United States 

Department of 

A 10-Year Analysis 

Agriculture of South Carolina's 

Forest Service 

Resource Bulletin 

SE.48 Industrial Timber 

Products Output 

Richard L.Welch and Thomas R. Bellamy 
June 1979 

Southeastern Forest Experiment Station 

Asheville. North Carolina 
AIO-YEAR ANALYSIS OF SOUTH CAROLINA'S 

INDUSTRlAL TlMBER PRODUCTS OUTPUT 

by 

Richard L. We!& Resource Analyst 

and 

Thomas R. Bellamy. Associate Mensurationist 

Asheville. North Carolina 

HIGHLIGHTS occur in the near future. To keep track of these 

anticioated changes. annual studies were made 

The output of industrial timber products in 

South Carolina increased at an average annual 

rate of 2 percent between 1967 and 1976. Output 

from roundwood increased by 36 million cubic 

feet, while the output from plant byproducts increased 47 million cubic feet. Pulpwood was the 

leading roundwood product in the State throughout the period, followed by saw logs, and then 

veneer logs. At the end of the period, round pulpwood production was up by almost 10 percent, 

saw log production was down by almost 5 percent, and veneer log production had more than 

tripled. All of the gains in product output came 

from the softwood species group. Products from 

the hardwood species group declined sharply. 

There was a clear and constant shift in production 

from the Coastal forests to those along the 

Savannah River. The volume of unused plant residues dropped from over 22 million cubic feet to 

less than 6 million cubic feet. 

BACKGROUND 

A study of South Carolina's primary woodusing industries was made to determine the volume and source of all industrial timber products 

E ' produced in 1967, by region and county (fig. I). A 

similar study was to be made every 3 years thereafter to monitor changes in both the timber 

products output and the industries themseives. 

When the first followup study was made, some 

outstanding changes were detected and there 

were indications that even greater changes would 

- 

for the years 1972-76. 

The 1967 study was made as part of the fourth 

renewable resources evaluation of South Carolina. In addition to timbel- products output, total 

timber removals and net annual growth for 1967 

and the 1968 inventory were estimated (table I). 

The results of the resource evaluation showed a 

very good timber situation. The inventory was 

increasing, and net growth exceeded total removals by about 48 percent. There were. however, some problems involving individual species 

and certain areas within the State. Some softtextured hardwoods such as water tupelo. blackgum, and sweetgum, which are important in the 

production of veneer logs. showed little gains 

over the previous evaluation of 1958. Several 

areas in the State showed relatively small increases in softwood inventories when compared 

with the rest of the State (fig. 2). 

The South Carolina State Comri~ission of 

Forestry and the Cooperative Extension Service. 

Clemson University, cooperated with the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in making 

these industry studies. Without their cooperation, 

and the excellent cooperation of the primary 

wood-using industries in the State, the studies 

would have been impossible. 

The general objectives of each study remained the same as those of the 1967 study. Due 

to changes in conditions and changes in information needs, certain specific objectives were 

revised. Where changes were made to accomrnodate new needs, comparisons cannot be made for 

the full 10-year period. 
Figure 1.-Forest Survey Regions in South Carolina. 

Table 1.--Results of the 1968 Renewable Resources 

Evaluation of South Carolina 

If em : Softwood Hardwood 

- Million cubic feet - 

1968 Growing-stock inventaly 6.105.8 6,145.1 

1967 Groving-stock net growth 412.4 242.1 , t 2.6% 

1967 Growing-stock removals: 

Indusrrial products output 241.1 88.8 

I/ Other removals 46.6 65.2 

Total removals 287.7 154.0 

- I/ Includes logging residues, land clearing, 

timber stand improvement, and fuelwood. 

Figure 2.-Percentage of change in softwood 

growing stock, 1958-68, in key areas of South 

Carolina. 
INDUSTRY TRENDS product because of defect or size limitations was 

converted directly into a byproduct-mainly 

During the 10 years 1967 through 1976, pnlpwood. No attempt was made to measure the 

changes in the primary wood-using industries of magnitude of this volume in 1967. In 1970. howSouth Carolina greatly altered the State's indus- ever. 9 million cubic feet were ~roduced, and by 

trial timber ~roducts out~ut. Out~ut of round. 1976 almost 24 million cubic feet were produced. 

wood and plant byproducts from both softwood 

and hardwood species groups were affected. 

