RPA forest products market data for U.S. RPA Regions and the world, historical (1990-2015), and projected (2020-2070) using the Forest Resource Outlook Model (FOROM)

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Below you will find a list and description of the files included in this data publication.

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION FILE

\Data\_variable_descriptions.csv: Comma-separated values (CSV) file containing a list and description of variables found in all data files. (A description of these variables is also provided below.)

Columns include:

Filename = name of data file
Variable = name of variable
Description = description of variable


DATA FILES

Data are provided as a single Microsoft Excel Open XML spreadsheet file (\Data\Ch7.xlsx) with 4 worksheets (one for each scenario) and as four individual CSV files (\Data\Ch7_*.csv) (one for each scenario). These four future scenarios of U.S. socioeconomic growth include: LM (lower warming-moderate), HM (high warming-moderate), HL (high warming-low), and HH (high warming-high). Data are provided for 58 geographic regions, for each of nine variables (production, consumption, timber price, timber harvest levels, imports, exports, net trade level which is exports minus imports, forest area, and forest standing stock) as well as several sub-variables.

The four worksheets/CSV files contain:

LM: Historical data yearly from 1990 through 2015, and projected data every five years from 2020 through 2070 from the low warming-moderate (LM) scenario.

HM: Historical data yearly from 1990 through 2015, and projected data every five years from 2020 through 2070 from the high warming-moderate (HM) scenario.

HL: Historical data yearly from 1990 through 2015, and projected data every five years from 2020 through 2070 from the high warming-low (HL) scenario.

HH: Historical data yearly from 1990 through 2015, and projected data every five years from 2020 through 2070 from the high warming-high (HH) scenario.


All files contain the following variables:

Measurement = Type of measurement
Production level
Consumption level
Price level
Timber harvest level
Import level
Export level
Net trade level (exports minus imports)
Forest area
Forest standing stock

Product = Type of product
coniferous fuelwood
non-coniferous fuelwood
other coniferous roundwood
other non-coniferous roundwood
coniferous industrial roundwood
non-coniferous industrial roundwood
coniferous sawnwood
non-coniferous sawnwood
plywood
particle board
fibreboard
mechanical wood pulp
chemical wood pulp
other fibre pulp
waste pulp
newsprint
printing and writing paper
other paper and paperboard
chips and particles
pellets
coniferous timber
non-coniferous timber
total timber
area
total stock
total coniferous
total non-coniferous

Units = Measurement units
1000CM = 1,000 cubic meters
1000MT = 1,000 metric tons
2015DOLperCM = 2015 US dollars/cubic meter
2015DOLperMT = 2015 US dollars/metric ton
1000HA = 1,000 hectares
MillionCM = 1,000,000 cubic meters

Location = Name of location which includes 58 different geographic regions as well as the Rest of the World (ROW) and the World (WORLD)

YYYY = Data for the specified year (YYYY = 1990-2015 for historical annual data; YYYY = 2020-2070 for data projected every five years)

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

Johnston, Craig M.T.; Guo, Jinggang; Prestemon, Jeffrey P. 2023. Forest Products. In: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2023. Future of America s Forest and Rangelands: Forest Service 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-102. Washington, DC: 7-1 - 7-26. Chapter 7. https://doi.org/10.2737/WO-GTR-102-Chap7

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Metadata_Date: 20230912

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Contact_Person: Jeffrey P. Prestemon

Contact_Position: Senior Research Forester and Project Leader

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address: Forestry Sciences Laboratory, P.O. Box 12254

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4033

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeffrey.prestemon@usda.gov

Contact Instructions: This contact information was current as of original publication date. For current information see Contact Us page on: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS.

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999