August crosstie report

摘要

Purchases of 1.8 million ties in August were virtually the same as August 2008. Production of 1.7 million ties in August was down very slightly from August 2008. Inventories increased by about three million ties.rnAnnual market data. Tie purchases for the year-to-date were about 15 million, virtually the same the as August 2008 year-to-date figure. The inventory-to-sales ratio is 0.84 compared to 0.69 a year ago.