‘TER RACE STANDARD A14- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - Business Review China visit opens eyes A TRADE mission to China last month opened the eyes of northwest ob- servers — both to the op- portunities and the chal- lenges Asia presents. Campbell Stewart, who went on the 10-day trip to the Shanghai area on be- half of Terrace, said it confirmed there’s a major potential market for B.C. wood there — particularly hardwood. “We visited a few fur- nilure plants ‘and there's definitely a market there,” he said. “They use wood that we might not even think of using — like a trim end that's eight inches long,” Stewart said, add- ing such pieces are fingerjoin - ted into a product ta maximize the use of all available wood. Competitors are already there, he added, noting New Zealand is already vigourously exporting wood ta China. “We're going to have to be prepared te make the case for a better product Campbell Stewart and to be. very aware of pricing ‘issués;” he said:* Tours of factories there laid bare the gulf between the two countries. “The working condi- tions in some of the furni- ture mills obviously were not at all up to standard compared ta what we see over here,” Stewart said. “Whever you go abroad globalization stares you in the face — with its poten- tial but also its downside.” Coupled with much lower wages, he said money seems far more likely to be drawn there than into setting up similar plants here. “It's going to be a quandry for us,” he said. “If we can’t compete in some aspects of value- added, you're basically giving in ta the opposition that China presents.” People there are begin- ning to emulate western housing, he said, adding that could mean an. in- crease in the tiny “wood frame construction -busi- — ness there. For now, housing is made out of virtually everything but lumber — and even scaffolding is built out of bamboo. Nisga‘a Lisims Govern- ment president Joe Gos- nell, rip as part of the north- west team, agreed it marked a step towards in- creased trade with China, “Now the real work be-- gins to take place with re- Spect to where do we go from here,” he said. He’s hopeful to make inroads in marketing. wood products, seafood and pine mushrooms to- Asia, “We're currently awaiting responses from the compa- nics and corporations -we made contact with.” — Although the Nisga’a, under the terms of their treaty, can’t build. their own sawmill until, 2010, Gosnell thinks Asian de- mand for wood. products could be filled by con- tracting Terrace sawmills to process Nisga’d govern- ment-owned timber. That's far preferable to whole log exports, he said. Whenria Kidney Foundation volunteer kriocks on your door, ple: Kidney disease strikes families, not only individuals. . 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