The United States Woodpulp Industry - Forest Products Laboratory ...

Defibrated/exploded
(P/C)
3
Groundwood Semichemical
2
Sulfate 1
Table A-4—Annual U.S. woodpulp mill capacity, woodpulp production, and production as a percentage of capacity for different grades of pulp in selected
years
Dissolving/special alpha
Sulfite
Year Capacity Production Ratio Capacity Production Ratio Capacity Production Ratio Capacity Production Ratio Capacity Production Ratio Capacity Production Ratio
(C) (P) (P/C) (C) (P) (P/C) (C) (P) (P/C) (C) (P) (P/C) (C) (P) (P/C) (C) (P)
1 lncludes soda pulp.
2 Includes thermomechanical pulp.
3 lncludes screenings and estimates of hard pressed board mill capacity.
4 Included in sulfite.
dissolving/special alpha pulp.
5 lncludes
pulp.
defibrated/exploded
6 lncludes
groundwood.
in
7 Included
Sources: American Paper Institute (1983, 1984, 1984b)
McKeever, David B. (1977)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (1961, 1965)
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1983, 1985)
United States Pulp Producers Assoc., Inc. (1956, 1961)