Overview of BC’s Forestry Indu
British Columbia has
Canada has
of public forest land**
Source: Canada’s forests: Key facts, Natural Resources Canada, 2014.
55
1
348
million
hectares
BC is one of the world’s
largest exporters
of wood fibre*
million
hectares of forest
52%
Canada’s Forests Represent:
of Canada’s softwood
lumber production came
from BC in 2013*
BC forest industry revenue was
$15.7 billion in 2013
9% of the world’s forests
24% of the world’s boreal forests
38%
62% was generated in the
interior region and 38%
in the coast region.
Source: Canada’s forests: Key facts,
Natural Resources Canada, 2014.
62%
Source: BC Forest Industry:
Economic Impact Study, MNP LLP. 2015.
BC Forestry Sales*
(Based on 2013 sales)
$8.1 billion
in wood product
manufacturing sales,
of which
$802 million logs
$4.2 billion
in paper manufacturing
sales, of which
$2.4 billion
$5 billion
was sawmill sales
was market pulp sales
$195 million
wood pellets, exported
primarily to Europe
Sales & Market Share
(Based
Top Three Export Markets: US, China, Japan*
Since 2009, China has
been a key driver of
the forest sector’s
sales recovery.
China receives 61% of
BC pulp exports, and
54% of exported logs.
In 2013, BC
forest product
exports were
$11.7 billion.
43%
on 2013 sales)
31%
US
$5 billion
China
$3.7 billion
14%
* Source: Economic State of BC’s Forest Sector, Ministry of Forests,
Lands and Natural Resource Operations. 2013.
** Source: British Columbia Forest Overview, Forestry Innovation Investment, bcfii.ca
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12%
Other
$1.7 billion
Japan
$1.3 billion