. Tradeoffs and interdependence in the Alaska cant and log markets. Logging Alaska; Forests and forestry Alaska; Lumber trade Alaska; Forest products industry Alaska. Introduction Since the beginning of significant log exporting from Alaska in the late 1970s, total timber harvests in the State have been fairly constant; however, the share of exports represented by cants has declined, with a corresponding increase in log exports (fig 1)'. Figure 2 gives the ratio of lumber exports to log exports from Alaska and shows the relative decline of cant exports. It has seemed plausible to attribute the
. Tradeoffs and interdependence in the Alaska cant and log markets. Logging Alaska; Forests and forestry Alaska; Lumber trade Alaska; Forest products industry Alaska. Introduction Since the beginning of significant log exporting from Alaska in the late 1970s, total timber harvests in the State have been fairly constant; however, the share of exports represented by cants has declined, with a corresponding increase in log exports (fig 1)'. Figure 2 gives the ratio of lumber exports to log exports from Alaska and shows the relative decline of cant exports. It has seemed plausible to attribute the decline in cant activity, with its associated employment and mill operations, to en- croachment in the marketplace by Alaska logs; this report compares that reasoning with several other explanations for the shift in the export mix. The matter is timely because aggressive timber harvesting on Alaska's private lands is expected to reduce log exports sharply in the early 1990s (Seymour 1988). The encroachment concept implies that there will be a sharp rise in demand for cants and other sawn products. 140 Million board feet 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Year Figure 1—Quarterly softwood lumber and log exports from Alaska. In figure 1 and elsewhere, lumber volumes are in board feet, lumber tally; log volumes are in board feet, Scribner rule. Japanese volume units are interpreted in the appendix. For Alaska, cant production, cant exports, and lumber exports are assumed to coincide, although production and export of other lumber items have developed 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flora, Donald F; Woller, Ulla; Neergaard, Michael; Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or. ). [Portland, Or. ] : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Servic
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