MAINE MONITOR • December 14, 2025
From loggers to the woodlot owners who open their land to timber harvests, almost every link of New England’s forest products supply chain has been hit hard by a perfect storm of tariffs and falling market values, loggers, researchers and industry officials say. Maine’s forest products sector provides more than 29,000 direct jobs. Although the sector has been in overall decline, there is hope among industry players that investments in more specialized paper product manufacturing and innovation will keep businesses across Maine humming. But tariffs hamper domestic forest products manufacturing, contrary to the Trump administration’s stated purpose.