Two new pulpmills were constructed in the 

State, bringing the total to seven (table 2). In 

addition, three of the original five increased their 

pulping capacity. In total, the daily pulping 

capacity increased by 1.957 tons. and the corresponding increase in demand for pulpwood was 

979,000 cords per year. 

Table 2.--Nuober of primary wood-using plmis, by 

"ear and indusrrv 

Between World War I1 and 1962, the number, 

capacity. and saw log receipts of sawmills declined sharply. The declinein the number of sawmills continued between 1967 and 1976. but at a 

much slower rate. The expanded capacity of some 

surviving mills. plus the added capacity of new 

mills, has reversed the decline of capacity and 

saw log receipts experienced pt-ior to 1962. In 

1976, 14 of the 132 sawmills had chipper headrigs 

with large capacities to produce lumber and 

sizable volumes of raw material for the expanding 

pulp industry. 

Veneer log receipts were stimulated by introduction of the pine plywood industry into the 

State. They rose from 13 million cubic feet in 1967 

to over 42 million cubic feet in 1976. Pine log 

receipts of the four new plywood mills approached 35 million cubic feet in 1976. The change 

in the veneer industry not only created a new 

t' 

demand for logs in the State, but residuesfrom the 

mills created a new source of raw material for 

both pulpmills and sawmills. 

Tree-length logging developed during the 

study period. and. as a result. sawmills and 

veneer mills received large volumes of raw 

material unsuited for their primary product. The 

material which could not be used for a primary 

MAJOR CHANGES IN INDUSTRIAL 

TIMBER PRODUCTS OUTPUT 

The highest output of industrial timber 

products occurred in 1976just over 477 million 

cubic feet. The average annual rate of increase 

over the 10-year period was 2 percent. If this rate 

is maintained, the 1967 output will double by the 

year 2002. Output from roundwood peaked in 

1974 at almost 390 million cubic feet; it then 

dropped sharply in 1975. and recovered to 387 

million cubic feet in 1976. Output from plant byproducts of primary wood-using industries was 

greatest in 1976. and more than doubled during 

the period. 

Pulpwood was the leading product in the 

State throughout the period. The production of 

pulpwood peaked in 1974at more than 268 million 

cubic feet. In 1975, pulpwood productiondropped 

below the 1972 level, and in 1976 it only rose to the 

1973 level. The increase in 1976 was solely due to 

increased use of plant byproducts: output of 

round pulpwood declined between 1973 and 1976. 

Pulpwood from plant byproducts made up over25 

percent of the total output in 1976. Softwood pulpwood accounted for 76 percent of the 1967 production and for almost 80 percent in 1976. The 

output of hardwood pulpwood remained fairly 

constant throughout the period. 

The second leading product in the State was 

saw logs. Saw log output was 154 million cubic 

feet in 1967, and 153 million cubic feet in 1976. 

The only year that the output of saw logs varied 

more than 10 percent from the 1967 level was in 

1975 when it dropped to 126 million cubic feet. 

The output from roundwood decreased almost 7 

million cubic feet during the period, but the decrease was offset by a 6-million-cubic-foot increase from plant byproducts. All the decrease in 

roundwood output was in the hardwood species 

group. 

The output of veneer logs more than tripled 

during the period and showed gains in each year, 

including 1975. Veneer log output in 1967 was 13 

million cubic feet; 10 years later it had grown to 

over 45 million cubic feet. All of the increase came 

in the softwood species group. The output of 
hardwood veneer logs declined from 12 million 

cubic feet to just over 7 million cubic feet. 

The output of other miscellaneous products. 

which include poles, piling, fence posts, and raw 

material for the particleboard industry. peaked in 

1975 at 32 million cubic feet. In 1967. practically 

all of the output in the miscellaneous product 

group was from roundwood. By 1976. about 78 

percent was from plant byproducts. 

TRENDS IN PLANT RESIDUES 

In 1967, the total receipts of roundwood 

products in South Carolina were 347.1 million 

cubic fee'i. Of the total receipts. 271.9 million 

cubic feet, or 78 percent, were converted to primary products, and 42.8 million cubic feet, or 12 

percent, were used as industrial plant byproducts. 

An additional 10.1 million cubic feet were being 

used for fuel. leaving 22.4 million cubic feet. or 

over 6 percent. as unused plant residues. Coarse 

material such as slabs. edgings. or veneer cores 

made up 3.7 million cubic feet of the unused residues. No information on bark utilization was 

collected in the 1967 study. 

