Air Emissions
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Air Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 322 (Paper
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Criteria Air Pollutants
How to Download Your Data
Note: Processing National Emissions Inventory data will require use of data processing software. The
data are available in a tab or comma-delimited text format that must be imported into a program that
will allow you to analyze the file.
- Download the data files from each of the following links:
- 1996 -
https://gaftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/1996criteriasummaryfiles/
- 1999 –
https://gaftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/1999criteriasummaryfiles/
- 2002
– https://gaftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/2002summaryfiles/
- 2005 –
https://gaftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/2005summaryfiles/
- 2008 – https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2008-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2011 – https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2011-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2014 – https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2014-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2017 – https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2017-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
For 1996 – 2005, a ZIP folder should begin downloading automatically. For 2008 - 2017, click the
“Data Summaries” tab, then download the file “Facility-level by Pollutant.”
- Paper products facilities are grouped under SIC codes beginning with 26 for the years 1996 and
1999 and NAICS codes beginning with 322 for the years 2002 – 2017.
- Using the SIC and NAICS variables, filter for paper products facilities, then sum total emissions
of CO, NOX, VOC, PM10, NH3, and SO2 in each year to arrive at the totals shown in this chart.
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Greenhouse Gases
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ghg-reporting-program-data-sets
- Click the “2018 Data Summary Spreadsheets” link. In the resulting ZIP file, open the spreadsheet,
“ghgp_data_by_year.xlsx.” Navigate to the first worksheet, “Direct Emitters.”
- Apply a filter to Column K (Primary NAICS Code), displaying only the values for NAICS Codes
beginning with 322.
- With the filter from Step 3 applied, for each year, 2011 through 2018, sum the relevant column of
“Total reported direct emissions.” For example, Column T corresponds to 2011, Column S corresponds
to 2012, etc.
- For 2010 data, open the spreadsheet, “ghgp_data_2010” from the ZIP file. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 in
this file; the 2010 “Total reported direct emissions” data are in Column N of the “Direct Emitters”
worksheet.
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Energy Use
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/
- Under “Reference case tables,” go to “View all reference case tables”
- Go to Table 26. Paper Industry Energy Consumption.
- For 2019, copy the value for “Total (trillion Btu)” under “Energy Consumption”
- Repeat for each Annual Energy Outlook, 2010-2019, copying only the first year of data from each. All
other years in each report are projected values (AEO 2015 has 2012 and 2013 data).
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Hazardous Waste Generation
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://rcrainfo.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb/action/modules/br/naics/view
- Repeat the following steps for each NAICS code and each reporting cycle. You will be able to access
data for one year and one NAICS code at a time. For each reporting cycle, sum the output across the
two NAICS code to calculate the total shown in this chart for the year corresponding to that
reporting cycle.
- NAICS codes: 3221 PULP, PAPER, AND PAPERBOARD MILLS; 3222 CONVERTED PAPER PRODUCT
MANUFACTURING
- Reporting cycles: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
- You do not need to change the “Generators to Include” dropdown or the “Location” dropdown
before hitting submit.
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Production-Related Waste Managed
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Total Production Related Waste check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 322 (Paper
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Recycling of Waste Chemicals
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Recycling Onsite Current Year Quantity check the box above
SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 322 (Paper
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Releases to Land
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Land Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page::
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 322 (Paper
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Water Discharges
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Water Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 322 (Paper
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Air Emissions
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Air Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 321 (Wood Product
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Criteria Air Pollutants
How to Download Your Data
Note: Processing National Emissions Inventory data will require use of data processing software. The
data are available
in a tab or comma-delimited text format that must be imported into a program that will allow you to
analyze the file.
- Download the data files from each of the following links:
- 1996 -
ftp://newftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/1996criteriasummaryfiles/
1996facilitysummarymade08102005.zip
- 1999 –
ftp://newftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/1999criteriasummaryfiles/
1996facilitysummarymade08102005.zip
- 2002 –
ftp://newftp.epa.gov/air/nei/nei_criteria_summaries/2002summaryfiles/
2002_NEI_v3_Facility_Sums_Sep10_2007.zip
- 2005 –
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2008-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data/2008neiv3_facility.zip
- 2008 –
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2008-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2011 –
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2011-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2014 –
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2014-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
- 2017 –
https://www.epa.gov/air-emissions-inventories/2017-national-emissions-inventory-nei-data
For 1996 – 2005, a ZIP folder should begin downloading automatically. For 2008 - 2017, click the
“Data Summaries” tab,
then download the file “Facility-level by Pollutant.”
