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Loggers and FPR warn of weak pulp markets, tariffs and federal uncertainty
Summary
Logging contractors told the House Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry committee that pulplog and low‑grade markets have collapsed in places, 20% tariffs on imported equipment are deterring reinvestment, and federal funding uncertainty is delaying state forestry work and staff support.
Dana Duran, Executive Director of the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, told the committee that low‑grade pulp and biomass markets in the region have deteriorated to historic lows and that several regional pulp purchasers are pausing purchases or curtailing intake. “Low grade markets are probably as bad as they have ever been in the last 125 years,” Duran said, listing multiple firms that have reduced or stopped low‑grade purchases.
Duran described how tariffs are affecting the industry’s ability to buy and maintain equipment: he said a 20 percent tariff on imported logging equipment and parts — including many cut‑to‑length harvesters…
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