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Is it used in the same state? How much gets exported overseas?

Continuous clear cutting is bound to dry out the soil eventually.

Wood is cheap and the fuel to move it is expensive. No one in Europe is buying American Douglas Fir or Pine.

Are American Ikea products not scandinavian pine?

No, they're cheap Chinese honeycomb paper and low density particle board.

Wood isn't cheap in Europe though, we definitely do buy wood from overseas.

We also sell wood to the US.

In fact Britain buys wood from US eastern forests just to burn it for fuel.

https://theconversation.com/british-power-stations-are-burni...

Everything in your comment is false.

https://www.forest2market.com/blog/pacific-northwest-log-mar...

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