In 1976, the total receipts of roundwood 

products, including round pulpwood chipped at 

mills other than pulpmills. amounted to 390.8 

million cubic feet. Of the total receipts. 281.4 

million cubic feet. or 72 pel-cent, were converted 

to primary products. The volume in industrial 

plant byproducts was 89.9 million cubic feet. or 

more than twice the amount produced in 1967. 

The volume used as fuel rose by almost 40 percent 

to 13.7 million cubic feet, and the volume of 

unused residues dropped to 5.8 million cubic feet, 

or 1.5 percent of the total 1976 roundwood receipts. Only 457,000 cubic feet of coarse residues 

were not utilized in 1976. 

The earliest figures available on bark residues are for 1970. In that year, South Carolina's 

primary wood-using industries received approximately 39.3 million cubic feet of bark. Over 28 

percent, or I 1.2 million cubic feet, was not 

utilized. Of the bark that was utilized. 26 million 

cubic feet were used as fuel and the rest as charcoal. mulch. and other byproducts. In 1976. the 

total volume of bark !received was 39.1 million 

cubic feet. and only I2 percent. or 4.6 million 

cubic feet, was not utilized. The volume used as 

fuel increased by 3.6 million cubic feet over the 

1970 figure, and the volume used in other 

products increased by 2.8 million cubic feet. 

ROUNDWOOD MOVEMENT IN 1976 

In 1976, South Carolina's industrial timber 

products output from roundwood exceeded the 

roundwood receipts at primary wood-using plants 

in the State by almost 6 percent. Production of 

roundwood products amounted to 387 million 

cubic feet. while mill receipts were just under 366 

million cubic feet. Over 21 percent of the State's 

roundwood output was shipped to other states. 

and almost 16 percent of the State's mill receipts 

came from other states. The imbalance of trade 

between South Carolina and its neighbors was 

about the same for both the hal-dwood and softwood species groups. 

The Northern Coastal Plain was the only 

Region in the State where mill receipts exceeded 

roundwood output. In this Region, receipts exceededoutput by over54 millioncubic feet in 1967 

and by almost 22 million cubic feet in 1976. The 

change over the 10-year period was due largely to 

substitution of plant byproducts for roundwood 

as a source of raw material by the pulp industry. 

Only 47 percent of the roundwood output of 

the Southern Coastal Plain was retained in that 

Region, and the roundwood output exceeded 

receipts by 38 percent. In 1967. roundwood output exceeded receipts by 67 percent. However, 

new industry has caused receipts to increase 

much faster than the Region's product output. 

In the Piedmont. 60 percent of the roundwood output was retained in the Region, and the 

roundwood output exceeded receipts by 22 percent. In 1967, roundwood output exceeded receipts by 28 percent. Receipts have increased by 

24 percent over the 10-year period. while roundwood output has increased by only 19 percent. 

SHIFTS IN TIMBER 

PRODUCTS OUTPUT 

Whereas State and regional figures provide a 

good overview of changes which have occurred in 

the roundwood products output, suchchangesare 

l-arely uniform statewide, or completely confined 

to a single region. By studying the county roundwood output figures in tables 3 through 17. it is 

possible to determine the areas where major 

changes have occurred. 

During the 10-year period, round softwood 

output generally declined on the Coastal Plain, 

and in two smaller areas along the State's 

northern border (fig. 3). A decline in output in the 
Figure 3.-Changes in softwood industrial timber products output from roundwood, in million 

cubic feet. 
northwest comer of the State was the result of a 

short-term inflated harvest in 1967 when a large 

area was being cleared to construct a reservoir. 

The general decline in softwood output, which 

was greatest along the coast, was more than offset 

by increases which were greatest along the 

Savannah River. 

In 1975, two unique conditions resulted in a 

major shift in softwood products output. First, a 

recession forced roundwood receipts down by 24 

million cubic feet and roundwood output down by 

13 million cubic feet in the State. Second, a 

southern pine beetle epidemic in the northwestern 

part of the State created a need for extensive 

salvage cutting. As a result, round softwood output increased in the northwest by 7 million cubic 

feet and decreased in the southeast by 20 million 

cubic feet (fig. 4). 

