Although there is a softwood timber surplus for this US region, there are micro-markets where supply is becoming tighter, namely in the Atlantic states, predominantly South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. There remains, however, a large gap between the softwood timber harvest (drain) and the net growth on the US South productive forest land (the estimated drain was about 62% of growth in 2020). The higher log consumption has led to a decline in the discrepancy between the timber harvests and growth, reducing the build-up of additional log surplus. Over the past decade, softwood sawlog demand has increased as sawmill production has recovered. In 2000, timber harvests almost equaled net growth, but during the housing crisis and great recession in 2007-2009, lumber production, sawlog demand, and log removals fell sharply, leading to increased softwood timber inventory. A large softwood timber inventory has built up in the southern US over the past 15 years. In 2020, an estimated 12% of the world's conifer timber harvest was in this region. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The US South softwood timber resource is significant, cost-competitive, and increasingly crucial for the global supply of several forest products.
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