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Excerpt from Value and Employment Associated With Pacific Northwest Log Exports to Japan With the rise in log exports from the United States to Japan in recent years, there has been considerable discussion of the impact of these exports on the economy of the Pacific Northwest. One of the many questions raised con cerns the comparative amounts of value and employment generated per unit of logs by export in contrast to primary manufacture in domestic mills. The objective of this study is to provide information on this question by determining value and employment generated per thousand board feet in exports and in domes tic manufacture for the Specific kinds of logs actually exported in the fourth quar ter of 1964. Also included are data on Species, grade, and size of logs exported during this period. The study was based on a sample of log exports from seven of the princi pal ports in western Washington and western Oregon currently exporting logs to Japan. Detailed sampling procedures are described in Appendix A. Log export values and employment data were collected from exporting firms, towboat companies, stevedoring firms, steamship companies, and port authorities. Corresponding value data for domestic processing of logs were estimated from price information used in National Forest timber appraisals. Employment requirements for primary log manufacturing were determined from data on file at the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.