The output of round hardwood products was 

on a downward trend throughout most of the 10- 

year period (fig. 5). Although the decline in hardwood output was Statewide, the greatest decline 

occurred in the eastern part of the State and the 

smallest along the Savannah River. 

/- I. - . . - . . / -. 

OUTPUTS i7MMCF OR 5% '.. . RECEIPTS -8MMCF OR 9% 

OUTPUTS -20MMCF OR 12% 

RECEIPTS -16MMCF OR 8% 

Figure 4.-Changes in round softwood timber 

products output and receipts, 1974 to 1975. 
Figure 5.-Changes in hardwoud industrial timber products output from roundwood, in million 

cubic feet. 
Table 3.--Volume of roundwood output of industrial timber products in thousand 

cubic feet, by year, product, and species group, South Carolina 

- - - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - - 

Saw logs: 

Softwood 111,572 104,222 114,245 115,634 105,770 93,750 115,089 

Hardwood 42,605 36,884 39,662 34,489 35,389 29,232 32,138 

Total 154,177 141,106 153,907 150,123 141,159 122,982 147,227 

Veneer logs: 

Softwood 851 9,954 14,007 17,450 31,938 34,049 37,687 

Hardwood 12,135 9,132 8,644 9,181 7,232 6,452 7,397 

Total 12,986 19,086 22,651 26,631 39,170 40,501 45,084 

Sof twood 131,784 149,074 147,710 158,007 159,825 158,327 149,109 

Hardwood 42,325 38,998 39,555 43,222 44,572 37,178 42.048 

Total 174,109 188,072 187,265 201,229 204,397 195,505 191,157 

Miscellaneous: 

Softwood 9,144 5,284 6,241 5,677 4,772 3,428 3,808 

Hardwood 432 -- -- 8 8 8 24 

Total 9,576 5,284 6,241 5,685 4,780 3,436 3,832 

A11 industrial: 

Softwood 253,351 268,534 282,203 296,768 302,305 289,554 305,693 

Hardwood 97,497 85,014 87,861 86,900 87,201 72.870 81,607 

Total 350,848 353,548 370,064 383,668 389,506 362,424 387,300 

- 11 Excludes round pulpwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
Table 4.--Volume of roundwood output of industrial timber products in thousand 

cubic feet, by year, product, and species group, Southern Coastal Plain Region 

Product and 1 1967 

species group , : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

- - - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - - 

Saw logs: 

So£ twood 26,279 28,952 36,571 42,678 34,449 31,297 35,571 

Hardwood 7,201 9,759 9,081 8.873 9,707 8,347 9,028 

Total 33,480 38,711 45,652 51,551 44,156 39,644 44,599 

Veneer logs : 

Softwood -- 981 5,815 5,544 9,167 6,220 3,798 

Hardwood 4,822 3,154 3,026 3,687 2,659 2,504 1,975 

Total 4,822 4,135 8,841 9,231 11,826 8,724 5,773 

So£ twood 26,558 25,390 32,978 37,620 37,810 30,839 28,895 

Hardwood 8,051 5,295 5,923 7,476 10,035 7,496 10,738 

Total 34,609 30,685 38,901 45,096 47,845 38,335 39,633 

Miscellaneous: 

So£ twood 2,562 1,337 1,058 1,693 2,196 1,671 1,754 

Hardwood 20 -- -- 2 2 2 6 

Total 2,562 1,337 1,058 1,695 2,198 1,673 1,760 

All industrial: 

Softwood 55,399 56,660 76,422 87,535 83,622 70,027 70,018 

Hardwood 20.094 18,208 18,030 20,038 22,403 18,349 21,747 

Total 75,493 74,868 94,452 107,573 106,025 88,376 91,765 

- 1/ Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
Table 5.--Volume of roundwood output of industrial timber products in thousand 

cubic feet, by year, product, and species group, Northern Coastal Plain Region 

Product and 1 1967 

species group , 

: 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

- - - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - - 

Saw logs: 

Softwood 48,995 43,924 44,868 37,532 37,410 34,163 44,660 

Hardwood 22.500 17.383 17,996 13,736 14.734 -12,448 13,594 

Total 71,495 61,307 62,864 51,268 52,144 46,611 58,254 

Veneer logs: 

