Forestry industry sounds alarm over 'cheap' timber imports

Thursday 5 Feb 2026

 
Australia's forestry industry says cheap imported timber products are flooding the local market and taking up increased space in local homes and buildings. South Australian Forest Products Association (SAFPA) chief executive Nathan Paine said international trade conditions, fuelled by US tariffs, were responsible for imports reaching Australia at about half the price of local timber.

This timber includes laminated veneer lumber (LVL) — a construction product that competes with locally grown radiata pine. "We're seeing demand for timber being absorbed by imports coming in at prices we simply cannot meet," he said. "In that fight for competition we're not going to be successful."

Analysis from Forest and Wood Products Australia showed LVL imports had increased 63 per cent in 2025 compared to a year earlier.

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Source: ABC News
Image creditL SAFPA


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