B.C. Logging Companies Struggling in Current Market

These are challenging times for the B.C. forest Industry and the logging industry has been particularly hard hit. Loggers are dealing with high fiber costs, low lumber prices, a decline in annual allowable cut, an increase in stumpage costs, and oversupplied market and a ~ 21% softwood lumber duties.

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