acres certified, industrial eclect, industrial natural gas, workforce, transportation, taxes

1. Benchmarking Maine’s
Forest Industry
September 2015
Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC
207‐233‐9910
kingsley@inrsllc.com
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Funding provided by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

2. Introduction
• Maine data added to information from an existing report
• Minnesota Forest Resources Council, Report on the Competitiveness of
Minnesota’s Primary Forest Products Industry, December 2014.
• http://www.mnforestpartnership.com/images/PDF/Forest_Industry_Competi
tiveness_Report_Final_12.12.2014.pdf
• Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC (INRS) developed all
Maine‐based data from public sources, noted for each measurement
• INRS accepted all data in the Minnesota report as‐published, and
made no independent attempt to verify data
• Comparisons are often rated:
Better than Maine Worse than Maine
~ Equivalent to Maine No data available
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3. 0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
4,000,000
4,500,000
5,000,000
0 ‐ 20 21 ‐ 40 41 ‐ 60 61 ‐ 80 81 ‐ 100 101 ‐ 120 121+
1995
1999 ‐ 2003
2004 ‐ 2008
2008 ‐ 2012
2010 ‐ 2014
Age class distribution of Maine growing stock trees on Timberland from 1995 ‐ 2014
acres
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Maine Minnesotta Wisconsin Michigan Mississippi Louisiana Georgia North Carolina Washington
2010 ‐ 2011 2005 ‐ 2008 2000 ‐ 2003 1990 ‐ 1996
cords per acre
Cords per Acre
State / Country 2010 ‐ 2011 2005 ‐ 2008 2000 ‐ 2003 1990 ‐ 1996
Maine 17.29 17.05 17.14 15.59
Minnesotta 11.62 12.43 13.03 13.02
Wisconsin 16.11 16.00 15.76 15.60
Michigan 18.90 18.60 18.43 18.12
Mississippi 17.50 16.66 14.04
Louisiana 18.06 18.24 17.31
Georgia 18.33 17.48 16.87 16.46
North Carolina 28.38 22.31 21.68 22.15
Washington 47.23
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5. Rough & Rotten Gr 1, 2 HW Gr 1, 2 SW
Mortality /
Growth
Ares Certified
(000)
Growth Potential MAI
/ Acre
Actual MAI
/ Acre
Plantation
Acreage
%
Private
Timberland
Acreage
Maine 7.6% 23.8% 54.1% 37.5% 9.4 9,204,817 0.796 0.544 1.94% 95.13% 16,930,605
Minnesota 14.3% 11.8% 32.1% 68.3% 14.1 3,946,065 0.728 0.326 5.50% 48.61% 15,654,278
Wisconsin 10.7% 21.6% 34.1% 41.4% 8.7 3,744,340 0.885 0.492 6.34% 71.47% 16,582,508
Michigan 7.9% 16.7% 35.2% 43.3% 9.9 4,714,485 0.821 0.476 6.82% 64.58% 19,353,670
Mississippii 13.8% 13.1% 19.8% 22.9% 3.6 4,893,990 1.418 1.240 30.86% 88.97% 19,266,824
Lousiana 11.7% 18.0% 31.3% 31.6% 4.3 3,653,036 1.321 0.879 31.11% 88.83% 14,595,480
Georgia 13.5% 9.2% 23.2% 18.7% 1.6 5,073,243 1.318 1.029 31.83% 91.70% 24,164,204
North Carolina 8.8% 22.1% 32.0% 24.8% 1.5 4,074,678 1.048 1.121 18.03% 86.20% 17,887,864
Washington 7.7 1.486 26.25% 52.32% 17,830,786
Wood Fiber Availability and Cost
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
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5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
Maine MS LA GA NC WA MI WI MN
Aces of certified land by major certification programs in selected states
Tree Farm FSC SFI
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5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Maine MS LA GA NC WA MI WI MN
Percent of certified timberland by major certification programs in selected states
% Tree Farm % FSC % SFI
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8. $69.80
$74.00
$77.20
$63.40
$59.20
$62.70
$64.50
$42.30
$83.40
$‐
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
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$90
MN WI MI MS LA GA NC WA ME
Industrial Electric Price, 2013
$/MWh
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9. $4.94
$6.02
$6.97
$5.82
$3.86
$5.38
$6.87
$8.37
$10.32
$‐
$2.00
$4.00
$6.00
$8.00
$10.00
$12.00
MN WI MI MS LA GA NC WA ME
Industrial Natural Gas Price, 2013
$/MMCF
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$2.00
$4.00
$6.00
$8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
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$18.00
$20.00
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Minnesota Maine
Industrial Natural Gas Price
$ / MMCF
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11. Workforce Development
Literacy
Rate
% HS
Graduates
% College
Graduates
Maine 93% 90.2% 26.7%
Minnesota 94% 91.4% 31.8%
Wisconsin 93% 89.9% 25.8%
Michigan 92% 88.6% 25.2%
Mississippi 84% 80.7% 19.8%
Louisiana 84% 81.8% 21.1%
Georgia 83% 84.1% 27.4%
North Carolina 86% 84.1% 26.4%
Washington 90% 89.7% 31.0%
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12. Taxation
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All State Taxes
as % of GDP
(2013)
Corporate Income Tax
as a % of GDP (2012)
Corporate
Income Tax %
Preferential Tax
Program
Preferential
Prop Tax – Acres
% of Private
Timberland in Pref
Tax Program
Perferential Prop
Tax – Parcels
Maine 7.11% 0.44% 8.9 yes 11,241,153 70% 27,049
Minnesota 7.11% 0.36% 9.8 yes 995,700 13% 7,000
Wisconsin 5.80% 0.33% 7.9 yes 3,295,000 28% 47,800
Michigan 5.77% 0.15% 6.0 yes 2,295,000 18% 1,800
Mississippi 6.77% 0.38% 3.0 ‐ 5.0 yes 12,000,000 70% 125,000
Louisiana 3.74% 0.12% 4.0 ‐ 8.0 yes 11,860,400 91%
Georgia 3.93% 0.13% 6.0 yes 18,105,600 82% 198,700
North Carolina 5.09% 0.27% 6.0 yes 8,000,000 52%
Washington 4.61% 0.00%

13. Transportation
Allowable Gross
Vehicle Weight
(pounds)
Maine 100,000
Minnesota 90,000‐99,000
Wisconsin 98,000
Michigan 164,000
Louisiana 100,000
Georgia 80,000
Washington 105,500
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