Do You Know Where Your Building Materials Are Actually Made?

Who Makes Lumber?

Most lumber products used in the U.S. are harvested and manufactured in the U.S. and Canada. This includes softwood products like framing lumber and plywood, as well as hardwood products like trim and flooring. Weyerhaeuser, located in Seattle, Washington, harvests and mills the majority of U.S. lumber supplied to distributors. Georgia-Pacific, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is another major player throughout the South.

Canadian lumber makes up roughly 50 percent of all U.S. lumber imports, with most originating from British Columbia on Canada’s west coast.

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