Secondary manufacturing of solid wood products in British Columbia 2012

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 Unit- ed States financial and housing crisis. [...] The business types producing the greatest levels of em- and other inputs involved in the production of the differ- ployment and sales per unit of fibre input are cabinet/fur- ent products within each business group. [...] Regionally, the Coast (dominated by the Vancouver–Fraser Figure 2 shows the distribution of firms by region in 2012, Valley area) accounted for 70% of reported employment, with firms classified into three groups according to the whereas firms in the Southern Interior employed 21%, and number of employees. [...] The two areas that have well as the sheer number of firms (Table 3), highlights the the greatest proportion of large firms are Vancouver–Fraser concentration of secondary manufacturing in and around Valley (23%) and Northern (30%). [...] The rest of Asia going to the British Columbia market and 12% to the accounted for 3% of sales in 2012; although more firms rest of Canada.