The objective of this market analysis is three-fold: (1) to assess current market conditions for the domestic treated wooden utility pole stock in Canada's domestic market, (2) to confirm or put to rest speculations regarding Canada's inability to satisfy its own domestic demand for premium length pole stock, in lieu of increased import activity, and (3) to conduct a limited economic analysis of the feasibility of joining roundwood to form premium length pole stock.
The following rudimentary investigation is based upon readily available information pertaining to the domestic pole market, direct correspondence with prominent buyers/suppliers of the industry, and a survey of pole buyers in Canada undertaken by FCC's economics department.