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THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT
How Lumber Looks
National Lumber Manufacturers Association reported shipments of 501 mills u'ere 0.6!Z belorv production in the National Lumber Tracle Barometer ior the u'eek ending May 26; nen' orders \\-ere 9.4'/o below. For the year to date, sl-ripments liere 2.6/c and nerv orders 3.2/o above production.
West Coast Lumbermen's Association reported for 162 rnills (149 operating) in the holiday week ended June 2: production, 100,623,I15 feet; shipments, 96,395,371 feet; orders, 88,362,031 leet (l2.2lc under production). For the year to date, shipments are 1.6% and orders 1.7/c above procluction.
Harris Ii. Smith, secretar)' of the \\'CLA, reports the u,eekly average of n'est coast lumber production in May rvas 181,605,000 bf ; orders averaged 171,631,000 bf and shipments 186,089,000 bf-all belorv the April figures. The industry's unfilled order file at the end of N{ay stood at 708,201,000 bf.
Western Pine Association reported for ll2 mills in tl-re lroliday rr.eek ended June 2: production, 78,369,000 feet; shipments, 77,452pm feet ; orders, 66,360,000 feet.
California Redwood Association reported lor 20 member rrrills during the month of April : production , 59,762,0A0 feet; shipments, 64,665,000 feet-an increase over April 1955 of 1,225pCfr feet in production and 6,222,000 feet in shipments. l'roduction rvas slightly don,n and shipments up from the unusual volume of Nlarch 1956. Orders on hanrl April 30 rvere 105,896,000 feet, compared u'ith 84,377,003 feet on the same date last year; stocks u'ere 364,886,000 feet, compared to 342.808.000.
Southern Pine Association reported for 89 mills in the holiclay 'rveek ending June 2: production, 19,013,0@ feet; shipments, 16,834,000 feet; orders, 15,482,000 feet. Production l'as above but orders and shipments belorv the 3-year aYerage.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association reported a 27/a cut in prcrcltrction in the holiday u'eek ended June 2, rvhile orders rvere don'n only 5/o in the 'rveek. Production \vas 76.303,000 feet, orders 84,520,000 feet. The industry's unfilled order file u'as at one of the lorvest points in several years, u'ith about trvo ll eeks' \\,ork at current capacity, compared to five n'eeks' rvork this time last year. For the year to date, production is 6.9/o abor.e 1955; orders 1.2/a belor'.
