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July/August 2009 Page 43WEST COAST TRENDS-Continued from page 15Don Dye, sales manager for Mary’sRiver Western Cedar sawmills andreman plant, said, “Logs are becomingmore difficult to find. Loggers justare not bringing in Cedar due to theweak Doug-Fir and Hemlock markets.So far we have logs, but it is a tightsupply. Our Cedar markets are doingokay, but we have chosen a differentpath. Our biggest bugaboo is midrangestandard and better material.Tight knot, channels, bevels andtongue and groove material is movingwell.”Vince Mast on the sales team ofHampton Affiliates, Portland, Ore.,said, “Sales from our mills last weekwere the best we have seen in twoyears. A lot of people were out ofwood and had to buy. We have asolid two-week order file and that isgood. We have raised some prices.For the first time in three years themills are in a fairly strong position forsales and raising prices. I feel thosesame buyers will have to come backto buy again in another two weeks.Business has had a lot better tonelately. However, we have no plans toincrease production and we may seemore curtailments if there is a downturn.We have seen good homecenter sales and strong offshoresales, however, the monsoon season iscoming and then we will have to sell moreinto the domestic market.”Darren Duchi, handling sales forSiskiyou Forest Products in Andersen,Calif., said, “No one has any supply fearsat the moment; the fourth quarter maysee some concerns if curtailments continueto expand. We have experienced aslight bump in sales, but due to fiercelyaggressive competition, we have notbeen able to raise our prices. Business isbetter but surviving is about doing morewith less. We are expanding into somenew markets for us and this effort is payingoff. We thought last winter was thetoughest winter we would ever see, butthis year may be the toughest year andthis coming winter may be harder thanthe last one. There is so much uncertaintydue to what is happening in ourcountry’s government. 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