So£ twood 851 8,973 8,192 11,906 17,312 20,783 21,463 

Hardwood 7,313 5,409 5,125 5,054 3,998 3,453 4,794 

Total 8,164 14,382 13,317 16,960 21,310 24,236 26,257 

So£ twood 46,180 54,172 51,424 51,881 52,141 48,006 44,120 

Hardwood 19,334 18,565 19,087 20,255 17,007 14,214 15,963 

Total 65,514 72,737 70,511 72,136 69,148 62,220 60,083 

Miscellaneous: 

So£ twood 4,384 3,581 5,133 3,934 2,569 1,757 2,051 

Hardwood 205 -- -- 2 2 2 6 

Total 4,589 3,581 5,133 3,936 2,571 1,759 2,057 

All industrial: 

Softwood 100,410 110,650 109,617 105,253 109,432 104,709 112,294 

Hardwood 49,352 41,357 42.208 39,047 35,741 30,117 34,357 

Total 149,762 152,007 151,825 144.300 145,173 134.826 146.651 

- 11 Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
Table 6.--Volume of roundwood output of industrial timber products in thousand 

cubic feet, by year, product, and species group, Piedmont Region 

Product and 1 1967 

species group , 

: 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

- - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - - 

Saw logs: 

Softwood 36,298 31,346 32,806 35,424 33,911 28,290 34,858 

Hardwood 12,904 9,742 12,585 11,880 10,948 8,437 9,516 

Total 49,202 41,088 45,391 47,304 44,859 36,727 44,374 

Veneer logs: 

Softwood -- -- -- -- 5,459 7,046 12,426 

Hardwood -- 569 493 440 575 495 628 

Total -- 569 493 440 6,034 7,541 13,054 

1 / Pulpwood :- 

Softwood 59,046 69,512 63,308 68,506 69,874 79,482 76,094 

Hardwood 14,940 15,138 14,545 15,491 17,530 15,468 15,347 

Total 73,986 84,650 77,853 83,997 87,404 94,950 91,441 

Miscellaneous: 

So£ twood 2,198 366 5 0 50 7 -- 3 

Hardwood 207 -- -- 4 4 4 12 

Total 2,405 366 50 54 11 4 15 

All industrial: 

Softwood 97,542 101,224 96,164 103,980 109,251 114,818 123,381 

Hardwood 28,051 25,449 27,623 27,815 29,057 24,404 25,503 

Total 125.593 126.673 123.787 131,795 138,308 139,222 148,884 

- 1/ Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
~~bl~ 7.--irolume of roundwood aurpur a£ industrial timber products in standard units, 

by year, product, and species group, South Carolina 

Product and Standard 1 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

species group , units . 

- - - * - - - - - - - - Naber of - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Softwood M fbG1 687,111 663,857 727,792 736,679 673,836 597,247 733,187 

Hardwood M fdl 271.144 237,979 256.004 222,623 228,470 188,718 207,460 

Total 11 M fbnr 958,255 901,836 983,796 959,302 902,306 785,965 940,647 

Veneer logs: 

S0fOio0d 11 M fbnr 5,599 65,508 92,215 114,865 210,199 224,098 248,057 

Hardwood M id1 73,006 61.217 58,127 61.737 48,663 43.423 49,751 

Softwood Cords 1,776,068 2,009,093 1,990,989 2,129,722 2,154,268 2,134,090 '2,009,860 

Hardwood Cords 595,284 548.496 556.601 608.270 627,197 523,208 591.675 

Total Cords 2,371,352 2,557,589 2,547,590 2,737,992 2,781,465 2,657,298 2,601,535 

Miscellaneous: 

Softwood M ft3 3,556 768 3,609 3,209 2,786 1,986 2,184 

Hardwood M ff3 2,066 -- -- 72 72 72 164 

Total M ft3 5,622 768 3,609 3,281 2,858 2,058 2,348 

- 11 International &Inch Rule. 

- 21 Excludes roundwoad chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
Table 8.--Volume of roundiiood output of industrial timber products in standard 

units, by year, product, and species group, Southern Coastal Plain Region 

Product and : Standard 1 1967 1 1970 : 1972 1 1973 1 1974 : 1975 1 1976 species group : units , 

saw logs: 

Softwood 167,387 184,407 232,973 271,874 219,458 199,372 226,600 

Hardwood MfbmI.l M fbm 46,438 63,007 58.612 57,269 62.662 53,883 58,266 

Total M fbm 213,825 247,414 291,585 329,143 282,120 253,255 284,866 

Veneer logs : 

