Consider This...

[RidgeRunner]

Saw it last week. It does make for some interesting reading. In building supplies, I have taken notice that a lot of SPF Studs from Klausner are from Lithuania. Really, Lithuania, now how can they do that. They are thought of as a superior product to the domestic brands too. Competition form imports isn't always a bad thing, sometimes if it forces the domestic producers to step up their game. For instance,
It pisses me off that I intentionally purchased domestic plywood to buy Made in USA and protect the jobs of the domestic producers when the import plywood from South America was flooding into the States, only to have the domestic mills ram it up my arse with the price just as soon as the import plywood stopped coming in.
Georgia Pacific closed two plywood mills laying off 1500 workers. Plywood took a huge jump in price which allowed them to make a better margin clearing out their floor stock and then the price went back to normal. Now that we are near the holidays and while the northern states are gearing up for winter, plywood is on the march up again. Absolutely no rhyme or reason for it IMO. But what do I know, I have only been doing this for 15 years.