A new company with roots in Prince George and Quesnel has bought and re-opened a small sawmill in McBride which will send half of its production to China.
National Choice Specialty Wood's re-opening of the former Dore River sawmill in McBride, about 200 kilometres east of Prince George, will create 10 jobs.
On the same day as the mill re-opening was announced, B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell released figures for China that showed that a record-breaking 257 million board feet of lumber was exported to the emerging market in August. The province has now reached exports to China of 1.5 billion board feet, and is on track to reach the 2.5 billion mark this year.
Bell said the mill re-opening is proof that B.C.'s China strategy is paying off for large and small-sized mills. "This is the fourth mill this year to dedicate a significant portion of its production to the growing China market," said Bell, the MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie.
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