West Annual Survey

Form Approved
OMB No. 0596-0010
Expires [DATE]

Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Gallagher Business Building, room 231
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-6840
[STATE] [YEAR] TIMBER PRODUCTS OUTPUT ANNUAL SURVEY
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
The objective of this survey is to collect and compile data on the sources and volumes of raw materials used by the
forest products industry in [STATE], and the volumes and types of finished wood products and mill residue
produced in the state. Your assistance is needed to make the results of the survey comprehensive, accurate and
timely.
INDIVIDUAL FACILITY DATA WILL BE HELD STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. ONLY SUMMARIZED
INFORMATION WILL BE REPORTED.
Please fill out the attached questionnaire as completely and accurately as you can. If complete records are not
available, please give us your best estimates. Some of the questions may not apply to your operation. In that case,
please proceed to the next item. We estimate that responding to this questionnaire will take approximately 45
minutes.
BBER staff will be happy to assist you in completing the survey form. If you have questions, please contact [NAME]
by phone at [PHONE NUMBER], or by email at [EMAIL ADDRESS]. If you prefer, we can email you an electronic
version of the questionnaire. A downloadable version can also be found at [WEB ADDRESS].
You may return your completed questionnaire either by mail in the enclosed postage paid return envelope, by
scanning and emailing it to [EMAIL ADDRESS], or by faxing it to (406) 243-2086. In the event that your facility is
closed or currently inactive, we would appreciate that information as well.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average [TIME] minutes per response,
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to:
Department of Agriculture, Clearance Officer, OIRM, Room 404-W. Washington, DC 20250; and to the Office of
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (OMB# 0596-0010), Washington, DC 20503.

[STATE] [YEAR] FACILITY OPERATIONS ANNUAL SURVEY

A. Facility profile

Please complete a separate questionnaire for each facility.

1. Facility name:
2. Mailing address:
3. Physical address:
4. Person completing questionnaire:

Title
Phone
Email

Name
5. Type of facility (check one):
Sawmill

□ Post/pole
□ House log
□ Log export
□ Firewood

□ Particle board/MDF
□ Veneer/plywood
□ Roundwood chipping
□ Other: ______________________

6. Status of facility in [YEAR]:
Active

□ Inactive

□ Closed/dismantled

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□ Biomass energy
□ Pulp/paper
□ Cedar products
□

7. Did your facility receive roundwood inputs (logs) in [YEAR]?

□ YES

□ NO

If your facility did not receive any roundwood (e.g., logs or woody material chipped or ground in the forest and directly
delivered to mill) during calendar year [YEAR], please proceed to Section C. Finished Product Output .

B. Flow of raw materials in calendar year [YEAR]
1. Please indicate the species received by your facility, and the percentages of each:
Percent of [YEAR]
volume received

Percent of species
dead prior to harvest

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Species

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B. Flow of raw materials in calendar year [YEAR] (continued)
2. Please indicate the volume of timber received by your facility in calendar year [YEAR]. Indicate the type of log (e.g.,
sawlog, pulpwood, veneer peeler, house log, woody biomass, fuelwood, post/pole, etc.), state and county of origin, and
ownership source (industrial private, non-industrial private, state, tribal, Bureau of Land Management, or Forest Service
[specify forest]). Report volumes in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner, or specify other units (e.g., truckloads, tons). If
you are unsure, please provide your best estimate.

TIMBER PRODUCT
(LOG) TYPE

VOLUME

UNIT

STATE AND COUNTY
(for non-US logs, list country of origin)

OWNERSHIP

[STATE] [YEAR] FACILITY OPERATIONS ANNUAL SURVEY

C. Finished product output in calendar year [YEAR]
Please indicate the type (lumber, board & shop, timbers, posts, poles, veneer, log homes, etc.), volume and units of
primary products produced by your facility in [YEAR].
PRODUCT TYPE

VOLUME PRODUCED

UNITS (e.g., MBF, MSF, lineal ft, cords, pieces, tons, etc.)

D. Mill residue in calendar year [YEAR]
Please indicate the volume of mill residues produced and sold by your facility in [YEAR], and how the residues were used. Please list units (e.g., green tons,
cubic yards, etc.) if data is not available in bone dry units (BDU). Note: 1 BDU = 1.2 BDT (bone dry tons) or 2,400 lbs.
-----------------------Indicate how residue was used-------------------------(please account for 100% of volume produced)

Residue Type

Volume Produced

Volume Sold
BDU

Raw material
for pulp or
board

Internal
hogfuel/biomass energy

Sold for
hogfuel/biomass/energy
/firewood

Unused

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Other use:

Chips

BDU

Slabs, edging & trim
not chipped

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Sawdust

BDU

BDU

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Planer shavings

BDU

BDU

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Bark

BDU

BDU

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