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Forest fire-season in British Columbia got lumber exports down by 14%
Trade statistics in British Columbia show overall exports down by 14% at the end of August, due to the damage made by the forest-fire season. The fires that raged across B.C.'s Interior and consumed 12,158 square kilometres of forests, pushed timber companies out of the woods, diverting their employees to fight forest fires instead of harvesting logs for processing, 24H Vancouver reported. "This is almost unprecedented," said Peter Hall, vice-president and chief economist for Export Development Canada. "When something like that happens, clearly, you're not going to be able to ship as much, "you're not going to be able to work those woodlots." Though, Hall considers that the damage is only a temporary hit on B.C.'s trade and that, barring a damaging resolution to the Canada-U.S. softwood trade dispute, the province's exports will rebound in line with a recovering U.S.... Continue reading
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November 2, 2017
Forest fire-season in British Columbia got lumber exports down by 14%
Trade statistics in British Columbia show overall exports down by 14% at the end of August, due to the damage made by the forest-fire season. The fires that raged across B.C.'s Interior and consumed 12,158 square kilometres of forests, pushed timber companies out of the woods, diverting their employees to fight forest fires instead of harvesting logs for processing, 24H Vancouver reported. "This is almost unprecedented," said Peter Hall, vice-president and chief economist for Export Development Canada. "When something like that happens, clearly, you're not going to be able to ship as much, "you're not going to be able to work those woodlots." Though, Hall considers that the damage is only a temporary hit on B.C.'s trade and that, barring a damaging resolution to the Canada-U.S. softwood trade dispute, the province's exports will rebound in line with a recovering U.S.... Continue reading
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Forest fire-season in British Columbia got lumber exports down by 14%
Trade statistics in British Columbia show overall exports down by 14% at the end of August, due to the damage made by the forest-fire season. The fires that raged across B.C.'s Interior and consumed 12,158 square kilometres of forests, pushed timber companies out of the woods, diverting their employees to fight forest fires instead of harvesting logs for processing, 24H Vancouver reported. "This is almost unprecedented," said Peter Hall, vice-president and chief economist for Export Development Canada. "When something like that happens, clearly, you're not going to be able to ship as much, "you're not going to be able to work those woodlots." Though, Hall considers that the damage is only a temporary hit on B.C.'s trade and that, barring a damaging resolution to the Canada-U.S. softwood trade dispute, the province's exports will rebound in line with a recovering U.S.... Continue reading