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.

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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.

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

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]

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