THE CALIFOR}-IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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How Lumber Looks

Lumber shiprnents of 490 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ended Ausust l8 were 9.2% below protluction; rrew orders u'ere 15.6/o beloiv. Production was 1.3/o and shipments 7.2/o above, but orders were 4.7/o below the previous week. For the year-to-date, shipments were 0.4% above and orders 0.6/o ltelow production.

National production of lumber totaled 3,305,000,000 b.f. during June, estimated the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This was 3% below May and 8/o und.er June 1955. June shipments were 6/o and new orders were 5% below the previous month; shipments were 4/a anrl new orders 9/o below June production. Lumber production of 18,820,000,000 b.f. in this year's first six months was 3% below the like 1955 period; shipments were l/o above the 1956 production and new orders were slightly less.

West Coast Lumbermen's Association reported for 762 rnills (153 operating) in the week ended August 18: production, 127,499,371 feet; slripments, 114,347,070 feet (5.9/o under production) ; orders, 106,178,783 leet (12.6% under production). For the year to clate, orders were A.7% ard shipments 7.4/o over prorluction The weekly average of west coast lumber production in July was 148,7-59,000 b.f., or 80.2% of the 1951-55 average; orclers averaged 161,890,000 b.f., shipmerrts 160,495,000 b.f.-a11 were under the June averages, reported Harris E. Smith, secretary of the WCLA. The industry's unfilled order file stood at 629,831,000 b.f. at the end of July, gross stocks at 9A2,248,M0 h.f

Western Pine Association reported for 113 mills in the week endetl August 11: production, 93,106,000 feet; or<lers, 78,363,000 feet (15.8% below production); shipments, 83,062,000 feet (10.8/o below production). Orders were up 2.8% from the previous week.

Plywood sudclenly became the bright spot 'in the week enried August 18 when orders climbed to their highest weekly- total in al-

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