Just as Australia’s housing market is beginning to show tentative signs of recovery, its building-materials supply chain is facing renewed pressure from a sharp influx of low-priced laminated veneer lumber (LVL) imports from China. The scale and pricing of these shipments have unsettled market participants and prompted the Australian government to open a formal anti-dumping investigation.  According to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia imported more than 205,000 cubic metres of LVL in the ten months to October 2025, representing a year-on-year increase of around 63%. The growth ...