Economics and Trade Branch

The Economics and Trade Branch provides research and critical analysis on many aspects of forest products and the forest products industry. The links below provide quick access to select topics of interest.

Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006

Lumber Remanufacturing Study

Log Exports - Administration

Log Export Review Information Bulletin

Full Report: "Generating More Wealth from British Columbia's Timber" (Adobe Acrobat format - 2.06 mb) - Released December 13, 2006
If you have questions please contact:

John Cook, Export Policy Forester
Telephone: (250) 387-8916
Email: John.R.Cook@gov.bc.ca

NEW!! Final Mountain Caribou Summary Report, June 2008 (Adobe Acrobat format - 220 kb)

NEW!! Interior Fibre Flow Statistics 2007

If you have questions or comments please contact:

Jie Shu
Email: Jie.Shu@gov.bc.ca

NEW!! BC Interior Timber Supply and Demand Analysis

If you have questions or comments please contact:

Jie Shu
Email: Jie.Shu@gov.bc.ca

NEW!! The 2006 Edition of "Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia (Adobe Acrobat format - 1,871 kb)

NEW!! The 2006 Edition of "Major Primary Timber Processing Facilities in British Columbia (Excel Format)

The 2007 Edition of Ownership and Intercorporate linkages of Selected Forest Companies in British Columbia (Adobe Acrobat format - 99 kb) Revised June, 2007

SEA Guidelines and Data

Financial State of the Forest Industry and Delivered Wood Cost Drivers - April 1997

Non-timber Forest Products: current research projects and reports.

Property Rights in the Sustainable Management of Non-timber Forest Products (Adobe Acrobat format - 1.25 mb)
Seeing the Forest Beneath the Trees: The Social and Economic Potential of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Queen Charlotte Islands/Haida Gwaii (Adobe Acrobat format - 3,229 kb)