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by privateSFacct 1833 days ago
Where is the source for this.

We do have Biden putting tariffs on Canadian lumber to help keep prices high, but that's the only thing I'm aware of.

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I don't know of an official source, but if you can just drive by a mill. I've been by two and witness first hand the pile up. I've driven by one mill two times a year for like 17 years and they have at least 10x the milled lumber stacked up. I've never seen it even remotely that full. I say 10x but it could be even much more. The other mill had probably 3-4x what they normally had.
Maybe because they have ratcheted up production to try and handle demand. A lumberyard filled to the brim doesn't mean what you think it means if that entire yard full is being sold and replenished every week.
There was also a tariff and import cap put on during the Harper era.