Friday, July 31, 2020, Afternoon — Committee A
Of course, the export market has declined because of the impacts of COVID, especially in Asian markets. So, I guess, generally overall we could say that the volume intended for export is down in the northwest interior, as the member was asking about, regardless of the variable fee-in-lieu. However, it's important to note that the variable fee-in-lieu does not apply to large volumes in the northwest that are under orders-in-council for exemption from that variable fee in lieu. The fee-in-lieu charge for those areas under the OICs after we looked at an economic analysis to determine the percentage of harvest in each of those areas that is not economic to process domestically, which I think was the point the member is getting at, is a dollar per cubic metre.
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