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Portland, Oregon,, October 1S-Douglas fir sawn.rills have done a good job of keeping production and shipments in balance with orders during the first nine months of the year, according to Harris E. Smith, secretary, West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

Smith saici orders for the first three quarters stood at 7,748,556,000 board feet, slightly above orders for the same lreriod for each of the past two vears. Production of 7,891,602,000 board feet was above 1952 and only 33 million feet belon' 1951 record output. Shipments through Septernber 30 were likervise ahead of 1952 and some 23 rnillion feet belorv i95 l.

September weekly average production of 180,656,000 board feet fell off from August weekly output. Unfilled orciers u'ent trp 54 million feet in the past thirty days and inventories held about even.

The weekly average of West Coast lumber production iu September was 180,656,000 b.f. or 95.1/o of the 1948-1952 average. C)rders averaged 169,409,000 b.f. ; shipments 178,I15,000 b.f. Weekly averages for August vnere: Production

190,480,000 b.f.; 100.3/o of the 1948-1952 average; orders l&,956,000 b.f.; shipments 186,817,000 b.f.

Nine montl.rs of 1953 cumulatir"e production 7,891,602,000 b.f.; nine months of 1952, 7,630,106,000 b.f.; nine months of 1951, 7,924,067,000 b.f

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Orders for nine months or 1953 breakdou'n as follou's: Rail and truck 5,364,970,000 b.f.; domestic cargo, 1,645,125,000 b.f.;export 388,042,000 b.f. local 350,119,000 b.f.

The industry's unfilled orcler file stood at 746,411,000 b.f. at the end of September, gross stocks at 1,065,160,000 b.f.

Lumber shipments of 516 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer rvere 6.2 per cent belou' production for rveek ended October 10, 1953. In the same l,eek tren'orders of these mills rvere 7.7 per cent belo.rr. produc.

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