Secondary manufacturing of solid wood products in British Columbia 2012 : structure, economic contribution, and changes since 1990 / Bryan E.C. Bogdanski and Alec McBeath.: Fo143-2/436E-PDF

"The British Columbia forest industry continuously faces challenges related to the ups and downs in commodity markets and increased global competition. Such challenges were front and centre during the housing and financial crisis in the United States and subsequent great recession of 2007–2009. This report presents survey results for the province’s secondary wood manufacturing industries in 2012. The survey gathered operational, employment, production, marketing, and financial information on business types, with supplemental information gathered for panelboard producers. Analysis of the survey results provides a comprehensive picture of the state of the sector’s industries and allows for comparison with past surveys conducted by the Canadian Forest Service, including the last one undertaken in 2006, before the United States financial and housing crisis. Although the size of the industry has contracted since the last survey, it is much more balanced across the business types, with a shift from panelboards and remanufactured lumber products to cabinetry, millwork, and furniture, value-added businesses that are more closely tied to the domestic construction industry"--Absract, p. vi.

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