Highlights

• The forest products industry is among the New York's leading manufacturers.  

• Over 61,000 New Yorkers are employed in forest products manufacturing with a payroll of just under $2 billion.  It is estimated that an additional 3,000 individuals work in forestry and logging.

• The forest products industry contributes $3.7 billion to the state gross product.

• Annual capital investment by the forest products industry in New York is averaging about $430 million.

• In 2000 the value of shipments of forest products from New York totaled nearly $9 billion.

• New York is one of leading states in the production of hardwood lumber.  Total hardwood lumber production in 2000 was 467 million board feet.

• Over 7 percent of all manufacturing jobs in NY are attributable to the forest products industry.  This has increased by nearly 2 percent over the last 25 years.

Publications

• "Economic Impact of New York's Forests" by North East State Foresters Association, August 2001 (pdf format, large file requiring long download time)

• "Economic Contributions of the Northern Forest" by ESFPA, Maine Wood Products Association, North East State Foresters Association, Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association, USDA Forest Service - Cooperative Forestry, 2001 (brochure in pdf format)

• "NYS Industrial Roundwood Production and Consumption Report" by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Wood Utilization and Marketing Program, 1999 (summary in pdf format)

• "Just the Facts: An Overview of New York's Wood-Based Economy and Forest Resource" by Dr. Hugh O. Canham, SUNY CESF and Kevin S. King, ESFPA, 1998 (limited quantities available, call for more information)