THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

Jack Dion ne, ptblislru'

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The National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. reported shipments of 489 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ended September 15 were l3.Z/o below production; orders were 15.7/o below. Production was 17.5%, shipments 10.5% and orders 76.2/o above the prior holiday week. . National production of lumber totaled 3,067,000,000 bf during Julv,7% below June but l/o above July 1955, the NLMA reported. Shipments were 7/o and orders 4/o below June.

West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. reported tor 762 mills (149 operating) in the wtek ended Sept. 15: production, 115,246,524 feet; shipments, 100,887,173 feet (12.5% under production); orders, 98,048,622 feet (14.9/a under production) The weekly average of west coast lumber production in August was 180,344,000 bf, reported Harris E. Smith, WCLA secretary; orders averaged 163,500,@0 and shipments 168,586,000 bf. All were above the July figures.

Western Pine Association reported for 115 mills in the week ended Sept. l5: production, 91,669,000 feet; shipments, 78,557,000 feet; orders, 73,906,000 feet. Production was 23.8/o above orders and 15.1/o above the previous week; orders were ll.8/o above the prior week but 14.1/o under a year ago.

Southern Pine Association reported for 94 mills in the week ended September 15: production, 19,575,000 feet; shipments, 17,081,000 feet; orders, 18,106,000 feet.

Plywood orders again fell below production in the week ended September 15, as the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn. reported production, 110,829,000 feet; orders, 99,122,000 feet, and the industry's unfilled order fi1e dropped another 8,000,000 sq. ft. to 2.3 weeks' work at current capacity.

National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. reported total retail lumber stocks on July 31 *'ere estimated 5,017,000,000 bf, 1.9% less than on June 30 and, 2.7/o below the July 1955 level. Retail lumber sales during July were 5.8/o under J{rne and 9.3Vo below July 19-55, with the largest decrease in sales occurring in the Pacific region (l3.l7o).

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

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