On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:14:55 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

writes:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:24:51 +0100, Bod wrote:

On 19/04/2021 14:04, trader_4 wrote:
Lumber has skyrocketed over the last two years, most common lumber
doubling, or tripling in price. Among the reasons? Trump's tariffs on
Canada substantially reduced Canadian imports, while raising prices.
I hope the Trumpets are happy.

Yup, here's more info:

'Fed study finds Trump tariffs backfired'

https://www.marke****ch.com/story/fe...red-2019-12-27


The ironic thing is that since China is not buying our logs our timber
industry is suffering.

Cite?

You will like this one, they blame it on Trump.

https://qz.com/1934494/us-timber-ind...-and-covid-19/
We have a lumber shortage but logs are a glut
on the market.

As I understand it, the primary raw lumber exports
to China are hardwoods (Walnut, Cherry, et alia) and
China placed retaliatory tariffs on them, thanks to
your buddy trump.

Most domestic softwood (construction lumber) imports come from Canada.

We still grow a lot of softwoods here. Have you ever been out of town
to the forests just east and northeast of you?
They have so much softwoods they cut it, pile it up and burn it. When
we were in South Dakota the logging roads were lined with "slash
piles" of ponderosa pines and other conifers that they were going to
burn as soon as it snowed.

We just can't mill it up and sell it much cheaper than what it costs
now.