Softwood 11 M fbm -- 6,458 38,290 36,496 60,325 40,933 25,021 

Hardwood M fbm 32.344 21,135 20,344 24,778 17.878 16.837 13,284 . , 

Total M fbdl 32,344 27,593 58,634 61,274 78,203 57,770 38,305 

Softwood Cords 357,931 342,187 444,516 507,065 509,627 415,695 389,487 

Hardwood Cards 113.229 74,471 83,337 105,220 141.184 105,514 151.108 

Total Cords 471,160 416,658 527,853 612,285 650,811 521,209 540,595 

Miscellaneous: 

Softwood 3 M ft3 701 82 588 940 1,219 929 975 

Hardwood M ft 34 -- -- 18 18 18 41 

Total M ftJ 735 82 588 958 1,237 947 1,016 

- 11 International %-Inch Rule. 

21 Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. - 
 able 9.--Volume of roundwoad output of industrial timber products in standard units, by yea^, 

product, and species group, Northern Coastal Plain Region 

Product and standard 1 1967 1 1970 1 1972 1 1973 1 1974 1 1975 1 1976 species group : units , 

- - - - - - - - - Number of units - - - - - - - - - - - 

saw logs: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

Veneer logs: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

21 Pulpwood:- 

Softwood 

Nardwood 

Total 

Miscellaneous: 

Softwood 

Hardwood 

Total 

M fb+ 

M fbnr 

11 M fbnr 

M fd/ 

11 M fbnr 

Cords 

Cords 

Cords 

- 11 International *-Inch Rule. 

- 21 Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries, 
Table 10.--volume of roundwood output of industrial timber products in standard units, by year, 

product, and species group, Piedmont Region 

Product and Standard 1 1967 

species group : units . : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

----------- -Numberofunits 

saw logs: 

Softrvood 

11 

! M fb"r/ 231,197 199,669 209,004 225,687 216,046 180,234 222,073 

Hardwood M fbm 83,292 62,853 81,240 76,695 70,699 54,472 61,447 

Total 11 M fbm 314,489 262,522 290,244 302,382 286,745 234,706 283,520 

I 

I Veneer logs: 

Softwood 11 M fbm -- -- -- -- 35,937 46,388 11 ! 

81,784 

Hardwood M fbm -- 3,812 3,338 2,994 3,912 3,364 4.247 

Total 11 M fbnr -- 3,812 3,338 2,994 39,849 49,752 86,031 

2 1 Pulpwood:- 

Softwood Cords 795,762 936,820 853,348 923,360 941,808 1,071,303 1,025,655 

Hardwood Cords 210,123 212,912 204,694 218,022 246,690 217,662 215.977 

Total Cords 1,005,885 1,149,732 1,058,042 1,141,382 1,188,498 1,288,965 1,241,632 

Miscellaneous : 

I SoftWood M ft3 2,390 234 50 50 10 -- 5 

3 

Hardwood M ft 1,892 -- -- 36 36 36 82 

Total I M £t3 4,282 234 50 86 46 36 87 

I 

- 11 International %-Inch Rule. 

- 21 Excludes roundwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries. 
Table 11.--Volume of industrial timber products from plant byproducts, by year, 

product, and species group, South Carolina 

Product and ' 

: 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 species gxoup , 

- - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Sawn: 

Softwood -- 50 3,349 3,311 3,693 2,789 6,261 

Hardwood 233 450 44 277 280 2 2 

Total 233 500 3,393 3,588 3,973 2,791 6,263 

Sof mood 31,815 42,168 56,073 47,325 51,103 42,576 57,918 

Hardwood 10,478 12,442 13,741 12,694 13,266 9,685 12,307 

Total 42,293 54,610 69,814 60,019 64,369 52,261 70,225 

Miscellaneous : 

Softwood 38 -- 8,953 13,704 13,506 14,529 12,645 

Hardwood 197 -- 99 1,254 1,298 4.306 768 

Total 235 -- 9,052 14,958 14,804 18,835 13,413 

All industrial: 