- Wood products facilities are grouped under SIC codes beginning with 24 for the years 1996 and 1999
and NAICS codes
beginning with 321 for the years 2002 – 2017.
- Using the SIC and NAICS variables, filter for wood products facilities, then sum total emissions of
CO, NOX, VOC,
PM10, NH3, and SO2 in each year to arrive at the totals shown in this chart.
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Greenhouse Gases
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ghg-reporting-program-data-sets
- Click the “2018 Data Summary Spreadsheets” link. In the resulting ZIP file, open the spreadsheet,
“ghgp_data_by_year.xlsx.” Navigate to the first worksheet, “Direct Emitters.”
- Apply a filter to Column K (Primary NAICS Code), displaying only the values for NAICS Codes
beginning with 321.
- With the filter from Step 3 applied, for each year, 2011 through 2018, sum the relevant column of
“Total reported direct emissions.” For example, Column T corresponds to 2011, Column S corresponds
to 2012, etc.
- For 2010 data, open the spreadsheet, “ghgp_data_2010” from the ZIP file. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 in
this file; the 2010 “Total reported direct emissions” data are in Column N of the “Direct Emitters”
worksheet.
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Energy Use
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/
- Under “Reference case tables,” go to “View all reference case tables”
- Go to Table 33. Other Manufacturing Sector Energy Consumption.
- For 2019, copy the value for “Total (trillion Btu)” under “Wood Products Consumption”
- Repeat for each Annual Energy Outlook, 2010-2019, copying only the first year of data from each. All
other years in each report are projected values (AEO 2015 has 2012 and 2013 data).
- To access archived Annual Energy Outlook reports, select year from “Previous Editions of the AEO” at
the bottom of the Annual Energy Outlook report page.
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Hazardous Waste Generation
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://rcrainfo.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb/action/modules/br/naics/view
- Repeat the following steps for each NAICS code and each reporting cycle. You will be able to access
data for one year and one NAICS code at a time. For each reporting cycle, sum the output across the
three NAICS code to calculate the total shown in this chart for the year corresponding to that
reporting cycle.
- NAICS codes: 3211 SAWMILLS AND WOOD PRESERVATION; 3212 VENEER, PLYWOOD, AND ENGINEERED WOOD
PRODUCT MANUFACTURING; 3219 OTHER WOOD PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
- Reporting cycles: 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
- You do not need to change the “Generators to Include” dropdown or the “Location” dropdown
before hitting submit.
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Production-Related Waste Managed
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Total Production Related Waste check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 321 (Wood Product
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Recycling of Waste Chemicals
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Recycling Onsite Current Year Quantity check the box above
SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 321 (Wood Product
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Releases to Land
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Land Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page::
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 321 (Wood Product
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Water Discharges
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.epa.gov/enviro/tri-ez-search.
- Scroll down and click on “Flat (Denormalized) Form R – A flat view of the TRI database that contains
a majority of the available TRI information.
- Select the following variables from the list of data elements provided.
- Reporting Year
- In the row immediately below Water Total Release check the box above SUM
- Primary NAICS Code
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “STEP 3: Enter Search Criteria”
- On the next page:
- For Reporting Year – switch Operator to “Between.” In the pop-up box that results, enter
“1996” into the top form field, and “2018” into the bottom form field. Then click “Enter
BETWEEN Range in Search Field.” In the Sort Column field, enter “1.” (You can leave the
other columns blank or unchanged.)
- For Primary NAICS Code – switch Operator to “Beginning with,” and enter 321 (Wood Product
Manufacturing) under Search Value. Then check the last box to the right under “Where Only.”
- Click on “Search database” or “Output to CSV File”
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Dollar Value of Gross Output
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.bea.gov/industry/gdpbyind_data.htm
- Select “Access Underlying Detail tables.”
- Select “Gross Output by Industry.”
- Select “U.Gross Output by Industry (A),” then select “Detail Level.”
- Click the “Next Step” button. The resulting data table will then load.
- Select “Modify” in the upper-right-hand corner of the table. In the resulting window:
- Set the scale as “Billions”
- Set the start year as “1997”
- Set the start year as “Most Recent”
- Click “Refresh Table”
- Click “Download” and choose your preferred download format.
- For each year, sum the values in lines 238-245 (these lines correspond to NAICS 322) to calculate
the values shown in this chart.
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Employment
How to Download Your Data
Note: Processing employment data from the Census Bureau will require use of data processing software.
The data are available in a comma-delimited text format that must be imported into a software
package that will allow you to analyze the file.
