Weyco reports 2006 net earnings.(Financial report)

Official Board Markets, February, 2007

Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., reports net earnings of $395 million for 2006 on net sales of $21.9 billion. This compares with net earnings of $733 million on net sales of $22 billion for 2005. For the fourth quarter, Weyerhaeuser reported net earnings of $450 million on net sales of $5.7 billion.

Last year, Weyerhaeuser re ported a fourth quarter net loss of $211 million on net sales of $5.7 billion. Fourth quarter earnings de creased from the third quarter primarily due to a higher spending at packaging facilities on maintenance and modernizations, and seasonally higher natural gas consumption at the containerboard mills. Packaging prices decreased slightly due to mix and containerboard prices increased due to higher realizations on...

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