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Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Financial information |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Net sales |  | $ | 1,719 |  |  | $ | 4,548 |  |  | $ | 5,172 |
Gross profit (loss) |  |  | (16,389 | ) |  |  | (1,219 | ) |  |  | (450 | )
Gain from sale of timberlands |  |  | — |  |  |  | 13,299 |  |  |  | — |
Net income (loss) |  |  | (22,387 | ) |  |  | 5,784 |  |  |  | (5,912 | )

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