Regulations will hurt BC lumber industry

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British Columbia is changing its logging and forest management regulations to decrease the impact of these activities on the environment and increase forest lands. The government is also increasing public timber costs for sawmills. The US would like to charge a tax on Canadian softwood lumber. The lumber industry is the largest industry in British Columbia and is the largest lumber industry in Canada. These changes may make some wood products in British Columbia too expensive for the North American market.

Administration of Conservation Programs, Timber tracts, Standing Timber, Timber Tract Operations, Timber Sales Programs, Case studies, British Columbia, Environmental economics, Timber, Forest policy

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Quotas or no, America will buy Canada's wood; US import quotas on Canadian lumber may boost prices, but underlying market factors remain: demand continues to outgrow US mills' capabilities

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US sawmills will continue to purchase Canadian lumber to be able to meet their wood supply needs despite the restricted quotas on Canadian software lumber duty-free imports to the US according to Doug Smyth, an analyst of North-American lumber markets. Projected lumber harvesting in US South, US West and Canada in 1997 are also discussed. The softwood lumber production and consumption in US and Canada between 1995-1996 and projected production and consumption in 1997 are analyzed.

LUMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS, Wood & Wood Products, Wood Product Manufacturing, United States, Equipment and supplies, International trade, United States foreign relations, Forest products industry, Canadian foreign relations, Duty-free importation, Duty free importation

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Lumber markets expect higher prices, volatility

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Lumber industry sources blame the government's increase of import quotas on Canadian lumber for driving up prices and continuing lumber market volatility. The quota now stands at 14.7 billion bd ft, but National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn Pres Gary Donnelly feels that 17 billion bd ft would be more appropriate. Lumber producers had reportedly lobbied for the quotas, but smaller mills are adversely affected by them.

Evaluation, Natural resources

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