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I-umber shipnrents of. 48 mills reporting to thc National f,umber Trade Barometer, National Lun'rber Manrrfacturers Association, were 8.2 per cent above production for the week ending Altril 22, 1.950. In the same week new orders of these mills were 21.9 per cent above production. Unfillcd orders of the reporting mills amount to 59 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 28 days'production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 44 days' production. I for the week ended orders as 72.648.N0 production 61,124,N0 the week totaled 251.-

Compared to the average corresponcling week of 193.51939, production of reporting mills was (t6.3 per cent above; shipments were 74.2 per cent above; orders rvere 97.3 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1949, production of reporting mills was 9.1 per cent above; shipments.were 12.1 per cent above; and nerv orders were 28.1 per cent above.

The Western Pine Association April 29, 96 mills reporting, gave feet, shipments 72,201,000 feet, and feet. Orders on hand at the end of 986,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of March, 195Q seventeen companies reporting, gave orders received as 52,588,000 feet, shipments 48,292,000 feet, and production 51,502,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 63.967,000 feet. ltr lrrrcrco ol'|cs

The Southern Pine Association for 22, 9l units (120 mills) reporting, 891,000 feet, shipments 19,513,000 19,374,000 feet. Orders on hand at totaled 57.447.0N f.eet.

W. L DlccL alO Xcrt the week ended April gave orders as 17,feet, and production the end of the week

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended April22,l72mills reporting, gave orders as 158,986,000 feet, shipments 132,444pN feet, and production 125,140,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 658,551,000 feet.

For the wepk ended April D, these same mills reported orders as 142,024,000 feet, shipments 129,189,000 feet, and production 127,998,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 674.4?3.NO feet.

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