Hardwood lumber being stacked after processing. / Photo Credit: M. Bumgardner

By Matthew Bumgardner and Scott Bowe

Hardwood lumber production in the United States reached a peak in 1999, with an estimated 12.6 billion board feet of output. However, the early 2000s ushered in a major structural shift – the large-scale offshoring of U.S. furniture manufacturing. Once the single largest user of hardwood lumber until the late 1970s, wood furniture has become the smallest major market for hardwood lumber today.

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