RogerS wrote:Ah well...that fell flat then
I am not sure what the point is.
Other countries do it to protect their own farmers and industries.
BMT is doing it in the USofA to protect their jobs and local industries.
(Locally we have hefty import duties on luxury goods.)
You can only protect your local farmers and industries up to a point where they become inefficient and not cost effective.
Andyp wrote:Sums up the whole bloody problem with Brexit. Everyone is vying to get something out of it. The fact that 400% has been mooted sums it up. Nothing agreed so little more than a scare story at the moment. Market forces will prevail I am sure.
Andy is quite right, market forces will prevail.
If the UK does not want to buy the Nordic timber, someone else will.
If your local timber prices and
quality are out of line, then people will start importing.
The world is just one big free trading market.
Years ago I purchased paper from local suppliers. Then one day they wanted a 14% increase without any real motivation (labour costs etc.)
So I imported from USofA and landed cost lower than local price before their 14% increase.
And the moral of the story is - don't panic, just wait and see how it all unfolds.
Phil