• The forest products industry is composed of two segments:  primary and secondary.
• The primary segment consists of foresting, logging, sawmills, pulp & paper mills, OSB, and plywood mills.
• The secondary segment consists of architectural woodworking, cabinetry, residential and business furniture, and store fixtures.

Vital Stats

• Forest products is Alabama's largest industry by number of companies, number of employees, and amount of wages paid.  There are forest products companies in all 67 of Alabama's counties.
• There are 7,246 forest products companies in the state with a sales volume of over $28 billion.
• 124,529 people are directly employed by the forest products industry.  It is estimated that 10% of Alabama's workforce supports the forest products industry directly or indirectly.
• Alabama ranks 2nd in the nation in the amount of privately-owned forest land.
• Out of FDM Magazine's list of the top 300 forest products companies by sales, 16 conduct operations in Alabama.  Of these 16, half have their operations entirely in Alabama, accounting for $729 million in sales.

Exports

• Forest products are the state of Alabama's second-largest export, accounting for $983M of Alabama's $10.7B total.
• Alabama ranks 5th in the U.S. in pulp exports and 9th in lumber exports.

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