With North American lumber prices below break-even costs for many sawmills in Canada and the U.S., plus ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, recessionary conditions in China and declining timber ...
Major B.C. companies like Canfor and West Fraser now operate more sawmills in the United States than they do in Canada, thanks in part to duties slapped on Canadian softwood under successive U.S.
As Canadian sawmills get squeezed by high costs and lower revenue — most notably in the forest-rich western province of British Columbia, the US South is enjoying gains in the industry.