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I-umber shipments of 518 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 5.4 per cent below production for the week ending July 25, 1953. In the same week new orders of these mills were 8.9 per cent below production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted to 40 l)er cent of stocks. For the reporting softwood mills unfilled orders were equivalent to 23 days'production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 5,1 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills rvere 3.9 per cent above production; nerv orders were 4.7 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding lveek in 19351939, production of reporting mills was 54.3 per cent above; shipments rvere 53.6 per cent above; new orders were 43.8 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1952, production of reporting mills was 6.7 per cent below; shipments rvere 6.5 per cent belorv; and nert' orders were 15.4 per cent below.

Irr the P:icific Northrvest The \\rest Coast l-umbermen's Associatior.r reported :r.s follows fclr the n,eek ending July 25: for 157 identical mills production was 114 million feet, rvhich lvas 13/c above orders for the week. For the rveek ending July 18, the figures production 106,331,962 feet ; 103.479.227 ieet. i<lentical mills u'ere : 130,598,it43 ; shipments for 1lJ3 orders

The Western Pine Association reporting for 116 rnills for the week ending July 25, shou'ed : production 82,.5iJ0,000 feet ; orders 77,883,ffn feet; shipments 79,9tt9,000 feet.

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