Wooden Pallets Move the U.S.
An Economic Analysis of the U.S. Wood Packaging Industry
National Economic Impact
$30.7 BILLION - The annual economic output that the U.S. wood packaging industry was responsible for in 2016.
$10.7 BILLION - The direct output that domestic production of wooden pallets and containers had.
67,000 - The number of Americans that are employed in jobs directly related to wooden pallet and container manufacturing.
105,900 - The number of people that work in industries that rely heavily on wooden pallets and containers.
$4.4 BILLION - The amount in total annual economic output that downstream industries were responsible for in 2016.
1.8 BILLION - The amount of wooden pallets that carry goods throughout the U.S. at any given time.
The information found above is complied from data provided by NAMs Center for Manufacturing Research in partnership with Inforum, and data from similar research on hardwood products conducted by the Hardwood Federation.
Read the full "Economic Analysis of the U.S. Wooden Pallet and Container Industry" here. The report was prepared for NWPCA on September 7, 2018. The research was funded by the Pallet Foundation.
