Pulp and paper industry in Canada

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The pulp and paper industry is one of the most important in Canada. It is especially concentrated in British Columbia and Quebec but plays an important role in many other provinces.

1 Leading companies
2 Exports
3 Environmental expenses
4 External links

[edit] Leading companies

Leading forest and paper products companies in Canada include:

Rank	Company	2003 Total Revenue (C$M)	2003 Net Income (Loss) (C$M)	Source
1	AbitibiBowater Inc.	5,534.0	179.0	[1]
2	Domtar Inc.	4,791.0	(190.0)	[2]
3	Cascades Inc.	3,521.0	55.0	[3]
4	Tembec	3,173.1	11.4	[4] NOTE: Fiscal period ends September 27
5	Norbord	2,721.4	176.4	[5] NOTE: Formerly Nexfor
6	Canfor	2,232.7	153.3	[6]
7	Norske Skog Canada	1,649.4	(84.5)	[7]
8	West Fraser Timber	1,552.7	43.1	[8]
9	International Forest Products (Interfor)	614.5	(23.0)	[9]
10	Arbec Inc. (Uniforêt)	158.3	11.8	[10]
11	Western Forest Products			[11] NOTE: Was Doman Industries Ltd.

[edit] Exports

The majority of Canadian pulp and paper production is exported. The following table shows the top 10 countries Canada exports pulp, paper and paperboard goods to.

*Canadian pulp, paper and paperboard exports (in thousands of Canadian dollars)* [12]
Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
United States	14,083,854	14,677,968	16,919,925	16,466,173	15,187,838	13,486,021
China	367,494	601,262	618,939	592,474	692,749	848,236
Japan	1,031,127	1,037,021	1,338,594	889,629	754,620	645,049
Italy	486,968	490,429	659,241	492,698	481,372	495,109
South Korea	271,433	499,700	652,378	432,403	484,266	473,309
Germany	528,452	476,024	736,464	479,859	465,966	450,667
United Kingdom	457,979	477,071	519,281	472,756	487,041	424,668
France	215,381	245,256	380,644	309,848	260,486	259,997
India	105,723	164,224	170,149	163,530	150,112	235,349
Taiwan (Taipei)	203,184	220,835	280,027	214,996	196,052	225,547
Subtotal	17,817,022	18,900,003	22,221,375	20,449,629	19,196,313	17,543,951
Others	1,880,867	2,062,360	2,736,979	2,222,029	1,875,509	1,808,887
Total (All Countries)	19,697,889	20,962,362	24,958,354	22,671,658	21,071,823	19,352,838

[edit] Environmental expenses

In 2000, Canadian pulp, paper and paperboard companies had operating expenses of C$425.4 million on environmental protection with the majority ($263.3 million) used for pollution abatement. Capital expenditures totalled $234.8 million, with over half ($140.4 million) being spent on pollution prevention processes. [13]