Global Commerce Canadian wood builders target overseas markets, but not just for their materials

Thanks to Canadian know-how, people in Tokyo may soon be visiting their relatives in the first five-storey wood home built for seniors in the country.

“It’s going to be the largest wooden structure in Japan,” said Paul Newman, the executive director of market access and trade for the Council of Forest Industries.

Canada started to make serious inroads in the Japanese market for wood in the 1980s, according to Mr. Newman, but Canadian expertise in working with it may be just as important as the raw material.

Western Canada has always been a large exporter of wood. It is one of the region’s largest resources. Read more…

 

Global Commerce Canadian wood builders target overseas markets, but not just for their materials