US EditionCalifornia looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat
- California homebuilders continue to rely on Canadian lumber despite the threat of a 25 percent tariff, as they rebuild homes lost in wildfires.
- Dan Dunmoyer stated that alternatives to Canadian lumber are limited due to land ownership restrictions and a lack of local production capabilities.
- The proposed tariffs could raise softwood lumber levies to nearly 40 percent, impacting housing projects amid high demand from displaced families.
- British Columbia's forestry sector criticized the tariffs as unnecessary, noting that the U.S. meets only 70 percent of its lumber needs domestically.
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California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber exist, amid tariff threat
California homebuilders say they have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
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California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat
California homebuilders say they have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
California looks to Canadian timber to help in wildfire rebuild, despite tariff threat
The president of the California Building Industry Association says ‘there aren’t really alternatives’ to Canadian lumber used for homebuilding in the state because about 80% of Californian land can’t be logged
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California looks to Canadian timber to help in fire rebuild, despite tariff threat
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