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B.C.’s forestry crisis goes beyond U.S. tariffs
B.C.'s forestry sector faces a 42% export drop since 2016 due to tariffs, fibre shortages, and costly regulations, causing mill closures and thousands of job losses.
- Recent data show the downturn has continued, with the Eby government blaming American tariffs and critics citing domestic policies, impacting mills and workers in logging, wood-products manufacturing and pulp and paper.
- Declining fibre supply and costly regulations have made B.C. uncompetitive and hurt offshore sales, reflecting decisions made in Victoria and regulatory practices in B.C.
- Tariff changes and market shifts produced steep declines in B.C. softwood exports, with shipments to China at 9.6 per cent and Japan at 6.8 per cent, last year.
- Mill closures have produced thousands of lost jobs across logging, manufacturing, pulp and paper, while capital flight and competitiveness gaps challenge policymakers to boost fibre supply and reduce costs.
- B.C. confronts limited leverage over U.S. trade policy, and while the Eby government emphasizes market diversification, the numbers indicate diversification will be a hard road.
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B.C.’s forestry crisis goes beyond U.S. tariffs
The economic crisis gripping B.C.’s forest industry shows no signs of easing. As the landlord and owner of the vast majority of forested land in the province as well as the regulator that largely determines how the industry operates, the provincial government is in the firing line as mills close and thousands of jobs disappear in logging, wood products manufacturing, and pulp and paper production.
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