Hardwood lumber production: 1970-83

TOTAI, HARDWOOD T,UMBHR PRODUCTION rF OTAL hardwood production I for the years 1970 through 1983 is shown on Graph I with space provi-

Story at a Glance

Hardwood lumber production reflects the bulldlng slump. stats for 1983-84 looklng up. exporls contlnue to rlse. three areas remaln lalrly con. stant.

ded for filling in the 1984 total figure. Production for 1982 at 5,004 billion board feet was the lowest of the 13

(Note: figures on Graphs I and II use billion board feet while Graph III uses million board feet. Zeros have been dropped in all figures.)

HARDWOOD LUMBER PRODUCTION BY REGION Appa fachian year period, with 1975 being the next lowest at 5,872 BBF. Peak year was 1978 with 7,N2 BBF. This over 7,000 BBF production held for three years before dropping to 6,194 BBF inl98l at the beginning of the building slump.

GraphII showing hardwood lumber production by region reflects the peaks and valleys of the total production curve.

The variable between Southern and Appalachian production remained fairly stable until 1982 when Appalachia produced only 921 BBF, its lowest production in 13 years. The best year for that region was 1978 with 1,533 BBF produced.

Production from areas classified as "other" remained fairly constant except for the 1977-80 jump to 2,611 BBF, then a drop to 2,581 and 2,533 before beginning the slump of the 80's. Southern production varied only slightly during the period charted with a variable of I106 BBF between 1970, the highest production year, and 1983, the lowest production period.

Graph III tracing hardwood lumber exports shows an almost constant upward flow since 1970 despite dips between 1972-75, 1978-79 and l98l-82. The 1982-83 period shows the most dramatic rise. Total increase

Graph III

in the past 13 years has been just over 328 MBF.

The National Forest Products Association, which prepared all three charts, used the figures from its new publication, "Monthly Statistics for the Wood Products Industry," for Graph III.

Payless Cushw,uy.s, /nr'., wlrich recently opcned a new store in Longview, Tx., has plans l'or additional units in College Station and Dallas. Tx. I.b.rurtrth-(iulbruilh Lurnber Co., Dallas, Tx., is changing the name of its latcst acquisition, Cily Lumber Co., Temple, Tx., to Foxworth-Galbraith LumberCo....

Shapard Lutnber, Columbia, Th., will have a grand opening Oct. 18-20 for its new Do-it-center, Frank Schwartz, mgr. . . Mc'Coy's has opened a new building supply center in Waxahachie, Tx. (see page 7 for more info)

Hechinger Co. plans to open 20 new stores within the next two years; sites have been selected in N.C., S.C. and Va. (more details onpageT)...

Olympia Timber /nc. has been formed by Tom Schlueter and Harry Finney in Dallas, Tx. Ajoyem Lumber Corp., Thmpa, Fl., has opened a new wholesale lumber distribution plant

Boise Cascade Corp. has opened a l6-acre wholesale building materials distribution branch in Dallas, Tx., Al Cron, gen. mgr.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. will construct an oriented strand board plant at Glade Spring, Va., to complement their OSB plant at Dudley, N.C., and ones under construction at Skippers, Va., and Crenada, Ms.

Willutrtclle Inrlu.slries, Inc., Portland, Or., has agrecd to opcratc .lames l)avison's particlcboard plant in Lillic, [.a., with salcs handled by thcir Simsbor<1, [.a., plant.

Cutrrcron Wholesule Co. has closcd its 54-ycar-old moulding plant in Texarkana, Ar. . . . Golden Stale Moulding, Rocklin, Ca., has moved production into the former Sierra Plant in Rocklin, allowing thcm to produce a full range of Df. mouldings.

KIean-Strip Div. of W. M. Barr & Co. has completed a new 204,000 sq. ft. distribution center in Memphis, Tn., next to national Hq. . . . Cerlainked Corp. is consolidating roofing production into 4 major manufacturing facilities, including Oxford, N.C. and Savannah, Ca., plants; a Dallas, Tk., plant will be closed. .

John Cox Lumber Co.. Houston, Tk., andTi,inity Floor, Austin, Tk., are now distributors for Permacrain Products. Schlage Lock Co. will relocate its Rocky Mount, N.C., distribution center to Kansas City, Ks., in a move to consolidate distribution.

Coastal Lumber Co., Weldon, N.C. has moved its California office from El Segundo to City of Industry. . .Chesapeake Corp. has purchased Mid-Land Timber Products Co.'s treating plant at Fredericksburg, Va., renaming it Fredericksburg Wood Tfeating Plant. .

W'.M. ('runr(r Lurrtlter ('o. is o1'lcning u warchorrsc in Orlarrdo, I;1., builclirrg a ttcrv clry kilrt l'acility and salcs of'l'icc iu illillwood, Ky., and installing a lfi),(fi) sq. l't. kiln itt t{ildcbran, N.('., l-1c1.

Gurttblc IJro,s., Louisville, Ky., owrrcd by .lirn Waltcr Corp., has bccrr solcl lo Musottite Coryt.

Giunt [)orllund & Mu.srnrr.r,Centenl Co., Colurnbia, S.C., plans to acqtrirc Ke.ystone Porllund Cenrcnl C'r.r., llath, Pa., lor $15 million; both arc cernent makers.

I tdiunu Luttt lrcntrcns I nsurunce Co. has nroved its Tx. clainrs office t'rom Waco to Dallas. .Power Equiptrtcnl Dislribulors Inc., Baton Rouge, La., is now a distributor for Echo Products. .

Lqw,e's Cos. sales increased 790 in July to $180.2 million from $168.5 million a year ago. . . Scot/y's sales for ,4 weeks in July of $30,634,544 were up 490 over the same period in 1983. . . Hechinger Co. had 2nd quarter sales of $114.4 million, up 3090 over $87.7 million last year. .

The Home Depot, Inc.'s ?nd quarter net sales were $119,068,000 compared to $66,613,000 for same period in 1983. .

High mortgage rates were blamed for a I2.8Vo slump in housing starts in August. . . figures slid to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,537,000 units from a revised 1,763,000 units in July. . . single family starts were off 9.790 while multis tumbled l6.9Vo. bldg. permits for future construction sagged 3.7V0 after falling a revised l4.7Vo in July. .

During the lst 6 mos. of 1984, MVo of multifamily housing starts and 31Vo of single family starts took place in Texas, Florida and California. .

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