Softwood 31,853 42,218 68,375 64,340 68,302 59,894 76,824 

Hardwood 10,908 12,892 13,884 14,225 14,844 13,993 13,077 

Total 42,761 55,110 82,259 78,565 83,146 73,887 89,901 

- 11 Includes round pulpwood chipped at other primary wood-using industries 
Table 12.--Industrial roundwood movement, by 

species group, South Carolina, 1976 

Movement Softwood : Hardwood : All species 

- - - Thousand cubic feet - - - 

Output 305,693 81,607 387,300 

Retained 244,106 61,850 305,956 

Shipped out 61,587 19,757 81,344 

Shipped in 43,389 13,577 56,966 

Receipts 287,495 75,427 362,922 

Table 13.--Industrial roundwood movement by Region 

and species group, 1976 

' Southern . ' Northern Species group . Piedmont Coastal Plain : Coastal Plain 

- - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - 

Softwood: 

Output 70,018 112,294 123,381 

Retained 34,076 75,191 77,390 

Shipped out 35,942 37,103 45,991 

Shipped in 21,425 49,017 29,899 

Receipts 55,501 124,208 107,289 

Hardwood: 

Output 21,747 34,357 25,503 

Retained 8,753 27,885 11,924 

Shipped out 12,994 6,472 13,579 

Shipped in 2,219 16,066 2,627 

Receipts 10,972 43,951 14,551 

All species: 

Output 91,765 146,651 148,884 

Retained 42,829 103,076 89,314 

Shipped out 48,936 43,575 59,570 

Shipped in 23,644 65,083 32,526 

Receipts 66,473 168,159 121,840 
Table 14.--volume of unused plant residues at primary wood-using industries, 

by year, species group, and type of residue 

Species group : 

and type of : 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 

residue : 

- - - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Softwood: 

Bark - - 6,878 6,205 5,583 5,434 2,290 2,642 

Coarse 1,623 1,255 347 294 191 313 319 

Shavings ill) (I/) 254 336 250 85 217 

Other fine 12,776 14,989 5,867 10,891 2,353 1,779 2,115 

Total 14,399 23,122 12.673 17.104 8,228 4,467 5,293 

Hardwood : 

Bark -- 4,286 2,884 3,642 2,612 1,459 1,940 

Coarse 2,038 976 466 366 305 322 138 

Shavings (11) (11) -- 112 90 40 77 

Other fine 5,956 8,593 4,457 5,865 4,037 2,106 2.912 

Total 7,994 13,855 7,807 9.985 7,044 3,927 5,067 

All species: 

Bark - - 11,164 9,089 9,225 8,046 3,749 4,582 

Coarse 3,661 2,231 813 660 496 635 45 7 

Shavings (I/) (i/) 254 448 340 125 294 

Other fine 18,732 23,582 10.324 16,756 6,390 3,885 5,027 

Total 22,393 36,977 20,480 27,089 15,272 8,394 10,360 

- 11 Included with other fine. 
Table 15.--Volume of unused plant residues at primary wood-using industries, 

by year, species group, and industry 

Species group : 1967 1 1970 1 1972 1 1973 11974 I1975 11976 and industry : 

----- - -Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - 

Softwood: 

Lumber 14,302 16,155 6,452 11,471 2,769 2,176 2,545 

Veneer 25 84 5 50 11 -- -- 

Other 72 5 11 -- 14 1 106 

Total 

Hardwood: 

Lumber 

Veneer 

Other 

Total 

All species: 

Lmber 

Veneer 

Other 

Total 
Table 16.--Softwood-roundwood output of industrial timber products, 

by year, region, and county, South Carolina 

Region and ' 

: 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 county , 

----- - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Southern Coastal 

Region: 

Aiken 5,331 5,594 10,040 12,919 11,296 7,901 8,356 

Allendale 2,032 2,469 3,366 5,320 5,477 4,855 5,758 

Bamberg 2,421 2,927 2,167 6,049 2,965 3,140 4,524 

Barnwell 1,754 2,589 4,852 7,169 4,783 4,437 5,345 

Beaufort 1,007 1,604 1,986 1,191 1,860 1,644 806 

Calhoun 2,012 2,182 2,217 2,615 3,171 1,472 1,604 

Colleton 12,545 9,829 12,947 10,907 10,649 10,829 12,248 

Dorchester 6,841 6,873 5,651 6,288 7,395 6,711 7,331 

Hampton 5,587 4,353 7,564 9,375 6,787 8,437 5,869 

Jasper 5,286 4,716 8,226 6,801 9,403 7,379 7,101 

Lexington 5,099 5,358 6,513 5,814 6,044 5,283 4,748 

Orangeburg 5.484 8.166 10,893 13.087 13.792 7,939 6,328 

Total 55,399 56,660 76,422 87,535 83,622 70,027 70,018 

Northern Coastal 

Region: 

