British Columbia forest product exports totalled C$1.10 billion, up 13.3 per cent from C$0.97 billion, said the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Thursday.
Share of export value by market were: U.S. (50.2 per cent, up from 48 per cent), China + Hong Kong (25 per cent, down from 29.7 per cent), Japan (8.8 per cent, down from 10 per cent) and other destinations (15.9 per cent, up from 12.3 per cent).
BC Lumber Exports
Share of export value by product: Softwood Lumber (46.4 per cent, up from 44.2 per cent), Pulp (25.9 per cent, down from 28 per cent), Other Wood Products (16.2 per cent, up from 12.6 per cent), and Logs (3.9 per cent, down from 6 per cent), said the Competitiveness and In- novation Branch, Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Thursday.