inventory of volume and removals from the State's timberland.The canvass was conducted to determine the amount and source of wood receipts and annual timber product drain, by county, in 1999 and to determine interstate and cross-regional movement of industrial roundwood.Only primary wood-using mills were canvassed.Primary mills are those that process roundwood in log or bolt form or as chipped roundwood.Examples of industrial roundwood products are saw logs, pulpwood, veneer logs, poles, and logs used for composite board products.Mills producing products from residues generated at primary and secondary processors were not canvassed.Trees chipped in the woods were included in the estimate of timber drain only if they were delivered to a primary domestic manufacturer.A sampled canvass of certain wood processors in North Carolina was conducted in 2000 to obtain information for 1999.In addition, roundwood from out-of-State mills known to be using logs or bolts harvested from North Carolina timberland was incorporated into North Carolina production estimates.The mills were canvassed by mail or through personal contact at plant locations.Telephone contacts followed mailed questionnaire responses when additional information or clarification of a response was necessary.In the event of a nonresponse, data collected in previous surveys were updated using current data collected for mills of similar size, product type, and location.Surveys for all timber products other than pulpwood began in 1961, and are currently conducted every 2 years.Pulpwood production data were taken from an annual canvass of all southeastern pulpmills.Medium density fiberboard, insulating board, and hardboard plants were included in this survey.