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Lumber shipments oi 490 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer .rere 7.7 per cent belorv production for the week ending January 24, 1953. In the same rveek new orders of these mills u'ere 0.1 per cent belorv production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted to 38 per cent of the stocks. For the reporting softrvood mills unfilled orders were equivalent to 23 davs'prodtlction at the current rate, and gross stocks \\'ere equivalent to 58 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 6.5 per cent belorv production ; neu' orders were 3.9 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding rveek in 19351939, production of reporting mills 'ivas 103.0 per cent above; shipments were 68.2 per cent above ; new orders were 55.9 per cent above. Compared to the corrsponding week in 1952, production of reporting mills rvas 14.6 per cent above; shipments ll'ere 6.5 per cent above ; and neu' orders were 10.4 per cent belorv.

The Western Pine Association for u'eek endecl January 31, 106 mills reporting, gave orders as 69,775,000 feet, shipments 67,907,W feet, and production 60'-115.000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek tr>taled 235,405,000 feet.

The California Redrvood Association for the month of December, 1952. seventeen companies reporting, gave orders received as 41,597,000 feet. shipments 39,871,000 feet, and production 45.755,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 50,473,000 feet.

For the year 1952. the Association reported orders received as 565,704,000 feet. shipments 569,659,000 feet, and production 636,770,000 feet.

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