. Economic impacts of interregional competition in the forest products industry during the 1970's : the South and the Pacific Northwest. Forests and forestry Economic aspects Northwest, Pacific; Forests and forestry Economic aspects Southern States; Regional economic disparities. The various segments of the forest products industry are not uniformly distributed throughout the South. The wood furniture segment, for example, is centered in the South Atlantic area, and the southern pine plywood industry is centered in the mid-South. Paper and allied products dominates the forest products industry
. Economic impacts of interregional competition in the forest products industry during the 1970's : the South and the Pacific Northwest. Forests and forestry Economic aspects Northwest, Pacific; Forests and forestry Economic aspects Southern States; Regional economic disparities. The various segments of the forest products industry are not uniformly distributed throughout the South. The wood furniture segment, for example, is centered in the South Atlantic area, and the southern pine plywood industry is centered in the mid-South. Paper and allied products dominates the forest products industry in the East South Central States. Because of the proximity to several large and rapidly growing metropolitan areas, secondary processing is a larger segment of the forest products industry in the West South Central area than elsewhere in the South. The southern pine plywood industry started in the mid-South and eastern Texas. The first investors were attracted here, in part, because of the availability of large tracts of mature timber that could be held in fee ownership (Cleaves and O'Laughlin 1985). Wood furniture manufacturing is concentrated in North Carolina, whereas paper and allied products and lumber production can be found throughout the South. In 1982, paper and allied products accounted for 70 percent of the value added by the forest products industry in the East South Central area. Elsewhere in the South it accounted for slightly more than half of the value added. Plywood and lumber mills compete for large size timber. In fact, the development of the southern plywood industry during the last two decades caused many of the South's more labor intensive sawmills to close. High energy and labor costs in the Northern States prompted industrial growth and development in the Sunbelt. This led to significant growth in lumber markets in Southern States-such as Florida, Georgia, and Texas—that have large metropolitan areas. The Diversity of the South's Timber-Based Economy.
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