- Go to https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data/datasets.html
- Click on any link labeled “County Business Patterns: YEAR.” On the resulting page, click the
“Complete U.S. File” link and download the corresponding file. Repeat this process for each year
from 1998 to 2018.
- Open each file in a software package of your choice that can process comma-delimited text files.
Repeat the steps below for each file.
- For entities with suppressed data, the Census Bureau replaces all employment values with zeroes, and
this underestimates the total number of employees in each sector. Using your software package,
replace the suppression flags with the midpoint of the Data Suppression Flag employment ranges per
the table below.
Empflag Data Suppression Flag |
Employment Size Class |
Midpoint |
Min |
Max |
A |
0 |
19 |
10 |
B |
20 |
99 |
60 |
C |
100 |
249 |
175 |
E |
250 |
499 |
375 |
F |
500 |
999 |
750 |
G |
1000 |
2,499 |
1,750 |
H |
2,500 |
4,999 |
3,750 |
I |
5000 |
9,999 |
7,500 |
J |
10,000 |
24,999 |
17,500 |
K |
25,000 |
49,999 |
37,500 |
L |
50,000 |
99,999 |
75,000 |
M |
100,000 |
>100,000 |
100,000 |
- In your software package, filter the data for NAICS codes that begin with 322.
- With the filter in place, aggregate the “emp” column across all records.
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Production
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FO
- On the far right, under “Bulk Downloads,” click “Americas” to download a zip file
- Open the file “Forestry_E_Americas.csv”
- In Column A (Area), filter for “United States of America”
- In Column D (Item), filter the results to show only “Wood pulp” and “Paper and paperboard”
- In Column F (Element), filter for “Production”
- To calculate U.S. Pulp and Paper Production as shown in this chart, multiply the sum of these
values, in each year, by a conversion factor of 1.10231, for each year between 1996 and 2017 to
convert to U.S. tons.
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Dollar Value of Gross Output
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.bea.gov/industry/gdpbyind_data.htm
- Select “Access Underlying Detail tables.”
- Select “Gross Output by Industry.”
- Select “U.Gross Output by Industry (A),” then select “Detail Level.”
- Click the “Next Step” button. The resulting data table will then load.
- Select “Modify” in the upper-right-hand corner of the table. In the resulting window:
- Set the scale as “Billions”
- Set the start year as “1997”
- Set the start year as “Most Recent”
- Click “Refresh Table”
- Click “Download” and choose your preferred download format.
- For each year, sum the values in lines 46-49 (these lines correspond to NAICS 321) to calculate the
values shown in this chart.
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Employment
How to Download Your Data
Note: Processing employment data from the Census Bureau will require use of data processing software.
The data are available in a comma-delimited text format that must be imported into a software
package that will allow you to analyze the file.
- Go to https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data/datasets.html
- Click on any link labeled “County Business Patterns: YEAR.” On the resulting page, click the
“Complete U.S. File” link and download the corresponding file. Repeat this process for each year
from 1998 to 2018.
- Open each file in a software package of your choice that can process comma-delimited text files.
Repeat the steps below for each file.
- For entities with suppressed data, the Census Bureau replaces all employment values with zeroes, and
this underestimates the total number of employees in each sector. Using your software package,
replace the suppression flags with the midpoint of the Data Suppression Flag employment ranges per
the table below.
Empflag Data Suppression Flag |
Employment Size Class |
Midpoint |
Min |
Max |
A |
0 |
19 |
10 |
B |
20 |
99 |
60 |
C |
100 |
249 |
175 |
E |
250 |
499 |
375 |
F |
500 |
999 |
750 |
G |
1000 |
2,499 |
1,750 |
H |
2,500 |
4,999 |
3,750 |
I |
5000 |
9,999 |
7,500 |
J |
10,000 |
24,999 |
17,500 |
K |
25,000 |
49,999 |
37,500 |
L |
50,000 |
99,999 |
75,000 |
M |
100,000 |
>100,000 |
100,000 |
- In your software package, filter the data for NAICS codes that begin with 321.
- With the filter in place, aggregate the “emp” column across all records.
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Production
How to Download Your Data
- Go to https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FO
- On the far right, under “Bulk Downloads,” click “Americas” to download a zip file
- Open the file “Forestry_E_Americas.csv”
- In Column A (Area), filter for “United States of America”
- In Column D (Item), filter the results to show only “Sawnwood” and “Wood-based panels”
- In Column F (Element), filter for “Production”
- The sum of these values, in each year, represent the U.S. Wood Production values shown in this
chart.
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