Wood and paper products meet the everyday needs of consumers and businesses. They provide materials essential for communication, education, packaging, construction, shelter, sanitation, and protection. The United States produced 88 million tons of paper and paperboard in 1999, over 700 pounds for every man, woman, and child. The forest products industry is also the third-largest industrial consumer of energy, and generates more than 2 billion tons of waste each year – mostly in the form of non-hazardous waste water and sludge.

The Missouri Forest Products Industry consists of 735 companies in three major categories

1. Forestry & Logging (NAICS 113)
2. Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321)
3. Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322)

1997 Value of Shipments for the Missouri Forest Products Industry

• The Missouri forest products industry currently directly employs approximately 26,527 people.
• Average employment in the Missouri forest products industry: 36.
• Based on 1997 census data, workers in Missouri’s forest products industry (excluding Forestry & Logging, NAICS 113xxx) earned an average wage of $27,079, which was about 15% below the state’s manufacturing average wage of $31,355.

Missouri Industry Profile

FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY PROFILE (PowerPoint, 1.29 MB)

OIT Forest Products Vision and Roadmap

FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY VISION (PDF, 94 KB)

FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP (PDF, 203 KB)

Department of Energy Web Pages

OIT's Forest Products IOF Home Page

EIA's Forest Products Industry Analysis Brief