# ISO 738:1981 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 738:1981, item title is Coniferous sawn timber — Sizes — Permissible deviations and shrinkage; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 738:2015; withdrawn / published date is 1981-11-01, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 738:1981 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Coniferous sawn timber — Sizes — Permissible deviations and shrinkage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 738:2015
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 1981-11-01 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 4988,IS,,ISO 738:1981,Coniferous sawn timber — Sizes — Permissible deviations and shrinkage,Bois sciés résineux — Dimensions — Écarts admissibles et retrait,1981-11-01,1,['79.040'],ISO/TC 218,9599,,[62870],"['en','fr']",3,"<p>Relates to deviations from nominal thicknesses, widths and lengths due to inaccuracies in sawing. Is applicable to unplaned square-edged and unedged sawn timber having thicknesses or widths in the range of 10 mm to 310 mm. Average values for shrinkage for some wood species are given in annexes A and B.</p>"

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
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