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United States Bulk Firewood Market

One in five households consume wood for either heating or for the enjoyment and ambiance a fire provides. The domestic firewood market uses more than 27 million cords of wood a year. 34% of the households which burn firewood purchase their wood, making total annual firewood sales 9.18 million cords a year. If two-thirds of the firewood sold each year is sold in bulk, the domestic market for bulk firewood is 6.15 million cords. United States Packaged Firewood Market 76% of firewood purchasers are urban consumers who are increasingly predisposed to purchase their firewood in packaged bundles. With limited access to cord wood suppliers, limited storage capabilities, time limitations, and ever the increasing difficulty finding seasoned bulk firewood, today's firewood consumer is more and more likely to buy packaged firewood. A cord of firewood is 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long - a total of 128 cubic feet of wood. A typical package of split, seasoned firewood holds 0.75 cubic feet of wood, so a full cord of wood will provide approximately 170 packages of split firewood. Assuming an average price per cord of $120 for bulk firewood, and the average price per package is $3.95, the retail value of a cord of packaged firewood is approximately $670. At this time there is no packaged firewood supplier mass producing a nationally branded product that fills the market demand.