NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — More than 450 hardwood companies and lumber mills, including 37 from Tennessee, have written a letter to the Trump administration requesting to be included in any future tariff relief programs to make up for what the industry has lost due to retaliatory tariffs.

The letter cited "extraordinary challenges" that the hardwood and lumber industry are currently facing.

"Prior to 2018, hardwood lumber was the second most exported U.S. product to China, behind only soybeans. When China imposed retaliatory tariffs that year, American hardwood exporters lost half their market share to competitors in Russia, Thailand, Malaysia, and elsewhere. Even once those tariffs receded, regaining those markets has proven extraordinarily difficult," the letter reads, in part.

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