Berkeley 

Charleston 

Chesterfield 

Clarendon 

Darlington 

Dillon 

Florence 

Georgetown 

Horry 

Kershaw 

Lee 

Marion 

Marlboro 

Richland 

Sumter 

Williamsburg 

Total 

Continued 
Table 16.--Softwood-roundwood output of industrial timber products, 

by year, region, and county, South Carolina--Continued 

Region and . 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 county , 

----- - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Piedmont Region: 

Abbeville 2,831 2,945 2,843 3,939 5,499 4,994 6,045 

Anderson 2,429 2,522 3,555 5,598 3,870 5,084 5,218 

Cherokee 1,025 1,238 1,182 1,677 2,170 1,465 2,908 

Chester 6,667 4,898 5,541 5,375 4,405 6,802 6,292 

Edgefield 6,479 8,826 8,424 10,880 9,405 8,509 10,513 

Fairfield 13,490 14,838 9,667 8,878 9,496 10,504 16,819 

Greenville 2,098 1,740 1,752 2,354 1,924 3,330 4,327 

Greenwood 7,347 6,769 7,809 8,937 6,493 6,312 7,444 

Lancaster 3,991 3,738 3,036 3,772 4,033 4,689 3,996 

Laurens 4,630 4,642 5,327 4,410 7,349 5,291 6,977 

McCormick 8,086 11,327 9,002 7,166 6,655 6,918 11,739 

Newberry 12,451 11,713 10,829 13,025 16,837 21,386 18,393 

Oconee 6,151 4,480 4,277 4,452 4,945 4,683 2,646 

Pickens 3,088 2,561 2,318 2,823 2,867 2,193 1,917 

Saluda 4,971 6,756 7,758 7,743 7,394 7,931 4,960 

Spartanburg 2,587 1,867 2,921 3,640 4,657 4,926 3,370 

Union 5,749 6,782 6,147 5,524 6,677 5,910 5,410 

York 3,472 3,582 3,776 3,787 4,575 3,891 4,407 

Total 97,542 101,224 96,164 103,980 109,251 114,818 123,381 

Total State 253,351 268,534 282,203 296,768 302,305 289,554 305,693 
Table 17.--Hardwood-roundwood output of industrial timber products, 

by year, region, and county, South Carolina 

Region and ' 

: 1967 : 1970 : 1972 : 1973 : 1974 : 1975 : 1976 county , 

------- - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Southern Coastal 

Region: 

Aiken 1,154 1,151 1,484 1,494 1,349 1,234 1,147 

Allendale 921 1,083 929 1,062 1,382 554 738 

Bamberg 1,462 1,581 2,342 1,638 1,356 1,070 1,352 

Barnwell 1,066 556 623 815 605 409 530 

Beaufort 356 2 13 234 624 239 189 407 

Calhoun 1,057 625 532 591 483 942 528 

Colleton 3,525 3,692 2,611 2,006 4,705 3,024 4,413 

Dorchester 2,236 1,883 1,913 2,399 3,413 2,104 2,143 

Hampton 1,931 1,441 1,496 2,493 1,928 1,979 2,398 

Jasper 1,703 869 1,047 2,844 2,056 1,522 2,184 

Lexington 1,340 1,029 842 6 74 789 987 688 

Orangeburg 3,343 4,085 3,977 3,398 4,098 4,235 5,219 

Total 20,094 18,208 18,030 20,038 22,403 18,349 21,747 

Northern Coastal 

Region: 

Berkeley 

Charleston 

Chesterfield 

C larendon 

Darlington 

Dillon 

Florence 

Georgetown 

Horry 

Kershaw 

Lee 

Mar ion 

Marlboro 

Richland 

Sumter 

Williamsburg 

Total 49,352 41,357 42,208 39,047 35,741 30,117 34,357 

Continued 
Table 17.--Hardwood-roundwood output of industrial timber products, 

by year, region, and county, South Carolina--Continued 

Region and 

county 

- - - - - - - - Thousand cubic feet - - - - - - - - 

Piedmont Region: 

Abbeville 

Anderson 

Cherokee 

Chester 

Edgefield 

Fairf ield 

Greenville 

Greenwood 

Lancaster 

Laurens 

McCormick 

Newberry 

Oconee 

Pickens 

Saluda 

Spartanburg 

Union 

York 

Total 

Total State 

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