Mar 06, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. A total of 293.0 million board feet of softwood lumber was exported from Oregon and Washington in 2008. "The volume was up 26.6% from the 2007 total of 231.4 million board feet," says Debra Warren, an economist at the Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, as EurekAlert informed Lesprom Network. "During this same time period, Oregon and Washington imported 1.7 billion board feet of softwood lumber, mostly from Canada." Lumber exports for the 4Q 2008 from Oregon and Washington totaled 72.4 million board feet, up 19.6% from the 4Q 2007 volume of 60.5 million board feet. Douglas-fir accounted for 57.5% of the 2008 softwood lumber exports; western hemlock, 10.3%; and other softwoods made up the remaining 32.2%, said Debra Warren. The total value of 2008 lumber shipments from Oregon and Washington was $215.7 million at the ports of exportation, and the average value was $649.52 per thousand board feet. Douglas-fir averaged $525.74 per thousand board feet; western hemlock, $434.52; and other softwoods, $782.91. The average value of softwood lumber imported during 2008 was $466.91 per thousand board feet.