SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Local lumber manufacturers are optimistic that a new 10% tariff on Canadian lumber will help stabilize prices and revive domestic production.

The tariff, implemented by the Trump administration, targets softwood lumber made from pine, fir and spruce trees. Washington state imported more than $600 million in lumber from Canada in 2023.

The U.S. Lumber Coalition says Canada has been flooding the American market with lumber, making it difficult for domestic companies to compete.

"It's supply and demand that actually dictates the prices of lumber. Canada saturated the market which is why lumber prices went down even though duties went up," said Zoltan van Heyningen, executive director of the U.S. Lumber Coalition.

Local building supply companies are expressing cauti

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