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Who Buys Idaho's Forest Products?
Most of lumber, paper and other forest products manufactured in Idaho are consumed in other states. In fact, only 13% of Idahos forest-product output remains in Idaho. The north central states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,and Wisconsin) purchased 24% of Idaho's 1990 lumber production!
Only 2% of Idaho's wood-products production is shopped overseas. It is important to not that these are processed goods, not raw logs. Federal law prohibits the export of raw logs that have come from national forest land, and Idaho laws have virtually eliminated the export of logs harvested on state lands.
The following table details, by category, the destination of Idaho's forest products.
Destination of Primary Wood Products
In Percent by Region, 1990 |
| Product & Percent of Sales |
| REGION |
LUMBER |
PLYWOOD
& OSB |
CEDAR
PRODUCTS |
HOUSE
LOGS |
POSTS, POLES
& PILINGS |
| Idaho |
13% |
9% |
24% |
29% |
57% |
| Far West |
17% |
25% |
10% |
26% |
74% |
| Rockies |
13% |
12% |
10% |
16% |
27% |
| N. Central |
26% |
20% |
20% |
7% |
15% |
| South |
12% |
7% |
13% |
4% |
10% |
| Northeast |
15% |
23% |
26% |
1% |
10% |
| Foreign |
1% |
5% |
0% |
17% |
8% |
| NOTE: Percentages do not equal 100 because minor product sales are excluded or combined. |
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