Oregon’s Wood Product Manufacturing Industry Is Still Important, Especially in Rural Areas

Between 1990 and 2016, annual average employment in wood product manufacturing dropped 23,600, or 51 percent. Similar losses were experienced in all subsectors, with sawmills and wood preservation dropping 5,400 (45%); plywood and engineered wood products dropping 9,500 (53%), and all other wood product manufacturing, which includes millwork and prefabricated buildings, dropping 8,800 (54%).

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