Washington, D.C. – The American lumber industry sits on its highest excess capacity since the Great Recession — capacity that could be used to produce more lumber to build U.S. homes. Meanwhile, Canadian dumped and unfairly traded lumber imports are trending up. “The recent rise of unfairly traded Canadian lumber imports has yet again put tremendous pressure and hardship on the workers in the U.S. forestry industry,” stated Andrew Miller, Chairman and Owner of Stimson Lumber. “Canadian companies benefit from the strong support of their federal and provincial governments who are willing to do anything it takes to maintain artificially high market share for Canadian lumber in the U.S. market,” added Miller. “Canadian lumber producers’ continuous unfair trade practices are forcing idling and closures of U.S. lumber mills. This is why the U.S. lumber industry applauds and strongly supports President Trump’s unyielding stance on fully enforcing the U.S. trade laws,” stated Steve Swanson, Chairman of Swanson Group.