WASHINGTON, March 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Canada persistently claims that their softwood lumber manufacturers aren’t sponsored and subsequently must have unfettered get entry to to the U.S. marketplace. But each and every Management because the Reagan Management has investigated the softwood lumber industry factor with the similar conclusion: import tasks are warranted as a result of Canadian lumber manufacturers interact in unfair industry practices that hurt U.S. firms and staff.

Canada’s unfair offer softwood lumber is a jobs factor, and Canada’s egregious unfair industry practices are killing American jobs.

“Canada’s continuous feigned outrage at U.S. anti-subsidy measures is remarkable theater,” mentioned Andrew Miller, Proprietor/Chair of Stimson Lumber Corporate and Chairman of the U.S. Lumber Coalition. “Their industry absolutely benefits from substantial government subsidization. Just last week, Canada announced new subsidy programs for its softwood lumber producers.”

On March 19, 2025, the Govt of Canada introduced over $11.3 million in investment during the Investments in Jungle Trade Transformation (IFIT) program for 6 initiatives that lead to unutilized or various earnings streams for British Columbia’s Jungle Sector. The IFIT capital funding initiatives tide supplies grants “of up to $10 million of a project’s eligible costs.” Since its forming in 2010, this system has funded over 60 capital funding initiatives.

Additionally on March 19, 2025, the Govt of Canada introduced over $7 million in investment during the Indigenous Forestry Initiative (IFI) program for over 50 jungle sector initiatives for Indigenous communities. Consistent with the Govt of Canada’s press let fall, this investment is meant to uphold help for hundreds of jobs around the nation.

“The U.S. lumber industry are the ones who should be outraged,” added Miller. “We are the ones who have to compete with unfairly traded softwood lumber imports from Canada, funded by their government.”

The antidumping (AD) and countervailing tasks (CVD) imposed all through President Trump’s first time period in place of work in 2017 towards unfairly traded Canadian softwood lumber had been an simple good fortune. Billions of board toes of spare softwood lumber manufacturing, enough quantity to create over two million unutilized properties and counting, has solidified the home provide of lumber. Which means extra U.S. softwood lumber is being produced through U.S. staff to create U.S. properties.

“Continued full enforcement of the trade laws will bolster achieved increases in domestic softwood lumber production to further strengthen domestic supply lines for the U.S. housing market,” mentioned Zoltan van Heyningen, Government Director of the U.S. Lumber Coalition.

“The American lumber industry and forestry sector today has the capacity to supply nearly all U.S. lumber demand, and with continued strong trade law enforcement and additional tariff measures being contemplated by President Trump, the U.S. industry can, over time, supply 100 percent of the softwood lumber need of the United States. The United States has the natural resources needed,” concluded van Heyningen.”

U.S. lumber community voices on competing with subsidized softwood lumber imports: https://vimeo.com/1068971225?share=copy

Enforcing the U.S. trade laws helps increase the U.S. supply of lumber to build American homes, all without impacting the cost of a new home. Data provided by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Fastmarkets Random Lengths confirm that cost of lumber is a very small component of the price of a new home. Lumber, including delivery and distributor’s markup, makes up only 1.7% of the price of a new home. Duties on Canadian Lumber make up 0.04% of the price of a new home. It simply is not credible to state that lumber cost drives housing affordability.

About the U.S. Lumber Coalition
The U.S. Lumber Coalition is an alliance of large and small softwood lumber producers from around the country, joined by their employees and woodland owners, working to address Canada’s unfair lumber trade practices. Our goal is to serve as the voice of the American lumber community and effectively address Canada’s unfair softwood lumber trade practices. The Coalition supports the full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws to allow the U.S. industry to invest and grow to its natural size without being impaired by unfairly traded imports. Continued full enforcement of the U.S. trade laws will strengthen domestic supply lines by maximizing long-term domestic production and lumber availability produced by U.S. workers to build U.S. homes. For more information, please visit the Coalition’s website at www.uslumbercoalition.org.

CONTACT: Zoltan van Heyningen
[email protected] | 202-805-9133

SOURCE The U.S. Lumber Coalition