While the U.S. has always been and remains the biggest market for Canadian lumber and other wood products, Japan and China have, for a couple of decades now, been the next two most important markets for B.C. wood products.
But both of those markets are shrinking, in no small part because their populations are shrinking.
The decline in log and lumber imports is most stark in China, and reflects China’s economic decline over the last four years.
BC export statistics show the value of lumber exports from B.C. to China dropped from $1.8 billion in 2013 to $268 million in 2023, and softwood lumber imports in China from all
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